The following is a list of all of the items that each one of us carried during the journey, exclusive of food.

Sleeping Equipment

• one person tent - Sierra Designs Divine Light Tent with stuff sack
• sleeping bag - Feathered Friends Snow Bunting GorTex with compression stuff sack
• sleeping mat - Thermarest with stuff sack

Clothing

• Teva sandals
• hiking shoes
• riding gloves - with long fingers and covered back to protect our hands from the sun
• socks (3 pair)
• long pants (1 pair)
• long sleeve cycling shirt -lightweight
• cycling shorts (1 pair)
• expedition weight long underwear zip turtleneck shirt
• medium weight long underwear bottoms
• underwear (3)
• pile jacket - 300 weight Polorguard
• GorTex jacket - Marmot Alpinist jacket
• rain pants - REI GorTex cycling pants
• pile hat - with ear flaps
• baseball hat - to protect face from the sun
• bandanna
• cotton surgical mask - to reduce the amount of road dust that inhaled every day, commonly used in Tibet to help fight off bronchitis
• stuff sack - 1 for clothes, 1 for food
• winter gloves - GorTex ski type gloves
• balaclava - light weight
• small towel

Cooking Equipment

• metal spoon
• cooking stove - MSR XKG II stove with stove cleaning kit and nylon bag
• fuel bottle - filled with kerosene fuel
• cook pot - large metal Chinese mug with lid, 1 liter size
• water bottles - 2 liter Nalgene plastic bottles, 1 with nylon carrying bag
• plastic soda bottle - 1.5 liter size (only on areas with little water)
• bicycle water bottles - 2 large size water bottles
• water filter - Katadyn water filter with old toothbrush to clean water filter

Miscellaneous Equipment

• flashlight - Maglight with extra light bulb and two AA batteries
• butane cigarette lighter
• candles - (2) used for starting cook fires
• thermometer
• compass
• small hand mirror - 2 inches across
• comb
• toilet paper
• soap
• Chapstick with sun block
• sun block cream - SPF 25
• multi-vitamins
• sunglasses - glacier glasses
• notebook
• writing pen (2)
• Tibetan Dictionary-Phrase book
• zip lock bags (4) - heavy duty freezer bags
• local postcards with Chinese stamps already affixed
• reading book
• mini tripod for camera - 3 inches long
• camera - Olympus Stylus Zoom, 35-70 mm zoom with extra battery
• film - 8 rolls
• fishing hooks (3)
• fishing line - 60 feet
• two extra AA batteries

Important Documents and Papers

• passport
• credit card
• US dollars $300
• AMEX Travelers checks US$2000
• airplane ticket
• money belt
• photocopy of airplane ticket
• photocopy of passport and traveler check numbers (5) - one copy in each different pack
• maps - ONC maps for Yunnan, Tibet and Pakistan, Chinese Government map of Xizang Province (Tibet), map of China,
• notes from collected research - 2 pages

First Aid Kit

• elastic hair tie (3)
• heavy sewing thread
• sewing needle (3)
• folding scissors
• aluminum foil
• safety pins (3)
• adhesive tape
• drug usage information sheet
• Diamox - drug for high altitude
• Trimethoprim-sulfa D.S. (Septra) - antibiotic
• Ciprofloxicin (Cipro) - antibiotic
• antibiotic cream - 4 small packs
• bandages (6)
• alcohol swab (3)
• tinidazole 4 grams - drug for giardia two doses
• sterile pad (3)
• mole skin
• iodine swab (2)

Bicycle Equipment

• bike computer - Avocet cyclometer with altimeter
• bicycle tire pump - mini Zefal Mt. Bike pump
• extra bicycle tire
• small piece of inner tube tire rubber
• bicycle tube patch kit (2)
• extra spokes for back wheel and front wheel
• hacksaw blade - 3 inch piece for cutting bolts and other pieces of metal
• climbing webbing - 2 pieces 10 feet long to tie all of the items on the rear rack of the bike
• bicycle brakes - extra set for front and back
• ball bearings - for headset and pedals
• lubricant - TriFlow and motor oil
• metal wire - 20 feet
• metal U clamps for front and back racks in case the frame mounts broke
• freewheel removable tool
• rag
• grease
• Loctite - for gluing nuts and bolts in place
• allen keys - 4 sizes
• pipe clamps (4)
• extra derailer cable and extra brake cable
• bolts for front and back rack (6)
• chain links (5)
• spare bicycle tube (2)
• crank arm extractor tool - small inset washer type
• washers (10)
• cool tool - multi-purpose bicycle tool, crescent wrench, chain tool, spoke wrench etc.
• duct tape
• strapping tape
• large Mountain Smith bag for tools
• canvas pedal covers - these homemade covers helped keep our feet dry and warm
• SOG tool - multi-purpose tool, pliers, knife, metal file, can-opener etc.
• front panniers - mid size from Overland Expeditions
• rear panniers - Overland Expeditions
• fanny pack - Mountain Smith tour pack
• lower rider front bicycle rack - Bruce Gordon
• rear bicycle rack - Blackburn Expedition Rear Rack
• mountain bike - Fisher Hookookoo, steel frame bike in case welding needs to done on the spot