Greenland Pre-Trip Checklist

1. Review baggage requirements with airlines.
2. Print Permit – 2 copies
3. Secure return date from Kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen & Copenhagen to Denver.
4. Footbed refurbish.
5. Warm socks.
6. Purchase bear bangers for Polar Bears. Must do in Tassilaq.
7. Focus on detailed dietary plan for expedition.
8. Download music.
9. Lodging in Tassilaq, Reykjavik
10. Wind vane poles
11. Tape poles, practice with sled bag.
12. Purchase food
13. Download music
14. Download podcasts.
15. Thank you cards to supporters and sponsors.
16. Blog posts.
17. Two paperback books for storm days in tents.
18. weather4expeditions
19. Elastic for harnesses
20. Six mm rope
21. Fuel Canisters.
22. Big stuff sacks
23. Wax/skins
24. Print Maps
25. Melanzana Fleece Pants
26. Put together repair kit
27. Put together first aid kit
28. AT&T International Plan
29. Waypoint route across icecap and load into GPS system. (4/9)
30. Order two stoves. Primus Ominifuel or MSR XKG leading candidates. (3/27)
31. Rent satellite phone. (4/2)
32. Order mitts. Call Steger in Ely as well as Baffin crew. (4/2)
33. Mold boots. (3/25)
34. Install bindings on Åsnes Nansens and Åsnes Ceciles, as well as on spare pare of Åsnes Nansens in case of equiptment failure. (3/26)
35. Replace runners on sleds. (4/5)
36. Cold Avenger Face Masks. (3/28)
37. Dermatone. (4/4)
38. Purchase necessary crevasse rescue gear + fixed rope. (4/2)
39. Crampons order. (3/28)
40. Determine memory card necessities. (4/8)
41. Determine power plans. (3/28)
42. Switch to Expedition Plan for Delorme. (4/4)
43. Determine plan to get from Kulusuk to Sissimiut to Isortoq. (3/27)
44. Danish cash. (4/3)
45. Get candles. (4/4)
46. Double poles for Hilleberg. (3/27)
47. Plastic bags for feet. (4/8)
48. Order hand brush for frost. (4/3)
49. Purchase cooking box. (4/3)
50. Pickup pots we ordered from REI for melting snow. (3/25)
51. Bothy Bag. (3/28)
52. How to get to Denver? (4/8)
53. Little dude plan. (4/8)
54. Send receipt to Scholarship fund. (4/6)
55. Payment for sled bags and arctic bedding (3/27)
56. Anemometer (3/28)
57. barometer (3/28)
58. Write in the Rain journals (4/4)

Add as necessary. Date when completed. – DV

A solid three days of training. While we’d love to get sled pulls in, I’ve been training with pack weight, which in many ways mimics workload on legs. Three straight endurance days, skinning right out the door to the ridgeline above Corona, mixed weather. Now rest, some morning nordic skis for sanity, knock off a chore a day while working, more when off.