Fuck yeah, hitchhiking

Cross Canada Packing List

raywandersnorth:

Starting on the fourth of June, I will be heading out from Toronto, and hitch hiking west on the trans-canada. We will arrive in Oliver, BC, in good time, and look for fruit picking work. In July we head north for a ten day art festival in Inuvik, after which we will be banding birds outside of Whitehorse, YK until September.

Epic northern expedition!

Packing list:

- Bug Spray

- sun screen

- flashlight

- coffee flask

- camera/card

- belt

- knife

- hat

- Toothpaste/Brush

- Razor

- Nail Clippers

- First Aid Kit (Ziplocked, home-made)

- Toilet Paper (Cardboard tube removed)

- Baby wipes (5-ish) (take up no space, why not?)

- Baking soda (replaces deodorant and can be used to wash)

- Underwear (4)

- Socks (4)

- Fleece(1)

- Jeans (1)

- Shorts (1)

- Tshirts (2)

- Ipod

- Cell phone

- Charger for both

- Day Pack

- Flash Vest (Thin Orange Construction Vest for Visibility)

- Tent

- Ground Sheet

- Wool Blanket

- Camping mattress (army surplus)

- Sleeping bag liner (sheet folded over and sewn)

- Bandanas (2)

- Postcards, stamps, addresses

- Journal

- Map

- Novel

- Bird Identification Book (Only needed because I will be bird banding)

- Tourist pouch for hiding money

- Wallet (minimum cards)

- Pot/Bowl

- Fork, Spoon

- Bar of soap (ziplocked)

- Rope

- Earplugs

- Compass

- Tent peg (only one… >.> <.<)

- Duct tape (just a bit wrapped around a pen)

- sewing kit

- Markers (to make hitching signs)

- Clean, cut blank signs of bristol board (4, 1 sheet of bristol)

- Lighter

- Any relevant medication, and the prescription

- Hiking boots

- Sandals

- Sleeping bag

- Wind breaker/rain-resistant

- Light towel

- Dry travel food (not too much. we wont be hiking in the bush for long. and none of that freeze dried nonsense from the hiking stores)

- Water container(s). (1.5 lt, while planning to carry more outside the backpack)

- teabags

All of this will be in or on my bag except what i wear when i leave. While we will be camping for pretty much four months straight, we wont be truly roughing it away from civilization, or hiking for more than a day or two, so this is a minimum living kit with everything I need to camp, be employed, volunteer, and cross the country by thumb, with the potential to settle down on the west coast for the rest of the year without having to acquire anything.