Wild Camping Kit List
- Tent (footprint and pegs) - appropriate for season, expected conditions and environment
- Sleeping Bag - appropriate for season, expected conditions and environment
- Sleeping Mat - appropriate for season, expected conditions and environment.
- Sit mat
- First aid kit - personal size plus anything specific that you may need
- Lighting - Head torch
- Weather appropriate clothing
- Sanitation - trowel and poop bags for burying/removing toilet waste, pee bottle
- Food per person, per day - recommend dehydrated food
- Water Container - at least 2 liters
- Cooking and eating equipment - camping stove and fuel, mug & spoon
- Flask - 0.5 liters
- Battery pack for phone charging
IMPORTANT
This is the absolute bare minimum and you should add whatever else you may well need.
During the planning stage consider the following and add or improve as required:
What is the environment? - Mountain/Moorland/Coastal/etc
Do you have a right of access or is permission required? If not then choose somewhere where you have.
What is the expected weather forecast for the full duration?
What is the location of the proposed camp? - valley, hill/mountain top, ridge, etc. Your going to want a flat area for your tents that is protected from weather and its effects - flood, high winds, etc
Where is the nearest water? - is it safe to drink? Do you need to purify it?
What are you doing about sanitation? - your going to need to pee and pooh so find out the local rules and expectations?
Follow the leave no trace principles.
Arrive late in the day and leave first thing in the morning.
Keep away from and out of sight of roads, buildings, livestock.
Keep numbers of tents small.
Choose tents that have a natural colour.
Tell someone you plans.
If asked to leave or pay a small fee by the landowner then oblige politely.