Clyde's Grand Canyon Blog: Community Gear List
Boats
- Pumps – electric and manual – 3 LVMs – Dave & Al, everyone bring hand pumps
- Repair kits – each boat to have own kit. Bring plenty of glue and material. Check glue to make sure it’s not out of date
- First aid kits – Major – Al & Dave. Each boat should have basic first aid kit, moleskin (New Skin) is a good thing to have in it. Each person should bring their own over-the-counter pain meds, sunscreen, sunburn ointment, Visine etc.
- Tools – need the basics – pliers, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, files, ratchet & ½” socket for NRS LoPros, etc
- Spare parts – valves, pins, oarlocks, etc – each boat should have spares of things that will disable the boat if lost or broken. Reminder – they require four oars for each raft/cat and a spare paddle for each kayak.
Camp
- Sun/rain shelter – River Wings – Alan & Clyde
- Tables – one Campsite Counter, Roll-A-Tables – Al, Dave (2), Clyde
- Tablecloths – table owner’s choice
- Coleman Ovens – Elton, Dave
- Propane stoves – Dave, Clyde, Al – bring spare O-rings and gaskets. Check to make sure hoses are the right ones to hook to “tree”
- Propane tanks – 20 lb – Elton & Clyde. Bring smaller ones for backup – Clyde, Dave & Al have 5 lb ones
- Matches, lighters – Clyde, Dave
- Washable plates – Clyde, Dave
- Tableware – knives, forks, spoons - Clyde
- Cookware – pots, pans, skillets, griddles – size/capacity – bring what you have to next meeting and we’ll decide
- Cooking utensils – spoons, spatulas, can openers, etc – bring what you have to next meeting and we’ll decide
- Coffee pots – Clyde, Dave, Al
- Coffee cups – each person bring own. A few spares?
- Dutch ovens – number and size – Dave & Clyde both have a 10” & 12” aluminum DO and Dave has a 14”.
- Dishwashing gear – soap, bleach, scrubbies, various sizes gloves – buy community
- Dishwashing buckets – either bail buckets or Big Basins
- Hand washing stations - Dave
- Toilets – 14 – 21 uses per day x 18
= 252 – 378 uses for upper
11 – 15 uses per day x 5 = 55 – 75 uses for lower
We have four “60-use” River Bank toilets, which would give 240 uses (I think these capacities are conservative). Clyde will see about getting at least one of the new Eco-Safe units, which are 50-use. - Toilet screening - Dave
- Sun showers – Clyde, Dave (2), Al
- Sun shower screening - Dave
- Firepan – barbeque grill – Alan
- Charcoal lighting chimney – Dave thinks Clyde has stolen his, Clyde will look
- Water containers – 10 gallons/boat
- Water filters – Clyde will get a Base Camp Filter. Anyone who has a backpacking model should bring it
- Lanterns – Al, Alan & Dave
- Camp chairs – everyone bring own, the ones that “accordion” up are the most compact. Clyde has several extras, if you don’t have one let him know
Community Consumables
- Toilet paper – depends on size of rolls, one-a-day (24) should be enough
- Paper towels – 12 rolls
- Hand soap – a couple of the larger hand pump types
- Dish soap - quart
- Bleach – two quarts
- Hand sanitizer - two
- Aluminum foil – heavy duty, large roll
- Ziplock bags – freezer bags – 2-gal will hold toilet paper and paper towels, some gallon and quart size for leftovers
- Garbage bags – couple dozen heavy duty, 30-gal size
- Some paper plates, bowls – for breakfast, to cut down on washing
- Charcoal – to be determined after we put together meal plan
- Coffee - Liz
- Cocoa – Liz will bring some, folks that drink a lot of this should bring extra
- Tea – same as cocoa
- Toilet deodorizer – Clyde can get some super-duper stuff from NRS, or we can go w/ some other type
- Any community meals – put in day breakfast (bagels, cream cheese, muffins, fruit, juice). First river night (deli fried chicken and salads). Steak night (Cody to get steaks through work – we’ll have one of the groups handle the sides)
