Gear List Carry Bag

(Revised May 6, 2017) - Day pack

- Ultralight backpack
Bring all you need,
but carry all you bring. Orientation & Signal
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = - Map
EDC - Everyday Carry - Compass
- GPS
ID Lanyard Kit with spare keys - Signal Mirror
- ID cards
- Drivers license Illumination
- Contacts list -Headlamp, solar powered
- Spare keys to car
Food
- WALLET (Leave excess in car or home) - GORP (raisins & peanuts)
- ID CARDS, dog tag - Beef jerky (Save the empty package
- ATM/CREDIT/CASH as a water collection container.)
- Sunglasses - Nuts & seeds (roasted, salted
- Whistle sunflower)
- Lighter - Energy bars
- Cellphone - Hard candy peppermints
- GPS - Gum
- Candy bars
- Pen/Pencil Water
- Keys - In mild weather, each person should
- Pocket knife carry at least a full quart of
- Chap-stick water, between water sources.
- Add another quart for warm weather.
In the wild carry - Add another 2 quarts for hot weather.
Neck Knife Kit with Fire steel - Stainless steel water bottle to boil
water as needed.
Clothing - Water filter (pump or gravity).
(Should not be cotton, but a - Water treatment pills.
synthetic or wool fabric.) - Ziplock bags to tie to tree leaves
- Underwear, plus an extra pair during the day to collect
-Shorts perspiration.
- Long Fleece Pants - Coffee filters to remove debris from
- Long-sleeved shirt murky water or use bandana.
- Jacket
- Hat Drinks (7-days)
- Socks, plus an extra pair -Hydration powders (Gatorade) for
- Shoes or boots replacing electrolytes.
- Tyvek chaps or kilt that will fit - Tea
outside of clothing. - Coffee
- Cotton Bandana, Cowboy size - Cocoa drink
(Visit a fabric store and buy a yard - Emergenc-E packets
of cotton fabric any color or print - Morton salt substitute (Potassium)
you prefer.)
- Shemagh (Arab scarf)
Cooking & Eating
- 16-ounce silicone mug First aid & Repairs & Sanitation
- 900 ml Titanium pot - Cotton gauze
- Spork, Titanium or plastic - Toilet paper
- P-38, (Modified can & bottle-opener, - Hand Sanitizer or 90% Rubbing Alcohol
spoon) - Condom
- Stove (Canister or Zen - Safety pins
http://zenstoves.net/) - Sail Needle, magnetized, threaded
- Fuel (Canister or HEET YELLOW) - Dental floss
- Duct tape or TYVEK tape
Fire kit - Moleskin or Leukotape
- Lighter (1st source) - Box cutter blade
- Matches (2nd source) - Bug repellant
- Fire steel (3rd source) - Sunscreen or Zinc-oxide
- Tinder - Q-tips
- Candle (if candle or fire is lit, - Brass wire, AWG 28 x 20 feet
then save other fire sources) - Fish hooks, snelled, #8 & #6
- Snap-swivels
Cutter
- Box cutter blade Communications
- Spyderco Ladybug - Cellphone
(https://www.spyderco.com/) - GPS
- Condor Windfang - FRS/GMRS 2-way radios
(http://www.condortk.com) - Solar battery charger
- Mora (https://morakniv.se/en/) - Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)
- CKRT (https://www.crkt.com/)
Fun
Covers - Camera, SD card, Battery, cable
- Poncho, Silnylon - Trail guide
- Trash bags - Journal, Pencil
- Mylar blanket
- Tyvek sheet Leave in your car
- Duct tape or Tyvek tape - Digital luggage/fish scale
- Woobie - Crap in your wallet, pockets and pack
- Tent or Hammock that you absolutely do not need to
- Bamboo chopsticks (Tent stakes) 2.6oz carry.
- Tyvek Bivvy (DIY project)
- Sleeping bag Critique your process
- Ultralight quilt - Review your performance after each
- Sleeping pad mission.
- What worked?
Cordage - What failed?
- 550 Paracord - What did I need, or not need?
- Bankline - How many grams can I cut?
- What will I change?

Knowledge
-- Know what to do before you get out in
the wild.