Camping Checklist

Need a camping checklist? The following is from The Backpackers field Manual By Rick Curtis. It was required reading for the class I took a few years ago that led up to the trip to Horton's Spring. I still dream about going back there for a week or so. I hope this is helpful.

THE BACKPACKER’S FIELD MANUAL by Rick Curtis

Copyright © 1998, 2005 Three Rivers Press, New York

GENERAL GROUP EQUIPMENT LIST

Shelter

•Tents or tarps and ground sheets with 75-foot tarp lines of

1⁄4-inch braided nylon (22 meters of 6 millimeter)

•Small tarp to set up for cooking (optional)

Cooking

•Stove—one for 4 to 5 people. Carrying multiple stoves gives you more cooking options and are needed

for larger groups

•Fuel bottles and fuel

•Funnel

•Strike-anywhere matches, waterproof matches, or lighter

•Nesting pots with lids—a 2-liter and 4-liter work well for groups up to 12

•Frying pan—8 to 12 inches depending on size of group

•Spatula

•Mixing spoon

•Pot gripper

•Biodegradable soap

•Strainer

•Plastic pot brush

•Ziploc/plastic bags for repacking food

Hygiene

•Water purification (have at least one backup method)

•Toilet paper (optional)

•Trowel

•Waterless hand cleanser

•Whistle

•2 square feet aluminum foil (for tampons)

•Aspirin tablets (for tampons)

•Medical waste bag

•Chlorine bleach (for medical waste and dishwashing)

•Blue personal plastic bags

for toilet paper/tampons

•Yellow plastic bags for recycling

•Heavyweight plastic trash bags (plenty—double as em

ergency rain gear and for hypothermia wrap)

Travel

•Compass

•Maps and guidebooks as needed

•Global Positioning Systems (GPS) receiver (optional)

•Waterproof map case (optional)

Safety

•First-aid kit

•Cell phone or satellite phone (optional)

•Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) (optional)

•Weather radio (optional)

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