WAIPU CAVING TRIP CHECKLIST
Personal Equipment
Caving Equipment
Both
- Clothes (three/four days plus spares)
- Sunhat, sunglasses (optional)
- Shirts
- Sweatshirt
- Warm jacket (for evenings)
- Underwear (remember extras for caving)
- Pants - long or short (something practical for daytime and something warm for the evenings)
- Sleepwear
- Socks (remember extras for caving)
- Sandals (suitable for getting wet)
- Shoes (suitable for walking around hillsides)
- Raincoat
- Plastic bag(s) for dirty clothes
- Toiletries - shampoo, soap, flannel, toothbrush, toothpaste
- Towels (x2)
- Caving pants and shirt
Alexander
- Cards
- DVD or two: A Series of Unfortunate Events and other if weather is bad
Ian
- Asthma inhaler
- Battery rechargers (eg, AA/AAA charger, cellphone charger, camera charger, spotlight charger, powerpack cig lighter cord)
- Camera, waterproof case, tripod, USB cable
- Laptop
- Multimeters
- Soldering iron and accessories
- CDs: Derek Lind, Steve Apirana
- CD player with tape adapter
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Alexander
- Caving clothes - polypropylene thermal underwear and overalls preferred, something to cover knees is good (ie, long pants)
- Caving shoes
- Teatowel for helmet
- Headlamp
- Spare torch desireable
- Polypropylene underwear
- Scroggin
Ian
- Backpack (shared)
- Cave maps
- Caving shoes (in addition to walking shoes)
- Climbing harness
- First aid kit
- Headlamp
- Helmets x 2
- Overalls
- Polypropylene underwear (2 sets)
- Rechargeable batteries
- Scroggin
- Spare torch
Camping Equipment
"Kitchen" Equipment
Both
- Foam pad (just in case)
- Pocketknife
- Sleeping bag, pillow, blanket (if your sleeping bag isn't toasty warm)
Alexander
- Insect repellant (Ian can also get some)
- Extra tea towel for helmet
Ian
- Air mattress
- Air pistol, gas cartridges, pellets, targets
- Brush (for sweeping out tents)
- Compact fluorescent worklamps
- Duct tape
- Folding camp chair, folding wood chair
- Groundsheet(s), picnic rug(s)
- Multiplug box and extension lead
- Mosquito repelling candles
- Plug for washbasin in toilet room
- Power inverter (230V, up to 300W, 120-160Wh)
- Rope and clothes pegs
- Rubbish bags
- Solar shower
- Spotlights
- Sun/wind shelter
- Sunscreen
- Tent
Both
- Drink bottle
- Tea towels x 2
Ian
- Chilly bin, freezer pads and 3L bottle of frozen water (lasts at least 3 days)
- Dishwashing bowl
- Eating equipment (plates, bowls, cups, cutlery)
- Gas stove and cartridges
- Hand sanitiser
- Kitchen knife - could make do with pocket knife and extra plate (hard plastic)
- Magnesium firelighting block
- Matches and lighter
- Saucepans
- Suitcase picnic table
- Tissues or paper towels
- Water containers (soft drink or 3L juice bottles - one will be frozen)
Alexander
- Stainless steel frying pan
- Detergent
- Cutting board
To-Do Before Trip
To-Do During Trip
Both
- By Tuesday evening be all ready to go.
Ian
- Get more 23W ES CFLs and a 6-way power board.
- Find shower head for solar shower, somewhere at home, but where?
Alexander
- Check what type of frying pan I have
- All the basic stuff
- Camp fire
- Caving
- Check for cellphone messages/missed calls, call home
- Cooking and eating marshmallows and chocolate wheatens
- Drinking
- Eating
- Having fun
- Listening to music
- Reading
- Swimming
- Talking
- Target practise
- Toasting jet planes
- Walking
- Warming Sparkling Duet
- Watching a DVD
- Wrestling
- Concert - Steve Apirana + Derek Lind!
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