Checklists
I'm using the photos at right to emphasize a point. The more preparation that goes into your river trips, the more relaxing will be your time on the river. If you snooze at home, you might not be be snoozing so much on the river as you work to compensate for the items you left behind. That said, below are various checklists we use to prepare for our river trips. Other checklists can be found on the clothing and personal equipment page and the kitchen and cooking page.
Each sleeping group
- Tent
- Tent ground cloth
- Solar shower
- Collapsible bucket
- Tent stakes
- Tent fly
- Extra flashlight
Each Raft
- Oars / paddles
- Oar locks / towers
- Frame
- Throw bag
- Cargo bag, drop bag, or net
- Dry box(s)
- Cooler
- Cooler cover or white towels to keep cooler wet and out of the sun
- Gear dry bags
- Pump
- Map / GPS / guidebook
- Raft repair kit
- Light first aid kit
- Bow and stern lines
- Beach stake
- Straps
- Dipsticks/squirt gun
- Umbrella
- Spare PFD
- Z-drag kit
- 5-7gal. water jug
Group Gear
- Rescue rope
- Fire pan
- Ash container
- Shovel
- Camp buckets
- Strainer
- Camp tables
- Shelter / tarp for kitchen shelter
- Tent stakes for kitchen shelter
- Major first aid kit
- Group-size water filter
- Misc. tools
- Misc. repair kit
- Air horn
- Rescue mirror
- Misc. cord and rope
- Saw or axe
- Hand washing station
- Kitchen tarp
- Spare batteries
- Groover / toilet
- Toilet chemicals
- Toilet paper
- Fire pan (BBQ)
- Fire blanket
- Charcoal
- Charcoal starter can
- Charcoal starter fluid
- Lanterns
- Lantern fuel
- Net bags for garbage and alum cans
- Plastic garbage bags
- Matches / Fire starter
- Hand washing station
Take to put-in / take-out
- Raft inflator
- Groover / toilet dump hose
- Garbage bags
- Spare vehicle keys
