The field book · 29 euro

Know what it costs, and how many months you still need.

The free breakdown told you the number. This works out every line, and adds a level check that turns your current fitness into a date you can put in a calendar.

What is in it, and what each part solves

Part 1 · The full cost picture

Solves: "what will this actually cost me, not him"

Every one of the 17 lines worked out, with buy against rent per item, the order in which you pay so that pulling out does not cost you everything, and what a standard travel policy stops covering above 4,000 metres.

Part 2 · Nine months next to a job

Solves: "am I fit enough, and if not, how long do I need"

The level check with four tests and honest thresholds, which calculates the months you still need. Then the schedule that starts from a desk job, what to train when you have no mountains nearby, and how to keep a nutrition plan going without weighing a single meal.

Part 3 · Planning, team and gear

Solves: "where do I even start, and in what order"

The timeline worked backwards from your departure date, which permit to apply for first, how the jobs get divided so a team does not fall apart before it leaves, and what broke on us that we would pack differently.

What this book will not help you do

It will not help you skip steps. A large part of it argues the opposite: do the smaller trips first, in order, because every level teaches something the next one assumes you already know. The level check exists to tell you where you actually are, including when the honest answer is "not yet".

And it will not help you save money on the things that keep you alive. Being unprepared is not a risk you carry alone. Helicopter rescue on Denali is rare, weather-dependent and never something a team can plan on.

None of that is a warning against going. It is the reason the frameworks in here are worked out as far as they are. Prepared, you can do almost anything. That is the whole argument.

The part nobody else gives you

Gear lists are everywhere. Training plans are everywhere. What does not exist anywhere is somebody telling you, with their own receipts next to it, which three purchases were worth double and which three were wasted money. That is what you are paying for.

We know you can push past the edge of what seems possible, this guide makes it real.

€29 €49

Founding price while the Denali film is still new. A guided expedition costs 9,800 to 19,000 dollars, and this is what makes the difference between paying that and not having to.

Save ten times what it costs, or pay nothing

If this book does not save you at least 300 euro on your own trip, mail me and you get your money back. That is ten times what you paid for it, and the cost chapter alone should get you there before you reach the training section.

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Your purchase funds the work of building, maintaining and improving this field book. Atlantic Crossing's public clean-water campaign has its own support route, developed with Project Maji as the campaign's official impact partner.

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Questions people ask

Is this only useful for Denali?
No. The numbers are from Denali, the method is not. Costs split into fixed, shared and choice on any expedition, and the level check works for any goal that needs months of preparation.
I have never done anything at altitude. Is this too early for me?
That is exactly who the level check is for. It tells you where you stand and how long the gap takes to close. That answer is often shorter than people expect and sometimes longer, and both are useful.
How can you promise I will save 300 euro?
Because the cost chapter is built on what one expedition actually paid, and the shared lines alone move by more than that as soon as you plan them properly. If it does not work out that way for you, mail me and you get your money back.
Is this for someone who wants to go straight to a big mountain?
No, and the book says so in several places. The order of the smaller trips is part of the plan, not a warm up to it. If you are looking for permission to skip that, this is the wrong book.
Do you tell me to skip a guide?
No. It tells you what a guide is worth and where the money goes, so the choice is yours instead of the default. Some of it is about where saving money becomes dangerous.
What if I already own most of my gear?
Then a large part of the cost disappears, and the buy against rent judgements tell you which of your current kit will actually hold up.