Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
SOL Emergency Bivvy
Reflective bag, ~110 g
5.0 on Amazon
A hundred grams that keeps an injured or exhausted person alive while help walks down for them — you will almost certainly never open it, which is exactly the point.
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Do not buy this if: Nobody. One per group, in the guide’s pack and one in yours.
Not every route needs it. These are the ones where our guides would put it on your list.
Everything else we recommend in emergency & comms, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best whistleFox 40 Pealess Whistle
Carries across a valley when a voice does not and works when you are too cold or too winded to shout — pealess means it still works soaked or frozen, which the corked kind does not.
Skip it ifNobody. Clip it to the chest strap, not inside the lid.
Most used item nobody listsTape and a small repair kit
A metre of tape wrapped around a trekking pole has salvaged more trekking days than any other single item we carry — it will not fix a delaminated sole permanently, but it will get you to the next village.
Skip it ifNobody. Wrap a metre round each pole before you leave home.
