Template talk:Gear list:backcountry skiing tent trip
Part of the reason I remade my own list for intro to bc skiing 2008 was to come up with a list that was "truly" the essentials that everyone MUST have. This list includes things that it would be good to have, but that I don't REALLY care if people bring on my trip (eg. garbage bags, compass, toothbrush). As soon as the list becomes anything more than essential people start to make their own decisions on what they really need. Perhaps we just need to spend more time tweaking the "essentials" section. On a side note, I don't think we should recommend bringing only 1L of water on trips. Several winter trips have gone bad when people ran out of water in the past (eg. Team 17.5, Neve team split up etc.). Scott Webster 15:30, 28 January 2008 (PST)