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Hiking Tips
These essential items should be with every hiker.
- Map
- Compass and/or GPS
- Flashlight
- Extra food
- Water
- Extra clothing/Rain gear
- Hat
- Sun protection (sun screen, lip sunblock, sunglasses)
- Pocket knife or multipurpose tool
- First aid kit
Additional items for Day Trips:
- Pack
- Canteen or poly bottle, 1 quart minimum
- Emergency shelter (tube tent, space blanket)
- Hiking socks
- Sitting pad (ensolite, etc.)
- Handkerchief
- Camera and film
- Plastic bags
- Tissue and/or toilet paper
- Litter bag
- Watch
- Hiking shorts
- Windbreaker, wind and water resistant
- Binoculars
- Towel (remember Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!)
- Notebook and pencil
