Your must have item for overnighters...

[stepbystep]

Hi All,

I am putting together a kit for my first tent based overnighters in Tassie, and am interested in all the incidentals, the things I might not think about until I'm in camp.
Now apart from all the obvious stuff, tents, mat, sleeping bag, cooking gear, food etc.

What is the one item(and why) do you take it on every trip?

Thanks

[tasadam]

Going back to post number 107 on the forum, you may find this topic has all the answers.
These days I use a spreadsheet with tick boxes down the side. So I check off the items I think I will need on each walk, whether it's a day walk or an overnighter.

Bear in mind I walk with my wife so some items here may not be relevant...
Picking a single must-have item, hard to do, but you are welcome to peruse my full list and see if there's anything that grabs your attention.
Note, the wine bladder isn't on the list, and I have a separate list for food. Licence, credit card, and a little cash normally get put in as well - mainly for the trip home.

Gear
Pack
Pack liner bag
Garbage bag for clothes
Garbage bags for sleeping bags
Sleeping bags with silk sheets
Sleeping Mat
Tent / Poles / Pegs / Snowpegs
Tyvek Groundsheet / Space Blanket
GPS
Torch
Spare Batteries for torch & GPS
Map/s
Compass & whistle
Lip balm
Insect repellent
Sunscreen
Toothbrush
Mouth Fresh drops
Toilet paper
Trowel and tent peg for digging
Plastic bags for rubbish etc
Water bottles
Water bladder
Pocket knife
First aid kit
Stove with lighter, matches, etc
Fuel
Billies
Bowl / Cup / Spoon
Tea towel in bag
Female personal items & medication
Notebook and pen / pencil
Scourer
Sunglasses
Spare cord
Guy rope for tarpaulin / tent rope
Moisturiser
Thermal accident blankets - St Johns


Clothes
Boots (snow sealed)
Gaiters
Japara
Plastic pants
Socks, minimum 3 pairs
Undies
Thermal pants
Thermal top/s
Shirt/s
Trousers
Jacket / jumper / windstopper
Vest
Hat
Beanie / balaclava
Gloves
Clothes compression bag

Other
Camera Gear
Food
Phone
Parks pass

[the_camera_poser]

salt for leeches

We need a leech smiley on this forum......

Also, a multi-use knife (Swiss Army style or Leatherman).

[flyfisher]

Bushman 80%deet for leeches and don't forget your headtorch.
ff

[Pebbles]

I'll list three which I have kicked myself for forgetting at some point or other:
1. spoon/fork/spork. I'll never forget that trip.
2. Neoprene socks. I always get wet boots (wading / fishing), and when pack space is tight, one pr of boots may gets the chop. At camp at night, I can live with slightly cold feet, but very cold, wet feet is very uncomfortable.
3. Spare lighter/matches. I have only once had my only MOI crap out on me without backup. Never again!

Geoff.

[stepbystep]

Going back to post number 107 on the forum, you may find this topic has all the answers.
These days I use a spreadsheet with tick boxes down the side. So I check off the items I think I will need on each walk, whether it's a day walk or an overnighter.

Bear in mind I walk with my wife so some items here may not be relevant...
Picking a single must-have item, hard to do, but you are welcome to peruse my full list and see if there's anything that grabs your attention.
Note, the wine bladder isn't on the list, and I have a separate list for food. Licence, credit card, and a little cash normally get put in as well - mainly for the trip home.

Gear
Pack
Pack liner bag
Garbage bag for clothes
Garbage bags for sleeping bags
Sleeping bags with silk sheets
Sleeping Mat
Tent / Poles / Pegs / Snowpegs
Tyvek Groundsheet / Space Blanket
GPS
Torch
Spare Batteries for torch & GPS
Map/s
Compass & whistle
Lip balm
Insect repellent
Sunscreen
Toothbrush
Mouth Fresh drops
Toilet paper
Trowel and tent peg for digging
Plastic bags for rubbish etc
Water bottles
Water bladder
Pocket knife
First aid kit
Stove with lighter, matches, etc
Fuel
Billies
Bowl / Cup / Spoon
Tea towel in bag
Female personal items & medication
Notebook and pen / pencil
Scourer
Sunglasses
Spare cord
Guy rope for tarpaulin / tent rope
Moisturiser
Thermal accident blankets - St Johns


Clothes
Boots (snow sealed)
Gaiters
Japara
Plastic pants
Socks, minimum 3 pairs
Undies
Thermal pants
Thermal top/s
Shirt/s
Trousers
Jacket / jumper / windstopper
Vest
Hat
Beanie / balaclava
Gloves
Clothes compression bag

Other
Camera Gear
Food
Phone
Parks pass

Well that was thorough, I only asked for one item, but I get your point, I see there's plenty of info already on the forum, thanks Adam