Socks: 7 pairs; different weight; smart wool or something similar, not cotton, you might want liners, but I find that they just roll and give me blisters
Shorts: 4-5 pair, mix of synthetic athletic shorts that you can rinse out and dry overnight, and cotton heavy weight hiking shorts
Pants: I bring one pair of jeans, one pair of wind pants – ripstop nylon, parachute cloth, and a pair of long johns (not cotton)
Tops: 1 synthetic long-sleeved t-shirt, 2 tank tops, 3 sleeveless shirts, a turtle neck?
Fleece: a fleece jacket (actually I bring two – and when it’s really, really cold, I wear both, with an outer wind jacket
Wind jackets: can be a high-tech thin wind parka with or without lining, or just an old-fashioned wind breaker
Hats: sun hat with wide brim to cover ears and nose for hikes, and maybe a ball cap for daily out and about
Caps: wool or synthetic for cold – I always wear a cap to sleep in the cold – even with a mummy bag – I just get cold
Underwear: I bring about 7 days worth – we’ll hit a hotel with laundry facilities about every 6 days…

Equipment needed for the trip:

Basic camping gear:
- Daypack for dragging your “stuff” while traveling and for short, short day hikes
- Water bottles – at least 4 one-liter bottles. These should be wide-mouth, screw-top, and HDPE (Leak-proof)
- sleeping bag – rated to about 20 or 10 degrees F
- **** tent with rain fly- we’ll borrow most of these – and we share- tent with rain-fly; use sealant before we go!–
RSCNJ has 4 we can use We have to think about “car camping” and then the treks
- extra rope/string, doo dads for fixing up tent stakes or tent repair
- pocket knife, a jazillion tools is great, but bulky
- flashlight, and I am a convert – headlamp for camp chores
- meal utensils (plate, knife fork spoon, bowl, cup) mesh bag to keep them in?
- pillow (in car and in tent)
- ground pad, easy simple inexpensive ensolite pad, closed cell foam pad, to ThermoRest pads
- small first aid kit with the usual band-aids, etc., but add things like cold medicine, antihistamines for allergies
or bee stings, burn cream, extra tampons/liners
- duct tape – you can’t believe the ways you can use this
-compass – small to use with maps; A silva map compass will work well
- Ziploc bags to enclose cosmetics, anything liquid, underwear and socks
- I bring about 7 pair of underwear and I definitely keep these in Ziploc bags to keep out dirt and disaster- in case
some thing leaks in my bag or in the vans
- hiking socks – I don’t use pure cotton, I buy smart wool socks (wool and synthetic combo) of different thicknesses,
lightweight, medium and heavy weight socks for different days/ different hikes
- sneakers
- flip flops/water shoes/camp shoes/crocs as attested to by the fabulous Meryl Willett!
- sunscreen – high spf!!! Watch out for carcinogens
- bug spray watch out for carcinogens
- broad brimmed hat (you need to protect the back of your neck, your nose and your ears)
- wool cap or the equivalent (synthetic caps are great because they don’t itch!)
- babuska scarves/do rags
- wind jacket (I combine a rain jacket and wind jacket – use layers, layers, layers)
- fleece jacket (or shirts, I bring 2 so that I can wear both with an outer jacket for warmth)
- rain gear (and you can go ultra cheap here)
- watch (cell phones will not work in many places – so you can’t use as an alarm or clock)
- towel and washcloths or towelettes for cleaning
- long johns (go silk or synthetic – stay away from cotton thermals – will not keep you warm if they get wet
- nose spray – just saline water – your nose will dry out
- sun glasses