Equipment

1. Check the Summer Gear List (Clothing and Gear) on the Trek Page.
2. Check the handout the Scoutmaster gave you.
3. Add to those:
• Clothing
• Clothing should be nylon, polyester, or wool.
• A neck cover
• Long-sleeved shirt and long pants to keep off the sun.
• A full-size fleece jacket for the cold.
• Sneakers are OK instead of hiking boots.
• The best Aquashoes have a tie-off in the back to secure them to your foot.
• A swimsuit.
• Gear
• A head net, just a bag, no hoop (spring-ring) for easy packing.
• Bug repellent liquid (no spray) should have DEET, e.g. Deep Woods Off or Cutter.
• Lip balm.
• A good sleeping bag would go down to 25 degrees.  Temperatures can drop into the 30s in the summer.
• Two 32-oz. water bottles, one for drinking and one for purifying.
• Two heavy-duty garbage bags, at least 3 mils and six zip ties to wrap up your pack, e.g. Berkley & Jensen Contractor Clean-up Bags (42 gal.) sold at BJ's along the left wall.
• Zipper lock bags (not zip-lock, you want the plastic zipper that slides), e.g. a double box of Hefty Jumbo 2.5 gal. OneZip bags sold at BJ's near the back on the right.
• In the Zipper bags put one day of clothes each,  put your name on, and squeeze out the air.
• A day pack or a fanny pack.
• A hot cup and a small cup to go with your spoon or fork.  No mess kit.
• Gloves.
• Towel can be a yard-square shammy camp towel, very lightweight.
• Toothpaste if peroxide and baking soda will not have to go in the bear bag.
• No deodorant.
• Optional small pillow.
• Optional 1-pound aluminum camp seat.
• Optional sleeping pad, best is self inflating.
• No candy or gum.
• $5-10 for the Deli at the end of the Trek