Packing List

Main Pack (checked in at airport)

Plane: carry-on small day pack (and day hikes)

Your valuables plus emergency stuff (in case lost pack)

• Main pack check-in at airport;
  • enclose in secure 'net' bag
• hiking sticks
• pair of comfortable, light weight shoes
• light weight gators
• 2 long sleeve, 2 short sleeve poly shirts (fast drying & don’t wrinkle too bad)
• 1 jacket: fleece or light-weight running/hiking top
• 2 pair long pants (zip off bottoms works well)
• 1 short pants (doubles as swim suit)
• 1 lycra (tights). Adds essential layer.
• 3 underwear
• wind breaker top and bottom (rain proof, too?)
• light stocking cap
• mini-towel (~ 20"x20") of squeeze-dry material
• 4 pair thicker hiking socks (and 2 pair thin socks if you wear 2 pair when hiking)
• candle and waterproof matches
• rubber bands, plastic ziplock bags
• sewing kit & concentrated detergent
• sawed off short, heavy duty plastic spoon
• Fanny pack for day-hiking
• water-bottle(s) or hydration-bag (total 2 or 3 liters).
• multipurpose knife (with bottle opener, scissors, tweezers, pliers, etc.)
• Quite a few Sealed zip-lock bags (for sandwiches, dirty/wet clothes, trail mix, etc.)
• plastic shopping bags (not provided in their stores)
• optional: little photo book (with 6 or 8 photos of family, hobbies, etc.). fun to show to folks you meet along the way.
• thin clothesline/twine/string, mini-clothespins
• collapsible umbrella (sturdy to withstand winds)
• Lite poncho (cover yourself/pack during storms)
• light gloves (little warmth, breathable, durable)

• money/passport-belt (then, to keep dry, place these in a sandwich bag(s) -> passport, plane ticket/info, drivers license, credit card, cash, notes (emergency fraud #’s, itinerary, address-phone#’s)
• wear primary hiking boots
• electronics: 220-110 universal plug (3 prongs). consider 3-way adapter (some rooms have one outlet) and one of us take a short extension cord.
• reading glasses and good sun glasses !!!
• Hostel Sheet (bivey bag and inner liner or sheet).
• Euro & Swiss Francs & emergency Amer. bills
• camera (& extra SD disks), mp3 player (earphone)
• Possibly a pedometer, GPS, etc.
• ear plugs!!!; needle/thread & a little duct tape
• drivers license
• hood lamp (or small, light LED light)
• first aid (bandaids, tape/heel-slick, neosporum, water-proof matches, etc.), and medicine (prescriptions, vitamins, ibuprofen, etc.)
• toiletries - in sealed bag: tooth brush/paste, deodorant, razor, comb, file, etc.
• Sun Screen
• Log to record the trip (and pen/pencil, sticky notes)
• paperback(s) to read (then discard)
• travel book tear-outs and travel articles, maps, etc.
• wristwatch (?) (with alarm and lighted face)
• whistle (emergencies)
• hat (with large brim and ear/neck protection)
• bear rattle (kidding)