Packing List

What is in my backpack?

Staci's Packing List:

Hikers must "pack out whatever they pack in." It is difficult to take what one needs and not much more. Every ounce saved counts because ounces add up to pounds quickly! ⚖

The following items are the ~35lbs of "what's in Staci's 👧 backpack" for the 2021 Grand Canyon 3 days and 2 nights Phantom Ranch trek

Tools

  • 3 Liter Water Bladder 💦

  • 12 oz Nalgene bottle (to mix electrolytes)

  • Salt 🧂 & honey & lemon juice

  • Nunn

  • Guardian MSR water purifier

  • Aquamira in-line water filter

  • 6000 calories of food!

    • See image above, not pictured is home-made beef jerky

  • Body Glide

  • Mole skin

  • Band-Aids 🩹

  • Biofreeze

  • Alka-Seltzer original

  • Uniden TENS unit

Personal Care

  • Sunscreen with SPF 60

  • Toothbrush 🦷 and toothpaste

  • Single use deodorant wipes

  • Hand sanitizer

  • Hair ties

  • Single use shampoo 🧴 and conditioner packets

  • "girl" supplies

Clothing

  • Shoes: Hiking 🥾 trail runners

  • 2 two-in-one short 🩳 pants

  • 3 shirts 👕

  • 2 Victoria's under "stuff"

  • 2 pair of socks 🧦

  • 1 Rain jacket 🧥

  • 1 long pants 👖

  • Hat 👒

Survival & First Aid

  • Assorted medicine: Bayer, Tylenol, Advil, Benedryl, Tums, Alka Seltzer

  • Emergency blanket

  • Matches

  • Compass 🧭

  • Pocket knife 🔪

  • Reading glasses (darn old 👀)

  • Grand Canyon map 🗺

  • Deck of playing cards 🃏

Shadonna's Packing List:

The following items are "what's in Shadonna's 👧 backpack" for the 2021 Grand Canyon 3 days and 2 nights Phantom Ranch trek

Tools

  • 3 Liter Water Bladder 💦

  • Electrolytes

  • Salt tabs 🧂

  • Water filter or iodine to treat water

  • 4000 calories of food minimum!

    • Protein bars, Waffles, Nuts, Sports Gummies/Chews, Sports Beans, Peanut Butter/Almond Butter, Beef Jerky, chicken jerky, honey sticks, bite size snickers...

  • Body Glide

  • Mole skin (precut into sizes)

  • Pain medicine: Aspirin and Ibuprofen

  • Band-Aids 🩹

  • Foot powder

  • Alka-Seltzer original

Personal Care

  • Prescription Medications

  • Sunscreen & lip balm with SPF

  • Toothbrush 🦷 and toothpaste

  • Deodorant

  • Hand sanitizer

  • Ear plugs 👂

  • Hair brush & hair ties

  • Kleenex

  • Feminine care products

Clothing

  • Shoes: Hiking boots 🥾 or trail runners

  • Two (2) days of hiking clothes: shorts, 🩳 shirts, 👕 sports bra, underpants

  • Two (2) pair of socks 🧦 or more if the feet 🐾 tend to be sweaty

  • Rain jacket

  • Hat 👒

  • Swimsuit 👙🩲 for cooling off in the Bright Angel Creek

  • Sandals (flip flops) for recovery and resting the feet while at Phantom Ranch

First Aid Bag

  • Outdoor Survival Kit- emergency blanket/fire protection, whistle, mirror, fishing line, etc

  • Ace bandage

  • Waterproof medical tape

  • Assorted Band-Aids 🩹

  • Gauze Pads

  • Antiseptic Wipe

  • Eye drops 👁‍🗨

  • Benadryl Anti-Itch Stick

  • Antibiotics - Ciprofloxacin

  • Biofreeze

  • Tums

  • Bug Bite Thingy 🐜

  • Antibacterial cream