Clothing and Safety Kit
Cold-wet weather clothing, footwear and the measurement, communication and rescue equipment that keeps a two-person team working safely around boiling ground.
- $9,400
- Estimated cost
- 8%
- Of the expedition target
- 6
- Itemised costs
- N-004
- Published needs
Why this line exists
Geothermal terrain injures people who guess. Crust collapses, water runs above 90 °C, gas pools in hollows, and the weather turns a routine walk-in into an exposure problem within an hour. This line buys the clothing that keeps the team functional in cold rain and wind, and the instruments that turn a hazard into a recorded measurement instead of an opinion.
When it is spent: Procured before departure, with consumables, sensor calibration and satellite airtime replaced through the season.
What it produces
- →Recorded water and ground temperatures for every documented spring
- →Hazard notes in the guide based on instruments, not impressions
- →A team that can keep working through cold, wet and remote legs instead of turning back
Itemised costs
Published at estimate stage and reconciled against real invoices once spent. Nothing here is a rounded marketing number.
| Item | What it covers | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Thermal probes, GPS and measurement instrumentsCalibrated temperature probes and positioning gear — the readings printed beside each entry. | Calibrated temperature probes and positioning gear — the readings printed beside each entry. | $2,200 |
| Satellite communicator and emergency beaconTwo-way satellite messaging and SOS on legs with no mobile coverage, plus airtime for the season. | Two-way satellite messaging and SOS on legs with no mobile coverage, plus airtime for the season. | $1,400 |
| Gas detection and hazard markingHydrogen sulphide monitoring and margin-marking gear for unstable crust and vents. | Hydrogen sulphide monitoring and margin-marking gear for unstable crust and vents. | $1,200 |
| Shell, insulation and base layers, two peopleHardshells, insulated mid layers, gloves, hats and spares — wet-cold clothing that dries between legs. | Hardshells, insulated mid layers, gloves, hats and spares — wet-cold clothing that dries between legs. | $2,400 |
| Boots, crossing footwear and tractionHiking boots, river-crossing shoes, gaiters and microspikes for winter and shoulder-season approaches. | Hiking boots, river-crossing shoes, gaiters and microspikes for winter and shoulder-season approaches. | $1,400 |
| First aid, burn kit and trainingWilderness first-aid kit weighted toward scald and burn treatment, plus refresher training before departure. | Wilderness first-aid kit weighted toward scald and burn treatment, plus refresher training before departure. | $800 |
| Total for this line | $9,400 | |
What this covers
- 01Thermal probes, GPS and measurement instruments
- 02Satellite communicator and emergency beacon
- 03Gas detection and hazard marking
- 04Shell, insulation and base layers, two people
- 05Boots, crossing footwear and traction
- 06First aid, burn kit and training
What a sponsor receives
- Named in the safety and instrumentation credits of the field record
- Product credit wherever the equipment appears in dispatches, licence agreed in writing
- Logo and link on the contributors page and the funding line page
Sponsorship never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding. Every credit is disclosed in the book, the archive and on the contributors page.
If this line is only partly funded
This line is never cut to fund another. If it is underfunded, hazardous approaches are dropped from the route and those springs stay unverified.
Support in kind instead of cash
- ·Technical outerwear, footwear or gloves for two field workers
- ·Satellite communicator hardware or airtime
- ·Thermal probes, gas detection or wilderness first-aid supply
Questions sponsors ask
Answered the same way we answer them by email.
Why is safety a separate funding line?
So it cannot quietly be traded away for another camera. It is costed, published and funded on its own.
Who carries the medical training?
Both field workers hold current wilderness first aid, refreshed before departure and funded from this line.
Other funding lines
The full hot-spring expedition target of $115,960 is costed across five groups of published needs.