I always carry the Ten Essentials in a day pack, especially for a
longer hike, like the one Teri and I just had when we planted a
letterbox at Holy Jim Falls in Orange County, CA, the clues for which
can be found at:

http://www.terikahandesign.com/lbox/holyjim1.htm
(Had to get that shameless plug in there somewhere...)

I first learned about the Ten Essentials when I took the WTC,
(Wilderness Travel Course) with the Sierra Club. Information on the
Ten Essentials can be found at:
http://tennessee.sierraclub.org/broome/ten_essentials.htm
or
http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/hiking/skills/teness.htm

Hope this helps.

Mick Porter
mporter@pobox.com

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Bill@L... wrote:
> I'm learning fast - Sometimes there's something I forgot
> to bring and sometimes I carry things around for no good reason.
>
> I am going to add a piece to the Letterboxing Central Site as a
> recommendation of what to carry with you on a letterbox hike....