Checklist
The essentials
- towel: a Britanne Aquis Adventure microfiber towel (bright color, large)
compasspaper journal (green cover)wallet- a U.S. passport
bag: a Mountainsmith Apollo sleeping bagknife: a Swiss Army Fieldmaster multitool- shelter: a [Hennessy Hammock]
- water: a Katadyn Hiker Pro water filter
- fire: a Light-My-Fire Swedish Army firesteel
- cooking: a [Trangia 25 alcohol stove] (w/ pot & kettle)
- storage: a BearVault Solo 450 bear cannister
- pack: a Gregory Makalu backpack
- book: an [Amazon Kindle 2] electronic book
- boots
- sleeping pad
- phone: a Palm Pre, iPhone, or Blackberry
- shoes: a pair of [Vibram FiveFingers]
- pants: 2 pairs of supplex nylon convertable pants (khaki/slate)
- sweater: a Patagonia Capilene zip-up turtleneck (gray)
- shirt: a light wool or synth-wool button down shirt (moss green)
- tee: a form-fitting synthetic fabric tee (white)
- socks: 3 pairs of Smartwool hiking socks
- audio: a [Sansa Fuze] media player
- light: an LED head-lamp
- bottles: two Nalgene 1L water bottles, plus a 1L fuel bottle
- daypack: a sling-style courier bag
- stave: a collapsible trekking pole
- camera
guitar: a Martin Backpacker guitarrainhatbeltpencil: a mechanical pencil and refillspen: a Pilot V Razorpoint (green)marker: a Sharpie Super Twin-Tipgames: a deck of cards, a set of poly dice, and 5 [Icehouse stashes]razorsunglassesfirst-aid kithairburshtoothbrushbottle of liquid soap
always know where your towel is.
… or similar. I haven’t decided on a specific pack yet.
the priciest thing on this list, but I want one so bad. we’re talking [towel]-level necessity here. :)
I suppose I should pick a brand & style. *shrug* I’ve never been able to get too excited about boots.
ditto.
I like my current camera but a newer, slimmer point-n-shoot would be nice
Last update 1 May 2009
