Backpacking Trip List


This list is what I carried on a 3-day trip on the Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia.  For a longer trip, I'd mostly carry just more food.  There are lots of authors of books on backpacking, like Harvey Manning and Colin Fletcher, who treat the subject of what to carry more comprehensively than I wish to.

Food
   breakfast - 2 days
granola bars
fruit - dehydrated apricots
coffee

    lunch - 3 days
Chex mix
dry roasted peanuts
vienna sausage, 1 can per day (pure fat)

   dinner - 2
freeze dried entree
chocolate bar

Clothes
socks - 2 pr
extra shirt
rain pants
polypropylene long underwear, top and bottom
fleece jacket
fleece pants
goretex parka
sandals for wear in camp

Kitchen Gear
pan
lid lifter
spoon
cup
stove and fuel
food bag
trash bag
biodegradeable soap
water bottle
water filter
pack towel
salt&pepper

Bedroom
tent
space blanket (used as ground cloth for the tent)
sleeping bag
thermarest mattress

Misc
first aid kit
survival kit ( for contents, click here)
pocket knife
Leatherman multitool
compass
map
strobe
emergency "space" blanket
flashlight
Palm Pilot (in place a paperback book - the Pilot has a book in memory)
walking stick
Chapstick
camera
toothpaste
toothbrush
floss
bug dope
extra glasses
toilet paper
Lysol hand antiseptic gel
sunglasses
eyedrops
sunblock
8-power monocular
mosquito headnet


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