Free Camping Supplies Checklist

S. Cassidy
1 min readJan 31, 2020

Don’t forget tampons

As much as we like to think that being in the outdoors is “getting away from it all”, I like to think of camping as an experiment in MVC — Minimum Viable Civilization.

Getting the right balance of understanding what I need (water filtration, extra layers) plus what I want (chocolate, a hammock) versus weight and space I have in my pack is always a challenge, and something I get slightly better at each time I venture out.

In an effort to reduce the cognitive load of packing, I created this Camping Checklist to quickly get started:

Camping Supplies List

Make a copy for yourself and customize as needed. Enjoy!

Image Source: Lego

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