GEAR:
Sleeping bags &
Sleeping pads
[BIG Air matreses are strongly reccomended]
Tent, with mosquito netting is very, very nice but not abbsolutly necessary.
CLOTHING:
Good boots You will hike about 0.83 a miles, cross country, amongst granite boulders,
Hike into the woods to collect firewood, (and other business), hike down to the
swimming hole, and maybe go on a day hike
Sandles or lighter shoes for around the camp are nice
Shorts and bathing suite if it's hot
Long pants & long sleeve shirt -if it's cold at night or the bugs are really bad in the day time.
cap, socks, T-Shits, long underwear, CLEAN
underwear (2,heavy coat,rain coat/poncho
gaiters, gloves, tooth brush, TOWL, comb
Extra Change of Clothes for drive home.
WATER
You must filter or boil ALL water from the Stanisluas river. [Do not pull
water from Blood's Creek.]
Another option is to just to carry down a couple
gallons of bottled water. Or you can buy iodine tables. They work and it's just for two days.
MISCELANEOUS:
matches, pocket knife, day pack, stove, candles or a lantern, 50 feet rope, ground cloth,
star chart, books, MAPS: topo and geology, compass, playing cards
A mug for your kegger beer
flashlight and extra batteries
Mosquito repelent
sun screen,
camera, film, book/magazine
B.Y.O.L.C. - - Bring your own lawn chair. Get any cheap, light weight
foldable lawn chair for sitting around the fire.
First Aid Kit:
various size bandages, antibiotic, motrin, coffee, whiskey, drugs & money
FOOD - COOKING
About half cook on an open fire. You may want to bring a grill to set on the rocks.
Of those cooking on a fire many use tinfoil cookery. Make up your meal the day before
meats, fresh veggies, spices etc. Wrap it all in three layers of tin foil. Have it folded
you can open a bit to see if it is done. You also may ad some water or broth or
white wine ( or beer) right before you put it on the coals. Remove it from the
cooler saturday up at the cars, and bring it down when you do a keg run. Then
cook it up a few hours latter for dinner.
The other half of the people bring camp stoves for cooking.
Cook Kit,plate, cup, knife, fork & spoon, large spoon
OR paper plates or bowls.
2 Quart Cook Pot(to boil or store filtered water in)
aluminum bowl (I know, I'll get Alzheimer's)
coffee pot, bio-degradeable camping dish soap, dish towel, garbage bags,
duct tape, pot holder or handkerchief.
MEALS:
Saturday dinner, & Sunday breakfast
Competition for the best, easiest, and taistiest
meals are always fun to watch.
There is also usually a party Friday night, camps up top at the trailhead by the cars
before hiking down to the "island" Saturday morning.
Dinner ideas
One pot dinners are best, such as soup or stews.
French bread streaches things out. Also throw hunks of cheese into your cups
of stew or soup. Spaghetti, Mac & Cheese,
Zinfandel, Salad, cookies, pretzels, goldfish
Breakfast ideas
Instant Oatmeal, dried fruit like rasins, fresh mellon,
Tang breakfast drink, or canned juice, instant hot chocolate, coffee, breakfast
bars, Egg and bacon Burritos.P>
Lunch & snack ideas
Tuna
Mayo, Tomatoe, Onion, Bagels or pitta Bread, Tobasco Sauce, cheese,
Gatorade, Salsa, gorp, mini-carrots,
Salami Stick, Cheese, bagels, dried fruit/gorp, Instant lemonade or Ice tea
Fri. Dinner &
happy hour
peanuts, pretzels, Vodka and Lemonade
Sat Breakfast
oatmeal
raisins
breakfast bar
OR
pancakes
bacon
plus
tang
coffee
Sat. & Sun Lunches
peanut butter and jelly
bagels
Gatorade
gorp
Sat - -
Happy Hour
salsa
chips
dinner
Fluan
(just kidding)
pistachio pudding,
Yukon Jack or bring your own Tequila
Sun Breakfast
oatmeal,
raisins,
tang(?),
coffee
breakfast bar,
Burritos
beans
(cook up chopped onion,
green pepper, freeze dried tomatoes)
cheese, Eggs Benedict, Pancakes & Hash Browns & steak,
COFFEE,
Power bars,
leftovers,(?)
gorp, Oranges, Bananas
