[pct-l] bounce box - Some Ideas for Contents

[Jim BayGarden]

Okay, the usual caveat: what you want and/or need depends on your  
overall hiking and resupply preferences.

I used a five gallon plastic bucket and think now that it was too big.  
I did not need nearly so much to be forwarding to myself and paying  
for all that postage! Most post offices have Priority Mail boxes and I  
have found those to be very useful.

As far as contents, here are some ideas. I would not necessarily want  
to carry all this, but offer the list as a starting place - a pick and  
choose kind of thing:

cotton swabs
towelettes
batteries
charger(s)
spare sunglasses
DEET
socks - mine tended to wear out pretty quickly
map packets (like Yogi describes)
a laptop
hard-to-find condiments
really good coffee and plastic filter holder and filters for that  
great cup of coffee in town
AquaMira
spare water filter element
hair clippers with #1 and #3 attachments
fingernail and toenail clippers
pen/pencil
gadget manuals

Walk well,
Jim Keener ( J J )
http://baygardeners.com

>
> On Oct 20, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Randy Fitch wrote:
>
>> Hey guys i was wondering about the use of bounce boxes and if i put a
>> battery charger for my camera in there will there be outlets where i
>> cross paths with my box and is it a nuisance to towns people of  
>> hikers
>> asking to use outlets? I really want to bring my camera but it is a
>> Canon
>> digital SLR and it only uses Li-ion packs.
>> Also what are the average size of bounce boxes and types? Can I put
>> gear in
>> there or should i buy climate coherent clothes along the way?