What's In Your Kit

[+Globetrotter.uk]

What do you pack when you go caching? As a carless not careless cacher I have to take a bag of stuff to see me through the day. Food and drink, first aid kit gps pda batteries and swaps/tb's

[+walkergeoff and wife]

GPSr, Palm Vx (sorry Moote!) spare batteries, swaps, pen/pencil, maps, Romer, compass, first aid kit, camera, waterproofs, water, food, mobile phone, locking penknife - these I take whatever length of time I am out. For a day's walking I would add: Trangia and full packed lunch.

 

I think that that is all.

Edited December 31, 2005 by walkergeoff

[+Moote]

Depends on the Trip, usually 60CS, PPC + BT GPSr, Phone, 5*20p coins (Useful for telephone.

 

Mountains Full mountain ware - you never know and I have seen enough people freezing on the hillside

 

Long caching trips UK mapping on laptop with GPSr connected

[+Birdman-of-liskatraz]

1) First Aid Kit

2) IPAQ + Cables

3) Torch

4) Swaps Bag

5) Food + Water

6) Spare cache!

7) Cache repair kit. 1L Ice Cream container, ZipLoc Bags, Pencils, Notebooks, Pencil sharpener, 35 mm film containers and Logs for same.

8) Coat

9) OS Map and compass

10) Ham radio 70 cms Transceiver

 

and if i'm going onto Dartmoor or Bodmin Moor then I'd carry a few extra bits.

[+Moote]

Oh I forgot the most useful bit of kit I take one of these but without the helmet which is replaced by a head cradle for up 36 hours of bright light

[+Gralorn]

Depends on how much I can get the wife to carry!!

[+The Golem]

Depends where the cache is, if I'm with the kids I tend to do easier caches with a fairly short walk so I don't really carry that much stuff, if I'm off, by myself (not very often ) on the fells I take torch, food, compass, water, survival bag, knife, lighter and fire lighters, whistle, spare batteries and so on...

I also take a tupperware box with swaps in and a stash of spare pencils, pads and pencil sharpeners in case they need replacing - seems to happen quite a lot that!

If I'm going for a really difficult one I might take the canoe!

Edited December 30, 2005 by The Golem

[lakeuk]

GPS

Digital Camera

Spare set of AA's

OS Map + compass

printout of cache details + pen (tend to forget these)

water

[+The Blorenges]

Depends on how much I can get the wife to carry!!  

Wives can carry things? Wow!!

 

Chris - Mr B

Edited December 30, 2005 by The Blorenges

[+slimey]

Most of the recent caches I've done, it has been just the GPSr (eTrex Legend), and either the cache printout, or the palm. I always have mobile phone and leatherman with me, but they go everywhere.

 

I've not really gone for long caching hikes yet, so haven't seen the need for a caching bag - but I'm sure the time will come.

 

Simon

[+mongoose39uk]

pocket pc with memory map and tom tom

GPSr

Invertor

sony vaio with mm, gsak, navigator and haicom usb GPSr

Food and w***r, flask of coffee (fogot to take on the county run)

spare footwear, and clothes

cans of petrol

 

 

for big trips

 

for little trips me and my gpsr

 

Baby wipes to clean of the dog poo

[alistair_uk]

My typical kit includes Yellow eTrex, Pencil, spare pencil, spare batteries, packed torch, cache printouts, camera phone, local map and gloves. Swaps depend on pocket capacity.

[+Sensei TSKC]

Simply Paul takes a banana to find caches with!

[Moss Trooper]

GPSr, Palm Vx (sorry Moote!) spare batteries, swaps, pen/pencil, maps, Romer, compass, first aid kit, loo paper, trowel, waterproofs, water, food, mobile phone, locking penknife - these I take whatever length of time I am out. For a day's walking I would add: Trangia and full packed lunch.

 

I think that that is all.

Well just about everything Walkergeoff has mentioned except that I use a peak cooker.. Brews up in minuets yeah.... plus a few additions..

 

Quad bike.. Direct telephone link to Boulmer (RAF ASR) just in case yer know..

 

But on a serious note.. you can not be to cautious... folks me scoff an think yer wimp.. better the warm dry wimp than the rough tough cold wet disorentated hypothermic wasick..

 

Ther are some places out there that look like an evening stroll that turn into a fight for survival..

 

I know.. over reacting.. yep.. all it took was a clump of grass to turn a days cacheing into a drama...

 

Now did I tel yer about the time........

[+Simply Paul]

Simply Paul takes a banana to find caches with!

Just the once!

 

I also tend to pack a dead and/or leaking pen, some flat batteries and the OS map for the area adjacent to the one I'm visiting. What it would be to be as well organised as the posters here!

 

Other things I've been known to take caching: Mobile (it's with me all the time anyway) - 'Instant Sunshine' (my 1million candlepower torch) - LED head torch - A TB tucked in a pocket so that I forget all about it until I get home - OS map if I'm lucky (1:50k) - Pocket radio and/or MP3 player for entertainment on a long march - Mars bars and water (Ben Nevis/Snowdon) - CAMERA! (For cool caching pix, or to be robbed for its 4xAA) - Pocket change (for parking/phone) - Change of boots/socks (if I know I'm likely to get wet/muddy) - Caching buddy. Better than a mobile in case of trouble. Probably. - Cache swops (less and less so these days) and last, but not least, warm hat in this weather. A potential lifesaver.

[+t.a.folk]

loo paper, trowel,

 

Too much detail.

[+Pengy&Tigger]

We usually have with us...

 

2 x pda`s, one with tomtom, other with memory map and GPX sonar.

2 x Gps`s C60 and Vista.

 

Rucksags, with plasters, water, swaps, dry socks, mobile phone, note book, pens, money, camara.

 

Long trips in the car usually have sandwiches, pop, and crisps. Laptop, power invertor for 240v hook up, more wires than a BT exchange. Spare dry shoes, pants and underwear (yep we`ve learnt that mistake.... falling up to your arm pits in a bog isn`t nice, even worse when you have no dry clothes).

 

Most important of all, a list of possible caches we`ve planned, with notes on possible walking distance, to drop if time is getting short and we are on a mission.

 

By hey it`s only a game we can give it up anytime we like.... er... maybe.

 

Pengy

[+John Stead]

By hey it`s only a game we can give it up anytime we like.... er... maybe.

 

Pengy

Who do you think you are kidding!!!!

 

Happy New Year full of good resolutions!!

[+walkergeoff and wife]

loo paper, trowel,

 

Too much detail.

You are right - I did wonder when I did the first posting. I have edited it out. Sorry if any offence was caused.

[+CANTOR CLAN]

When I go out I take two important things with me my husband Paul he carries a rucksack filled with everything .spare batteries,cooker,spam (can`t go without fried spam sandwiches) ,flask,maps,coats,hats,gloves,cache details

(a strange thing called a compass! it was due to this thing I brought him a GPS)and anything else he considers essential also a mobile for the phone a friend option.

I however carry a rucksack with what I consider the true essentials

1 chocolate

2 sweets

3 more chocolate

4 water

5 pen

Edited December 31, 2005 by CANTOR CLAN