OBLIGATORY EQUIPMENT
Updated 7.11.2022
Each team in Oslo Bergen Trail must carry:
- Minimum 1 GPS-unit for navigation, type handhold unit, sports watch, or similar
- 1 paper map and 1 physical compass
- 2 GPS trackers, received from the organizer
- 1 windsack (bivouac) or 1 tent. The sack/tent must be sized to accommodate the whole team (2 or 3 persons)
- 1 first aid kit. As a minimum, it must contain
- 1 standard elastic bandage (200cm x 5cm)
- 1 self-adhesive elastic bandage (100cm x 5cm)
- Chafing adhesive plaster
- Hydrocortisone ointment
- Wound ointment (e.g., Brulidine, Bacimycin)
- Small knife/scissors
Each team member must carry:
- Backpack
- Wind- and water-proof jacket with hood:
- minimum watercolumn value 10000 (Schmerber)
- seams must be sealed
- Wind- and water-proof long trousers:
- minimum watercolumn value 10000 (Schmerber)
- seams must be sealed
- Warm cap, wool
- Buff or scarf, wool
- Wind- and water-proof gloves or mittens
- Warm midlayer top, type bubble jacket
- Wool midlayer top, with long sleeves, at least 180 grams
- Wool longs baselayer
- Long-legged trousers or race leggings OR a combination of leggings and socks to cover the legs completely
- Wool socks
- Solid shoes with good grip on trails and in the terrain
- 2 well-functioning headlamps, and spare batteries for both lamps
- Sleeping bag liner
- Mobile phone
- Power bank with capacity of at least 10000mAh
- Drink reservoir with a total volume of minimum 1 litre
- Survival blanket, minimum size 1.40m x 2m
- Food
- Drink
- Cup, volume of at least 2dl
- Sunscreen
- A payment card
All obligatory equipment must be carried all the way from start to finish.
Suggested, but not obligatory:
- Walking poles
- Sunglasses
- Insect repellent
- Sleeping pad
- Sleeping bag
- Outdoor cooking gear
- 200 NOK in cash