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Troop gear: Backpacking

What the Quartermaster needs to make sure we bring on every backpacking or tent camping trip

  • Tents (crucial: check before packing the tent, poles, stakes, flies, and footprints)
  • Troop First Aid kit
  • Maps (2 minimum)
  • Dining fly (at least Noah’s Tarp; others if large group)
  • Stoves (2 minimum)
  • Cooking gas
  • Cooking pots
  • Utensils (knives (2), spatula(s), ladle, fork, hot pot tongs)
  • Zip-Loc bags
  • Camping spices (salt, pepper, hot pepper flakes)
  • Water filters (2 minimum)
  • Purification tablets (yes, in addition to filters; always carry back-up)
  • Dromedaries
  • Troop Food
  • Bear bags (stuff sacks)

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