Whats in your caching bag ?

[+Lorri-Ann & Kev 0]

Not sure if this has been asked before but i was just wondering what you all keep/have in your caching bags.

I have a back pack which seems to have everything in it bar the kitchen sink

 

This is what mine usually consists of -

 

1 notebook

5 Pens

Tweezers

Screwdriver

Swaps

Geocoins & T.B's (if i have any)

Spare log books

Spare micro canisters

Baby wipes

Tissues

Gloves

Water free hand gel

Small first aid kit

Doggie poop bags

Doggie biscuits (as our dog is often with us )

Chewing gum/sweets

Bottle of water

GPS

Spare batteries (for GPS )

Mobile phone

And finally purse (if i remember)

 

Are your bags similiar or do i carry far too much ??

[+hiho9 0]

12 batteries,camera,binoculars,pda,FAK,pens,pencil,notebook,£20,small knife,

lighter,insect repellent,alcohol hand gel,magnets,camo tape,film canisters,spare log book,mobile phone with 20 quid in the case, lots of water, cereal bars,2AA maglite,and a pair of cheap radios sometimes,walking pole,car keys,resealable bags

 

and Tbs/Coins/some swaps

 

think that's about it

 

Edit: added more stuff

Edited May 25, 2008 by hiho9

[+Icenians 0]

Blimey. You lot are organised!

 

I tend to go with whatever I happen to have with me at the time. I've even forgotten the GPS on one occasion.

[+The Blorenges 18]

It has been asked before. But I thought I'd put the photo I did previously back up for a laugh! Minor changes are the Palm has been replaced by a Mio P550 and Mrs B now has her own GPS. But essentially it's the same!

 

Chris

 

Mrs B and Mr B out caching on the Isles of Scilly 2006

 

[+La Fifi 0]

Not sure if this has been asked before but i was just wondering what you all keep/have in your caching bags.

I have a back pack which seems to have everything in it bar the kitchen sink

 

This is what mine usually consists of -

 

1 notebook

5 Pens

Tweezers

Screwdriver

Swaps

Geocoins & T.B's (if i have any)

Spare log books

Spare micro canisters

Baby wipes

Tissues

Gloves

Water free hand gel

Small first aid kit

Doggie poop bags

Doggie biscuits (as our dog is often with us )

Chewing gum/sweets

Bottle of water

GPS

Spare batteries (for GPS )

Mobile phone

And finally purse (if i remember)

 

Are your bags similiar or do i carry far too much ??

 

Sounds like my work handbag, except for the doggie stuff!

[+hiho9 0]

ive missed a walking pole of my list but it aint in me bag

[+hawkeye81 0]

I've usually got:

 

OS map & waterproof case

Compass

Small first aid kit

Hand wipes

Digital camera with spare batteries

Lightweight binoculars

Garmin GPS

Spare batteries for GPS

Water bottle

Small number of swaps (just in case I ever find something I'd like in a cache )

Spare log book & pencil in resealable bag (for on the spot replacements)

Notebook & couple of pens

Printout of cache description (for multi's - starting to go paperless for traditional caches now)

iPaq PDA with Cachemate & TomTom

Wallet

Mobile phone

 

Think that's it!

[+Geo.Kitten 0]

i always seem to forget pens :< and then have everything else in my bag.

[+MartyBartfast 663]

Well today (and yesterday) I took:-

 

GPS

OS Map

Sony PSP

Photocopy of map (don't tell the OS ) with walking route highlighted.

printout of the Google Maps overlay showing all cache locations.

Multitool, bike spanner and allen keys.

Asthma inhaler

spare batteries

Pen

Paper

Sarnies and peperoni sausage

bottle of squash

keys

wallet

mobile phone

sunglasses (needed 'em yesterday but not today )

 

Also took a trekking pole and a hat, but not in the bag.

[+Geo-Gophers 0]

A little bit of everything in ours lol....

 

GPS

Notebook

Pens

2 pairs of tweezers

Small pair of scissors

Hand cleansing gel (the kind that you don't need water for)

Packet of tissues

Spare batteries

Walkie Talkies

Mobile Phones

Tick remover

Swaps

Travel bugs and geocoins that are due to be swapped etc.

Two different sizes of self inking stamps

Poo bags.......for the dog LOL!

Spare log books

A whistle

Small torch

Painkillers and indigestion tablets!!!!

Some different sized plasters and antiseptic wipes

Pair of thick gardening gloves for tackling the dreaded nettles

Digital camera and memory cards

Wallet & Keys

 

Then of course there's the other bags with the print-outs, food and drink etc

[+The Hornet 2]

Combined PDA/GPS

 

Sometimes a pen, if I remember. Usually the dog but he tends to wander off so probably doesn't count.

 

That's it.

[+MoJoBrad 0]

My GPS

[+MartyBartfast 663]

.... Usually the dog ...

That's it.

 

You carry the dog in your caching bag? That's one pampered pooch

[+The Hornet 2]

[harryhotspur 0]

It is usually just what I carry in my handbag

Mobile

Purse

Keys

Inhaler

Plasters

Germolene

Resue Balm

Safety Pins

Mini Perfume

Little deodrant

2 pens

brush

though I now have added

breath mints

lipsalve

suntan lotion with insect repellent

Some small goodies if I find a cache when out

bottle of water if Im going for a walk

my fella always has a torch or two in the car and I keep spare shoes and gloves in there in case I need them

He has just discovered beef jerky so I might get more of that for him and I like the energy tablets you get and he wants to get some walkie talkies

Edited May 26, 2008 by harryhotspur

[+derrylynne 0]

I have never really given a thought to what we take with us when we do a trip but here goes.

2 * GPS units - one for Derry and so Lynne don’t get left out - one for her. Laughs..

Rucksack

2 * full waterproofs set.

Camera - for taking pictures of location and as a muggles distraction. (We look like tourists that way - or was it idiots?)

Ordnance maps of the area downloaded onto the Colorado 300.

Drinks of squash and a hot flask of tea.

Sandwiches.

Compass.

6 * AA cells Spare batteries.

Lynne. - dare not forget the wife…

Anemometer and temperature instrument - for wind chill calculations -

Pens.

Notebook

Spare boots

Spare clothes.

Torch.

Not forgetting the walking pole (handy for searching for caches in the bush too)

 

Surprising what we take isn’t it. But then again if we are only doing a couple of cache and dashes - just Lynne and the Colorado.. Lol…

Edited May 26, 2008 by derrylynne

[+The T4 Two 0]

We must be pretty basic - all we have in our bag is; swaps, spare batteries, tissues, latex gloves(just in case) pen and a notebook which comes in handy if the log is full. And of course the trusty Garmin. (