Lake Parashar - Episode 1 Gear List

So we had been planning a trek for a while and were unable to come up with a good time. We had planned this trek almost three times and cancelled it.

Finally Happy called me and said lets do it there has been snow fall. I was available and the two of us rented a bus and were on our way to Lake Parashar. https://www.google.co.in/maps/preview?client=safari&q=Lake+Prashar+google+maps&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x3904fc27e69d547d:0x5178abb833ab9b68,Prashar+Lake&gl=in&ei=vBIfU53PDIf7rAeJ94AI&ved=0CCUQ8gEwAA

As always I will write a dry report and talk about the gear I took, my trip and how to recreate it, the route and a bit about our adventures.

We did this trek from 28th-Feb-2014 to 3rd-Mar-2014 and these pages document our adventure.

I will start off in this post with the list of gear we took with us. This is what I took and Happy took similar stuff. As you know I am mostly a Northface guy so most of my gear is Northface

1. Backpack with rain cover - I have changed my backpack to a 35L Northface ALTEO 35, this is significantly smaller and comes with a rain cover. I am not super happy with it and will consider using Northface Profit 40 in future.
2. Sleeping bag - Last time the Sleeping bag was the biggest bitch I carried around, it was super heavy for me and I was not happy. I have switched to the lightest Sleeping bag in the world Mountain Hardwear Phantom 0 and it is worth. This saves my life as we will see.
3. Inners (1 pair, I wore) - These are good old Northface inners as described in previous posts
4. Tee (1 I wore)- Again from Notrthface.
5. Fleece Jacket (Packed during journey but wore it immediately) -Yet another Northface product.
6. Synthetic Warm Jacket and Gortex Shell Jacket (Wore it all the time)- This is one of the Northface Tri-climate systems and I am super happy, this was another item which saved my life.
7. Hiking Pants (1 pant, wore it all the itme)- I used the good old Northface hiking pants,last time they were too long for me so I got them trimmed.
8. Rain Pants (Wore them as soon as my trek started)- Nortface breathable rain pants.
9. Gloves (Wore them as soon as the trek started) - These are the ski gloves, again I am not super happy I was really cold and will switch to mittens. 
10.  Socks - 2 pair - Northface warm Socks
11. Medication - Took some personal medication made a very light first aid kit this time
12. Boots - My good old Northface Icefall Gtx
13. Gaiters - They were a lifesaver, this was the first time I used my OR Gaiters.
14. Hiking Poles - I used some stuff I bought at the Northface store, I am still not happy, I think I will switch to the black diamond ones.
15. Water bottle with drip protection - Two Nalgene bottels with Easy Sipper's. Again I am not happy and will try a camelback or something in future. The huge issue is drinking water means stopping and taking off the pack.
16. Really cheep Nokia Cellphone whose battery lasts ages.

Most of the trek I carried my sleeping bag, one pair of socks, medication and water. And the pack was under 4 Kgs. 

I do think we should have carried one or two more items but that will be in the lesson learnt section.