Backpacker Magazine
June 1995

Always Carry

• Knife
• Cigarette lighter
• Garbage bag

10 Essentials

• Knife
• Lighter
• Garbage bag
• Water bottles
• High-energy food
• Map & compass
• Rain gear
• Warm clothes
• Signal whistle & mirror
• Medical kit
• Sunglasses
• Flashlight (headlamp) with spare batteries & bulb
• Firestarter
• Iodine
• Emergency kit (fishhooks, nylon cord, etc.)

Note that 15 items are included because nobody agrees on which items to eliminate!