What to take Tramping

It's important for your safety and comfort that you take the right equipment with you when tramping. So I've provided a basic list of items to consider. Note you may want or need other items especially if travelling in an alphine environment.

Clothing Jacket Beanie Sun hat Thermal Underwear Wool or Fleece Jersey Gloves Shorts Gaiters Socks Jandals Cooking Cooker Fuel for Cooker Matches and Lighter Food Emergency Food Drink Bottle Water filter/Treatment tablets Plate Bowl Cup Knife, Fork, Spoon Dishwashwing Liquid Cooking Pot Pan

Other Pack Pack Liner Boots Tent Sleeping Bag Camera Small Torch Extra Batteries for Torch Insect Repellant Towel First Aid Kit Maps Compass Sleeping Mat Candle Rubber tube for fire lighting Cellphone EPIRB Sunscreen Sunglasses Pocket Knife toilet paper Tooth Paste Paper & Pen

Tramping Food

There is a huge variety of food that can be taken tramping. If it is a one day or overnight trip you can get away with taking basically whatever you feel like eating. However on longer trips weight and perishability of your food start to become very important. So you'll want food that is light, stays together in your pack, keeps well and provides a high amount of energy. Breakfast - Museli and rolled oats are good choices here. You can put some nuts in with it to supply a bit more energy if you want. During the day when I'm walking I tend to have lots of little snacks rather than having a big huge lunch. Dried fruit and nuts are great you can by them premixed as Scrogin or Trail Mix. Often these mixes contain a bit of chocolate as well which is great for flavour and energy.