What is Kit?

Kit is your own personal kit.

It must include:

• Top half Scout Uniform

• Warm walking trousers - never wear jeans, if they get wet you will end up cold and sore and they will take ages to dry.

• Hiking Boots - must go above your ankle. You could buy leather boots which might need wearing for a few weeks before they get comfortable. Or you could buy some of the newer lightweight materials (but remember that they will not be waterproof.

• Rucksack. Try several before you buy one. A size of between 45 and 65 litres

• Sleeping bag - 3/4 seasons if you are camping early or late in the year.

• Small bed roll. Try to get a small blow up bed. NOT a lino type bed.

• 1 change of clothes

• Toothpaste and toothpaste

• Be honest - you probably will not need and soap or towels

• Toilet paper - get your favourite colour!

• A hat, sun hat if you are hiking in summer, or a warm hat in the spring or winter

• A sweatshirt

• Waterproof coat and trousers. (Some people hate waterproof trousers simply because they make you sweat because your sweat does not evaporate. In that basis waterproof trousers make you wet!)

• First Aid Kit

• Emergency rations kit

What is Equipment?

Equipment are the things that you share between your team.

They include:

• Tents

• Stoves

• Food

04 March 2006