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Hey, I'm going on a 4 day canoe trip and was wondering what i should bring?
This is what i have so far


knife and hatchet
nalgene water bottle
my psk which contains...
30 micropur tablets
small coffee can for boiling
20' of 550 cord
bic lighter
firesteel
emergency poncho
small first aid kit....all of this is in ziplock bag


enough clothes for the 4 days
small thing of food and fishing poles. We're trying to bring as little stuff as we can

anything else you can think of please tell me.
 
Probably some dry tinder in case of rain, and some rain gear other than a poncho. a compass, pot for boiling water and cooking,ALOT more cord....What are you using for shelter??? what about a sleeping bag??? I'd also bring more food than you think you'll need unless you are an accomplished forager, and personally I feel like you can't have enough first aid equipment for a trip like this where virtually anthing can go wrong...
 
wellt he list can be endless
but heres a few things that i would recommend
-tent...depends on your location- mosquitoes and black flys in Canada will carry you away
-sleeping bag... again depending on your location ,
-small air mattress..ground can get awefull lumpy over night
-hachett, knife (of course)
-eating gear,,knife,fork,spoon.
-hat- gotta keep the sun from frying your brain
-sunscreen,,you can get an awefull lot of sun while paddling ,,both direct and reflected off of water
-sunglasses- see above
-if you have one ,,a small camping stove,,,eg= coleman single burnerand enough fuel for 3 meals a day
you dont need a lot of clothes for a 4 day/night trip,,,you would be better off bringing the right clothes ,,
 
What Riley said. What are your sleeping arrangements, expected weather, temps, wood supply, plentiful fish, how will you cook them in a coffee can, fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, bugs, bait, maps/compass? How much experience do you and the roup have? Above all file a trip plan with someone reliable and who will alert the authorities if you don't show up at the agreed upon time.
 
I know you said that you're trying to take as little as possible, but one of the things I love about canoing is that unless you have to do a lot of portaging you can bring all kinds of stuff that you wouldn't think about taking backpacking. I still wouldn't get too crazy with the gear, but I'd probably go ahead and bring a small axe and/or a saw instead of the hatchet, some kind of shelter, sleeping bag, a little extra food, and a water filter if you have one or can get one.
 
We're paddling in Missouri nothing to crazy. We both have small sleeping bags and a 2 person tent sorry forgot about those. Compass would be great and i will stock up on food and the above items mentioned thanks. anymore?
 
If you sleep warm and eat well every thing else is just nice to have items.
That being said, get good dry bags for everything, make sure every thing floats. and tie it all together.
Boating misshapes tend to be very rough so this is one place that you should have the biggest first aid kit you can afford.
 
Also some type pf filtration device if you don't already have one...this can be as simple as coffee filters (As long bow introduced me to) or some high tech variation. The micro pur tabs are good for micro organisms but do not shed particulate matter, (which can sometimes be nasty) particularly if the particles bear toxic elemental compunds...and even just animal feces, I's prefer to have it out rather than in..
 
Current River? Eleven Point River?? Read the online river gauge reports. Take a good river map. Fire starting kit. Water supply and boiling kit. Skeeter repellent. Flashlights and a nice camp knife. You won't need an axe, plenty of dry driftwood above the banks. A good tarp so if it rains you aren't cooped up in the tent. Fishing gear and licenses, cook kit unless you are prepared to "Dan'l Boone" over an open fire which limits how and what you can cook. Spare paddle lashed to the thwarts. A bailing sponge. 12'-16' painters on the ends of the canoe to line it around strainers and other obstructions.

Codger
 
thanks this is almost too much information. Thanks guys coffee filters is a great idea!
 
Drop the coffee can as a cooking/boiling container and get a real cookset, even wally world has some that will work better, Coffee cans are always usable in the movies but in real life often do not stand up to sitting in the coals of a fire and not leaking. They are very thin metal nowadays and often burn thru.

I would suggest getting a water purifier instead of the tabs. I think the Katadyne filters are the best, we use the base camp bag drip filter a lot adn love it.

We canoe camp and find it fun to bring luxuries with. (a couple of nice steaks frozen solid then put in the cooler make a nice supper the second night.

A couple of the ultra light folding "umbrella Chairs" are wonderful, especially if it rains, nothings sucks worse than being dead tired and not being able to sit comfortably because is too wet. Likewise, nothing is better than setting camp and then relaxing after dinner with a good cigar and a comfy chair.

We usually plan on 70 pounds of gear and food for a 8 day trip, per person, and we plan on eating some caught fish too. But with modern dry foods and some planning keeping food to about 10-12 pounds total a person is not hard at all. Now if back packing, that would be a tremendous load, but the canoe is carrying the weight, so make use of it.
 
Guntotin_fool said:
We canoe camp and find it fun to bring luxuries with. (a couple of nice steaks frozen solid then put in the cooler make a nice supper the second night.
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I usually pack 150% of what I would take backpacking on my canoe trips. That is the benefit of using water transportation; you should take advantage of it. Unless you are doing alot of portages, you can probably take along enough fresh drinking water, and even a small cooler (packed with a combination of ice and dry ice wrapped in newsprint) to keep perishables fresh for the whole 4 days.

Also, take along a good pair of binoculars; and, don't forget to look up in the evenings. Most people are shocked to see what the night sky looks like away from the city lights.

n2s
 
Don't tie your gear directly into the boat- use a short length of rope as a leash. This will make it easier to recover in case of tipover.

Small or disposable camera

Journal

Toilet paper

Handful of match light charcoal briquets (I know- that's cheating) in a ziploc bag. Really good to start fires with.

Hand sanitizer

Guntotin Fool is right about the steaks:thumbup:

Codger is right about the spare paddle:thumbup:
 
I would invest in a small pot instead of a coffee can for boiling water. I also carry a one burner MSR stove for canoe trips.

A for dry bags, a cheaper alternative if you don't have any is to put your stuff in a plastic garbage bag or two and put that into your compression bag. This goes for sleeping bag, cloths, and food.

150% of backpacking gear!? 70lbs gear!! My canoe is about 80lbs, even with little portaging (5-8km a day), that's still pretty heavy with pack, no?
 
I will buy a better cookset but we do not have much money being that we are only 16:o
 
you don't need to go nuts with it one of your mom's pots will do fine... (just don't tell her I said so) I trust also that you are bringing personal flotation devices???? And just a suggestion for the future, but if these types of activites are things you see yourself engaging in more as you get older than perhaps taking a first aid course or even better an EMT cours would be a good thing to do. ( changed my life, and is alway handy) also just save up andget you self one piece of awesome gear at a time after a while you'll have a decent spread of quality equipment that'll be with you for your whole life....and being that this is a blade forum let me ask, what kind of knife are you bringing??
 
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