Camping Packing List

Written by David Flinn

For the last car camping I took to New Hampshire, here's the list I compiled:

• Maps
• Compass (Swiss Army one)
• Headlamp
• First Aid
• Knife
• Lighters
• Stove with 1 fuel bottle
• Cook Gear
• Water Bottles
• Water Filter
• Whistle
• Bug Spray
• Sunscreen
• Polypro gloves and Hat

• Trash bags and plastic bags
• Rain Gear
• Extra Batteries
• 50 - 100' cord for hanging food
• Clothes for Car
•   - sneakers
•   - shirts, undies, pants, shorts
• MP3 Player and headphones
• sunglasses
• clothes for hike
•  - underwear
•  - 2 polypro tshirts
•  - hiking shoes
•  - hiking pants
•  - bathing suit
• toiletries (bring swim ear)
• water bottle
• camera
• books
• tent and poles and ground cloth
• sleeping bag
• Foamie
• cooler
•  - water bottles
•  - food bars and jerky
•  - ice (make before we go)
•  - chocolate bars for the climb

Ideas for Food

Breakfast:
___ Hot chocolate
___ Coffee, Tea
___ Instant Hot Cider
___ Instant Oatmeal (variety)
___ Instant Cream of Wheat
___ Malt O' Meal (w/brown sugar)
___ Granola
___ Nature Valley Granola bars (variety)
___ Dried fruit (apples, raisins)

Lunch:
___ Gorp (nuts, seeds, dried fruit, m&ms)
___ Bagels
___ String Cheese
___ Hard Cheese (lasts longer) ___ Jerky or salami
___ Cookies
___ Crackers

Dinner:
___ Instant soup (Lipton's Chicken Noodle & Cream of Chicken)
___ Freeze-dried dinners (preparable in their own foil container)
      Mountain House: Lasagna, Spaghetti, Pasta Primavera, Chili Mac
      Mountain House (All Natural): Noodles & Chicken, Chicken Polynesian, Beef Stroganoff
___ Mountain House Freeze-dried desserts (Fruit Crisps--peaches, strawberries)

Dinner Spices (keep dry in small transparent canisters)
___ onion powder
___ garlic powder
___ pre-mixed, ground dried herbs
___ pepper (red or black)

Other Non-Cook Nourishment--Good for Snacks
___ Tiger's Milk Bars
___ Licorice Sticks
___ Kudos
___ Bear Valley MealPacks
___ PowerBars (Berry)
___ Chewing Gum
___ Gatorade
___ Bagels, English muffins
___ String cheese (individually wrapped)
___ Chocolate & candy
___ Dried fruit (raisins, apples, pears, peaches, bananas)
___ Dried meat and fish
___ Giant pretzels
___ Raw fruit / vegetables
___ Nuts
___ Pop Tarts
___ Fig/Peach/Apple Newtons
___ Crackers

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