Busky2
03-01-2015, 16:25
I had the chance to go to school for the day talk to some cool kids about my trip on the AT and the day before my visit they were given a task, list what do you pack.
One hundred thirty suburban sixth grade boys and girls were asked to pack a backpack for a four night trip on the AT. They were informed that they need food, shelter, water, and proper clothes to stay. And anything else they thought they MUST HAVE. They had the normal everyday items but I offer just some of the others listed for you entertainment:
Food: Salads, 30 meat sandwiches, turkeys, hotdogs, hamburgers, jar of mayo, cold cuts, 12 cans of ravioli, MREs, one boy said just Skiddles. Some were going to catch their food with traps, fish traps, fishing pole, and one said superglue we had hunters too, one said guns, shotgun, BB gun spelled beebee, one little girl said a AK47 to back up her food and a UZI to back up the AK47 and extra ammo. A crock pot was in there as well as a battery powered oven ( gotta get one of those), one had pots and pans and a stove but no cookable food.
Drinks: We had anywhere from 3 to 10 gallons of water and 3 gallons of milk to up to 30 bottles of water, one wanted only16 oz bottles of just COLD water because it may be hot, Gater-aid and coffee in the AM only (for sixth grader), and 5 hour energy drinks were very popular.
Equipment: We found a sleeping bag that turns into a purse, 2 not 1 pencil sharpeners, hammers, saws, wrenches, ax and hatchets were there along with 2 chisels and a mop I only hope it was meant a map but she listed a map elsewhere? Also listed were night vision goggles, a mini fan and mini fridge, and a outlet for a heater, a little buddy propane heater with 8 tanks. Also anywhere from 2 to 4 flashlights both battery and windup.
Pets: Dogs and a cat and a snake one child was taking a cat bed without having a cat.
Clothes: They ran the gambit from none to as many as three sets a day for the 4 days plus Coats x3 Hats x3 shoes x5 boots x3 socks x16 underwear x10
Hygiene: Shampoo and deodorant, soap or course but in there was poop bags, a portable toilet 2 to 10 rolls of TP (for 4 days) hand lotion, perfume, hair ties, meds and pain killer Oxy, cough syrup a bathroom bucket (their own privy?) and diapers 18 of them
Unique items I never though of: Basketball, baseball cards, bag of ping pong balls (?) firecrackers, DVD player with 10 dvds, a DVD player with The Lord of the Rings dvd, bullet proof vest( may know the girl with the AK47 and UZI), a gavel (hammer?), laptop, megaphone, 7 books, satellite phone, money anywhere from quarters to use the phone $20,000.00 and one who needed to have $207.00, and last but not least one child was packing FIREWOOD to take into the woods.
One hundred thirty suburban sixth grade boys and girls were asked to pack a backpack for a four night trip on the AT. They were informed that they need food, shelter, water, and proper clothes to stay. And anything else they thought they MUST HAVE. They had the normal everyday items but I offer just some of the others listed for you entertainment:
Food: Salads, 30 meat sandwiches, turkeys, hotdogs, hamburgers, jar of mayo, cold cuts, 12 cans of ravioli, MREs, one boy said just Skiddles. Some were going to catch their food with traps, fish traps, fishing pole, and one said superglue we had hunters too, one said guns, shotgun, BB gun spelled beebee, one little girl said a AK47 to back up her food and a UZI to back up the AK47 and extra ammo. A crock pot was in there as well as a battery powered oven ( gotta get one of those), one had pots and pans and a stove but no cookable food.
Drinks: We had anywhere from 3 to 10 gallons of water and 3 gallons of milk to up to 30 bottles of water, one wanted only16 oz bottles of just COLD water because it may be hot, Gater-aid and coffee in the AM only (for sixth grader), and 5 hour energy drinks were very popular.
Equipment: We found a sleeping bag that turns into a purse, 2 not 1 pencil sharpeners, hammers, saws, wrenches, ax and hatchets were there along with 2 chisels and a mop I only hope it was meant a map but she listed a map elsewhere? Also listed were night vision goggles, a mini fan and mini fridge, and a outlet for a heater, a little buddy propane heater with 8 tanks. Also anywhere from 2 to 4 flashlights both battery and windup.
Pets: Dogs and a cat and a snake one child was taking a cat bed without having a cat.
Clothes: They ran the gambit from none to as many as three sets a day for the 4 days plus Coats x3 Hats x3 shoes x5 boots x3 socks x16 underwear x10
Hygiene: Shampoo and deodorant, soap or course but in there was poop bags, a portable toilet 2 to 10 rolls of TP (for 4 days) hand lotion, perfume, hair ties, meds and pain killer Oxy, cough syrup a bathroom bucket (their own privy?) and diapers 18 of them
Unique items I never though of: Basketball, baseball cards, bag of ping pong balls (?) firecrackers, DVD player with 10 dvds, a DVD player with The Lord of the Rings dvd, bullet proof vest( may know the girl with the AK47 and UZI), a gavel (hammer?), laptop, megaphone, 7 books, satellite phone, money anywhere from quarters to use the phone $20,000.00 and one who needed to have $207.00, and last but not least one child was packing FIREWOOD to take into the woods.