Equipment
We supply the following;
1. The Trip Leader/Tour Guide. Please obey your Trip Leader, they will generally not tell you to do something unless it really needs to be done, and when they tell you to NOT do something, please obey and remember that you are traveling in a wilderness to semi-wilderness environment where Mother Nature and her representatives, the Weather and the Grizzly, are the true bosses.
2. The van. Your home away from home, please treat it with the same care.
3. All camp food, and the necessary cooking tools.
4. Tents.
You need to bring the following:
1. Suitable outdoor clothing for hot to cold weather, including rain gear. Suggestions include; thigh-length rain jacket, pile pullover, pile vest, long sleeve shirts, one wool one cotton, t-shirts, wool hats for Alaska and high-altitude trips, and hats with sun visor for all trips, cotton underwear in a suitable quantity, shorts for hiking, for sleepwear, and for jumping into the water, long pants for cool days, most nights, and walking in thick brush, and as many pairs of good quality wool socks as you can carry. Polypro underwear, long sleeve shirt and long pants, are a huge plus for Alaska trips. And some of the newest wicking-type shirts can be wonderfuly comfortable in warmer weather.
2. Suitable footwear for extended walking in difficult terrain, plus light weight running or walking shoes for around camp and in the van.
3. Good comfortable day pack with pockets for your sun cream, bug repellent, sunglasses, water bottle, utility knife, room for any toys you bring such as binoculars or cameras, and enough space to carry your rain jacket, spare dry socks, pullover or vest.
4. Personal toiletry items including any drugs or pills that you need. NOTIFY your trip leader if you are on any prescription medications and show them where they can be found in case of emergency.
5. Personal campware, including cup, plate/bowl, utensils.
6.Sleeping bag - except for summer desert trips, any other Alaska or Utah trip requires that the bag be rated to freezing or just below - and a good sleeping pad.
