Survival Outing Equipment List

Please bring personal food supplies for the duration of the outing.
You will carry water in and/or procure from local lakes and purified.

REQUIRED ITEMS
-Medication; enough doses of prescriptions for the # of days you will be out; + one day.
-Medic Alert info
-Aspirin or other OTC pain med
-Shelter: tent or tarp & line
-Sleeping bag
-Water bottle, canteen or a hydration system -Flashlight and/or headlamp -Fire starting materials -Knife -Whistle -Insect repellant for ticks and chiggers -Riding boots or sturdy shoes (comfortable enough to wear several days in a row) -Appropriate clothing: think layers!
-Toiletries & toilet paper (face moisturizer w/SPF, sun block for exposed skin, moist towelettes to cleanse face, disinfecting wipes) -Eating utensils (fork & spoon) -Cooking pot w/lid or cooking kit (suggest a pot with folding handle) -Cup (for hot beverages) -Food; personal breakfasts & dinners to be prepared over camp fires -Hat Adults (helmut recommended) -Helmut for all under age 16

OPTIONAL ITEMS
-Lunches; snack foods such as ready-to-eat, hich-energy nibble foods such as trail mix, beef jerky, fruit, nuts, dried fruit, etc. (NOT salty low energy snacks like chips) -Sunglasses -Camera -Personal first-aid kit -Personal survival kit -Water filtration bottle or kit -Commercial sleeping pad or a piece of plastic to put under sleeping bag or blankets -Small pillow (perhaps inflatable) -Fanny pack to carry important personal items ON YOU (cell phone, ID, Rx, snack food, etc.) -Watch -Small battery-operated light for shelter -Personal compass -Poncho/raingear -Tea/coffee/cocoa -Towel/washcloth/handi-wipes -Sham-wow or other shami like Fireman's Friend that can be put up wet -Mirror or CD -Gum/candy/smoking materials

HORSE ITEMS
-Riding equipment in good repair: saddle, bridle, pad, saddle bags, pommel bags, etc.
-Repair kit or extra pieces like reins or girth leather -Halter & lead rope -Rope for picket line -Feed (a complete feed w/roughage i.e.: alfalfa or timothy pellets you soak w/water as a substitute for grazing) -Supplements you usually give horse (now is not the time to cut back on nutrients) -Electrolytes (put in horse's feed at least a week before trip so it wil be used to smell/taste) -Bute for any soreness that may develop -Brush/hoof pick -Insect repellant -Collapsible bucket -Nose bag or ground cloth for feed

OPTIONAL ITEMS
-Hobbles

*Saddle blankets can be used as sleeping pad.

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Additional info from a good friend:
Lay out an 8' x 10' tarp on the ground (the tarp will be your shelter) in the middle of the tarp lay out your sleeping bag and put pillow case in the sleeping bag along with 2 pairs of socks, undies, shirts & pants. (put coat in the pillow case at night). Fold one side of the tarp over the sleeping bag, then the other. Fold the bottom & top in & start rolling lengthwise. Tie w/cord (could be picket tie rope) & drape over back of saddle. Across the bed/shelter roll, stuff poncho for quick access. Use front saddle bags for food & water and rear saddle bags for the horse's food. In the front pouch remember a flashlight, utensils & 2 small packs of Kleenex. This should be all you need & it should weigh less than 30#.

Of course this is only a suggestion, you may know a better way.