What to Bring
Below you’ll find a list of personal camping gear as well as communal and fun stuff to bring. We will camp relatively close to our cars, but be prepared to carry your things a short distance.
It’s a good idea to label your gear with your name, since many people have similar looking items, and we always have a big lost and found pile at the end.
Essential Items You Might Forget:
- Your own plate, bowl, mug, wine cup, and utensils
- 8-10 gallons of water, more if you plan to bring a solar shower
Optional Items You Might Not Have Thought Of:
- Something to read
- A journal to write or draw in
- Camera
- A pillow for sleeping
- A camping chair
- Your personal snacks (please store at your tent)
- Yoga Mat
- A solar shower
- Sandals
Optional Ritual Items:
- Your siddur if you use one
- Objects that have special meaning for you to place on the main mizbeach (altar)
- Ancestral pictures and objects for the mizbeach (altar) for ancestors
- Musical instruments/drums
- Your favorite Haggadah (for ideas for the Tribal Seder)
- Stories and poems for around the fire (especially related to ancestors)
Communal Items:
- Decorations for the Tent of Meeting and Ritual Space – tapestries, rugs, pillows, pretty things that hang, flags, etc. Our communal spaces will only be as beautiful as we make them!
- Food from your fruit tree or garden (let us know in advance if you can bring some)
- Anything else you’d like to offer the group
Personal and Camping Gear:
- Warm Jacket
- Fleece or Sweater (not cotton)
- Thermal underwear (not cotton)
- Warm socks (not cotton)
- Hiking boots or shoes
- Comfortable shoes
- Short-sleeved shirts (at least one not cotton)
- Long-sleeved shirt
- Long pants
- Comfy, warm clothes to sleep in
- Comfy, loose clothes to lounge in
- Rain pants
- Rain jacket with hood
- Sunglasses
- Sun hat
- Underwear
- Gloves (not cotton)
- Winter hat and scarf
- Bandana or kerchief
- Sleeping bag (rated 20 degrees or below)
- Sleeping pad (thermarest, ensulite, or other)
- Tent, ground cover, and rain fly
- Stakes and hammer to stake down your tent (trust us)
- 2 1-liter water bottles (nalgene or similar)
- Sunscreen
- Lip balm with SPF
- Pocket knife or multi-tool
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, etc.
- Flashlight and/or headlamp and extra batteries
- Any medications you need
- Small daypack
- Plastic/paper bags to pack out your personal garbage
- A roll of toilet paper
- Alcohol based hand sanitizer
- Personal first aid kit (band-aids, pain reliever, Neosporin, aloe vera, stuff for blisters, etc)
Why not cotton? Wet or damp cotton is associated with hypothermia – it continually wicks heat away from the body. Other fibers, such as wool and synthetic fleece insulate even if they’re damp or wet, and are therefore preferred for outdoor recreation and especially wilderness use. However, loose cotton clothes (old school desert attire) are great for lounging around camp.
