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.