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First Aid

What runs out first is never what you expect.

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EVERLIT Ultralight Waterproof First Aid Kit — The starting point you then add to
Best base kit

The starting point you then add to

EVERLIT Ultralight Waterproof First Aid Kit

Waterproof shell, 1-2 people, several days

A sensibly stocked kit in a genuinely waterproof shell, which matters more than the contents list — no commercial kit contains what you actually need in Nepal, so treat it as a bag to add to rather than a finished answer.

Actually waterproof, which the good kits are and the cheap ones are not

Sensible dressings and tape included

Light enough to carry rather than leave behind

No altitude medication, and cannot have any

Blister treatment is inadequate for a fortnight

You will repack half of it

Not for you if: Anyone expecting a complete solution. Add blister care, rehydration salts, and whatever your doctor prescribes.

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Compeed Advance Blister Care — The injury that actually ends treksThe one to over-pack

The injury that actually ends treks

Compeed Advance Blister Care

More trekking days are lost to blisters than to altitude, and hydrocolloid plasters let you keep walking on one — they must go on CLEAN, DRY skin at the first hot spot, not after the blister forms.

Oral rehydration salts — For the stomach day that everyone eventually hasMost underrated

For the stomach day that everyone eventually has

Oral rehydration salts

Almost everyone gets a bad stomach day in Nepal and dehydration at altitude turns that from unpleasant into dangerous — sachets weigh nothing, and they are also sold in every pharmacy in Kathmandu for pennies.