An excessively detailed water-camping equipment checklist

An excessively detailed water-camping equipment checklist
Camping while rafting is a different kind of ball game — you're hauling gear to places you can't get to by road, sleeping along the river banks, and making do with whatever you can fit in the raft. We've done enough of these trips (and forgotten enough critical items when it counts) to know that a solid checklist is the difference between smooth sailing and rough waters. Here's our list, and It's detailed on purpose. Use it, adapt it, argue it — just don't show up to the put-in without it.

 

hardware

¨  dry backpack

¨  soft cooler

¨  headlamp

¨  knife

¨  multi-tool

¨  compass

¨  map

¨  duct tape

¨  sunglasses

¨  saw

¨  twine

¨  bear bag/canister

¨  rope

¨  tarp

¨  lantern

¨  hammock

¨  hammock straps

¨  fishing gear

o    rod

o    fishing bag

o    net

o    license

¨  mosquito net

¨  folding chair

¨  shit trowel

¨  shit tickets

eating

¨  water purifier/charged

¨  jet-boil

¨  jet-boil fuel

¨  utensils

¨  plate/bowl

¨  sausage skewer

¨  cup

¨  lighter

¨  biodegradable soap

¨  scrubber

¨  food

o    frozen sausages

o    sandwich

o    poptarts

o    frozen precooked breakfast

o    frozen precooked dinner

o    energy bars

o    tasty bites

o    trail mix

o    beef jerky

o    tea/coffee

o    half&half

o    emergen-c

o    whiskey in bag

o    tequila in bag

o    oil

o    beer

o    energy gel

o    snacks

o    sloshy in thermos

o    snacks

¨  spices

¨  garbage zip-lock

sleeping

¨  tent/fly/footprint

¨  sand stakes

¨  sleeping bag

¨  sleeping pad

¨  inflatable pillow

¨  sleeping pad repair kit

electronics

¨  SPOT/renewed

¨  GPS

¨  camera

¨  phone

¨  Bluetooth speaker

¨  extra batteries

¨  waterproof bag

extra clothes

¨  flips

¨  sun shirt

¨  Keens/Crocs

¨  poncho

¨  bandana

¨  insulation

¨  sun hat

¨  puffy

¨  pants

¨  socks

¨  trunks

¨  beanie

other

¨  1st aid kit

¨  dog

¨  dog bowl

¨  dog food

¨  dog PFD

¨  sunscreen