Anytime you go out hiking or on a camping trip the essentials are most important to take, as forgottening any of them could be the very thing you need in a emergency.
So pack them in and be safe on the trail.
1. Take along extra clothing. Examples: Having a lightweight rain jacket to keep you dry may help prevent hypothermia when the day turns cold and windy and it begins to pour. Dry socks prevent sore feet from blisters or fungus.
2. Take extra food. If your delayed do to an emergency, you have what you need till help arrives.
3. Take sunglasses. In the winter sunglasses help protect your eyes from the glare of the sun, where even blindness can accure. But bright sunlight on a summer day can prevent your seeing the trail ahead or that rock in your path that could twist a ankle or cause a bad fall.
4. Take a knife and a whetstone, and a lightweight folding saw.
5. Remember fire starter and matches in a waterproof container.
6. Most important is the First-Aid Kit.
7. Flashlights and a head light, and a pack of candles.
8. Batteries and flashlight bulbs
9. Compass
10. Whistle
11. A topographic contour map and a Planimetric map. The first shows the lay of the land with the elevations and the second shows the roads and rivers, trails and campground locations.
12. Sunburn Preventive Lotion
13. Insect Repellant
14. A Repair kit, that includes cloth tape and ripstop tape, thread and needles, an awl and heavy thread, safety pins and nylon cord, light steel wire and nails and screws, and pliers.
15. Toilet kit, can include biodegradable toilet paper and soap, a towel and washcloth, a comb and toothbrush and paste. etc...
16. Fishing equipment
17. Binoculars
18. Tent
19. Camera
Now it's your turn to add what I have forgotten. What is your opinion on these items, are they needed or not? Do you carry them? If not, why not?
So pack them in and be safe on the trail.
1. Take along extra clothing. Examples: Having a lightweight rain jacket to keep you dry may help prevent hypothermia when the day turns cold and windy and it begins to pour. Dry socks prevent sore feet from blisters or fungus.
2. Take extra food. If your delayed do to an emergency, you have what you need till help arrives.
3. Take sunglasses. In the winter sunglasses help protect your eyes from the glare of the sun, where even blindness can accure. But bright sunlight on a summer day can prevent your seeing the trail ahead or that rock in your path that could twist a ankle or cause a bad fall.
4. Take a knife and a whetstone, and a lightweight folding saw.
5. Remember fire starter and matches in a waterproof container.
6. Most important is the First-Aid Kit.
7. Flashlights and a head light, and a pack of candles.
8. Batteries and flashlight bulbs
9. Compass
10. Whistle
11. A topographic contour map and a Planimetric map. The first shows the lay of the land with the elevations and the second shows the roads and rivers, trails and campground locations.
12. Sunburn Preventive Lotion
13. Insect Repellant
14. A Repair kit, that includes cloth tape and ripstop tape, thread and needles, an awl and heavy thread, safety pins and nylon cord, light steel wire and nails and screws, and pliers.
15. Toilet kit, can include biodegradable toilet paper and soap, a towel and washcloth, a comb and toothbrush and paste. etc...
16. Fishing equipment
17. Binoculars
18. Tent
19. Camera
Now it's your turn to add what I have forgotten. What is your opinion on these items, are they needed or not? Do you carry them? If not, why not?