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)