- Tent, Footprint, Rain cover/fly and stakes (in one pack)
- Sleeping Bag
- Sleeping Pad
- Sleeping Pillow
- Chemical Backup Aquatabs in first aid kit
- Water Purifier System: Guardian needs no extra parts.
Ora Water Filter System: Sawyer, squeeze bag or a large smartwater bottle, backwashing plunger, hoses and fittings, safer to get 2X Sawyer if you can and keep the backup new and dry
- Food packed in dry bag
- Empty second dry bag for garbage and waste (can be hung for bears), containing several empty gallon ziplock bags
- Long-handle Spork or spoon
- Candy and Jerky, Costco junkfood snacks (if individually wrapped open them an and put them in ziploc bag before the trip), leave some things and protean bars wrapped
- Stove and 2x 100g of Fuel for groups arrange to carry less/no backup fuel
- 2x Electric Lighter with flashlight (or 1 per person in a group)
- Titanium Cup
- Nalgene wide-mouth Water Bottle and a hydration bladder for longer trips. Mak sure whatever you get has that same 3.5 inch diameter screw connection to attach directly to the water filter
- Tea (in bags will make trash, maybe open and put in ziploc before) and Coffee (instant makes less trash)
- Tee or long shirt of synthetic material (per weather)
- Shorts or pants of synthetic material (per weather)
- Light Midlayer (down or synthetic)
- Outer layer or rain gear (Gore-Tex jacket with hood and pants) or plastic poncho, backpack rain cover, and Umbrella for desert sunny or higher chance of rain
- Optional sleeping shirt (For me that is a cotton tee)
- Glasses and glass cleaner, sunglasses, silicone ear grips or chums
- Watershoes/camp shoes
- Adventure Hat
- Socks - Synthetic and extra pair
- Underwear - Synthetic material and extra pair
- First Aid Kit
- Prescriptions/Painkiller/Allergy/Sleep pills
- Rescue Inhaler and Epipen (if needed)
- Small backup butane Lighter
- Band-Aid X10 (optional, add 6 inch or so of moleskin)
- Repair Tape Tenacious Gear Aid
- Iodine prep pad, first aid tape and bandage, antiseptic towelette, rubber tourniquet (comes with most first aid kits)
- Small scissors
- Tweezers
- Trowel
- Maps and Compass, or digital maps preloaded on phone
- Bear Spray in Brown or Polar bear zones (I don't bother with it for black bears), 1 per group
- Bug Spray Picaridin 4 oz or DEET, one small bottle per person for long trips
- Body bug protection Ben's InvisiNet
- Sunscreen
- Earplugs
- Headlamp with extra battery (for planned night hikes only, use lighter and phone for emergency/unplanned)
- Wet wipes in ziplo with an extra bag for used wipes
- If where you're going requires you to remove solid human waste (some popular deserts, alpines, narrow river canyons, etc) get WAG Bags
- Paracord Rope (to hang dry bags overnight in bear areas) or less preferred but some areas require a Bear Canister
- 1 Knife per group
- Extra Junkfood for when you return that can handle temperature spikes (cookies, chips, etc)
- Extra clothes (if there is a long drive home)
- Chair 2.3 lbs or 1.1 lbs
- Chapstick
- Wilderness Soap (Any size is too large, only a very small amount is needed)
- Lotion
- Kindle and Headphones
- Trekking Poles
- Toothbrush and paste
- Solar/battery/charger
- Synthetic gear washed with Nikwax, Down Gear Version, Tent Version
- Outer gear pre-treated the day before with Permethrin