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Expedition to Chogo Ri 1915, Memorandum
[Undated: circa May 1914]
Call India Office. Write George V. O. E. [Oscar Eckenstein], G. K., Radcliffe, Clamesha [?], Marchison, Marston [Guy Marston], Feilding [Everard Feilding], Lawrie, Bullock.
Crowley tents 3. Mummery silk tents 3. Roberts valises 7. Crowley sleeping bags 7. Crowley pneumatic mattresses 3.
O.E. ice-axes 6. Swiss ditto, 6. Matterhorn ski prs 8. O.E. steigeisen, every man his pair. Boots, every man his 3 pairs.
Fur boots. Rubber shoes. Stockings every man 6 pairs. Thick socks ditto.
Alpine cord 60 ft: 80 ft: 120 ft. Alpine rope 300 feet. Pitons.
3 tweed knickers per man, 1 tweed coat ditto: Two flannel shirts ditto. 1 double chest sweater ditto. 1 poslitin [?] ditto. 1 balaclava ditto. Gloves, woollen, fur, rubber 3 pairs per man, 6 spare pairs assorted. 3 prs putties per man, 3 spare pairs.
Cooking. Primus stoves 6. Spare parts for ditto packed inside.
Cooking kits lined metal. 3 canteens aluminum. Pressure-cooker.
3 B P apparatus. 3 amroids. 1 Collie Barometer. 1 Max and min thermometer.
Fruits. Dried figs. California peaches. Elvas plums. Dates.
Chocolate. Maquis powder. Monier sticks. ? Sushard.
Food-Units. Beef or mutton 6. Pork (incl sausages) 6. Chicken etc 6. Biscuits, rusks 4. Potted meats 1/2. Soup 1/4. Chocolate 1/2. Sugar 2. Tea 1/4. Milk (dried) 2. Fruits 12. Butter 1. Sweets (caramels, sultanas etc) 1/2.
Extra foods.
Chollet [?] for valley 40 lb.
Chocolate for valley 40 lb.
Sugar for valley 40 lb.
Tea for valley 4 lb.
Milk (dried) for valley 40 lb.
Stuff similar to Chollet 30 lb.
120 self-cooking [cooling?] tins for mountain. 36 emergency rations. Dried apricots (buy at Skarder).
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