Category: Prepping

First Time Campers Read This

What is up my Outdoor Crew!!! Are you or someone you know fixing to do your first camp out ever, well let old Mid Tn help you out with a list you can print and use to make sure you don’t forget something you may need for your first outing.

Now get out there and have fun. If you ever have questions please reach out to me and I am happy to help and make suggestions.

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Backpacking List

So with this basic backpacking list you should be good to go. Remember when backpacking keep it as lite as possible. Most backpacker measure everything in ounces and every ounce counts. Also when backpacking remember to pack out trash, so keep your trash to bare minimum. Lets get to the list.

Backpacking List

1. Hiking boots and/or shoes, make sure they are of good quality.

2. Backpack, here again good quality is the best.

3. Tent/ Hammock, now this is up to you on how you want to sleep on the trail and if the trail has places to hang a hammock.

4.Sleeping bag and sleeping pad.

5. Stove and fuel. There are many choices here do your home work on this to see what would be the best for you.

6. Kitchen Supplies, what ever you need to make your meals on the trail. Once again this should be based off what food you will be taking.

7. Plenty of Food. Refer to number 5 and 6 as far as what kind of food your taking and how you will prepare such food. i.e. Freeze Dried, MRE and Regular prepared foods.

8. Water Bottles and Water Treatment Supplies i.e Light Pen, Carbon Filter or Tablets.

9. Weather-Appropriate Clothing.

10. Emergency & Hygiene Supplies

11. Small Repair Kit. i.e. tent repair or hammock repair.

12. 10 Essentials, refer back to the list I posted on February 9th.

The 10 Essentials

This list applies to all the gear list that I will be posting over the next few Gear post I will be making over the next few weeks. So here is the list of your 10 Essentials you should have on you on

every outing.

1. Navigation: you should have map of the area your going, compass, altimeter, GPS devices, personal locator beacon (SPOT style device).

2. Headlamp: with extra batteries

3. Sun Protection: sunglasses, sun-protective clothes and sunscreen.

4. First Aid Kit: A must!

5 Knife: pocket, sheath knife

6.Fire kit: matches, lighter, fire steel, tinder and/or stove.

7. Shelter: carried at all times (can be something as simple as a tarp, any thing to get you out of the weather).

8. Extra Food: Beyond the minimum expectation.

9. Extra water: Beyond the minimum expectation

10. Extra Clothes: Beyond the minimum expectation

Planing.

So I am going over my schedule for up coming couple of months and to see where all I am going, what gear I will need and do I need to make reservations. How far out do you plan your outings? My thought is always know where your going and what your going to need to succeed. If you plan your gear a head of time you wont get to camp and have that oh crap moment that you forgot something. With that said what type of camping are you going to do i.e. car camping, bushcraft camp, backpacking or even cabin camping. In the coming days I will be touching more on these types of camping set ups and gear list for each.

Christmas Is Almost Here

Christmas is almost here and the next thing you know a new year. Another year gone and a new year dawn. Do you have big plans for the new year to do bigger things or are you at a comfortable where you are. I for one am going to be reaching for bigger better things with my YouTube Channel and the whole Mid Tn Outdoors as a brand. Look for some cool things to come out hopefully in the early to mid year. I will be using this site more and more in the coming year so make sure you subscribe to it and stay tuned in to Mid Tn Outdoors. Main videos will still come out on Tuesday and with a bonus video sometime between Friday and Saturday, these wont happen every week. Look forward to hearing from everyone so be prepared.