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Pack right for the Himalayas.

Packing lists and gear guides for treks and road trips in Ladakh, Zanskar, Sikkim and beyond: what to bring, what to skip and why.

You do not need expensive kit for a first Himalayan trek. A few well-chosen items make long days on rough trails much easier.

Clean water, light after dark and a charged phone are the three things remote trips run short of first.

Bags get thrown on jeep roofs, rained on and squeezed into shared taxis. Pack so that it does not matter.

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