What to Bring
Please do NOT bring Guns or weapons, alcohol, non-prescription drugs, expensive electronics, fixed-blade knives, fireworks, and fancy jewelry.
Day-Hiking:
- Sunblock
- Hiking footwear (hiking boots, sneakers, or running shoes)
- Lunch or snack food, water bottle (plastic, not glass)
- Swim suit, small towel (may depend on the specific location)
- River shoes (old sneakers, aqua shoes, or sandals with a heel strap)
- Small backpack
- * Bug repellant
- *Camera
- *Trekking poles
- ** Something for rain (poncho, rain jacket)
- ** Something for warmth (fleece, sweatshirt, light jacket)
- Medical Form/Participant Agreement
* Optional **Weather Depending
Rock Climbing:
- Hiking footwear (hiking boots, sneakers, or running shoes)
- Lunch or snacks, 2 water bottles (plastic, not glass)
- Small backpack
- * Bug repellent
- * Camera
- Sunblock
- * Personal climbing gear (harness, climbing shoes) if you own any
- ** Something for rain (poncho, rain jacket)
- ** Something for warmth (fleece, sweatshirt, light jacket)
- Dry T-shirt for the trip home
- Medical Form/Participant Agreement
- WILD GUYde will supply climbing ropes, harnesses, helmets, and climbing shoes
* Optional **Weather Depending
Paddling:
- Swimsuit or shorts and t-shirt, small towel
- Lunch or snacks, and 2 water bottles (plastic, not glass)
- Hat with all-around brim
- Sunblock
- River shoes (old sneakers, aqua shoes, or sandals with a heel strap)
- * Camera
- * Sunglasses with a holder strap
- Small backpack
- ** Something for rain (poncho, rain jacket)
- ** Something for warmth (fleece, sweatshirt, light jacket)
- *DRYbag or float bag (waterproof)
- Medical Form/Participant Agreement
- WILD GUYde will supply Personal Flotation Devices (life vests), canoes, paddles, gear buckets or drybags, and safety equipment
* Optional **Weather Depending
Wild Caving:
Caves in VA and WV are a pretty constant 52º year-round
- Boots (hiking style, work boots, or military) or old sneakers that can get muddy
- An outer clothing layer that can be muddied, and then removed when we exit the cave (blue jeans, work pants or old sweat pants, and a long sleeve shirt layer or old hoodie). Coveralls are great if you have them, but do not bring a disposable paint-suit. It is best then to have other clothes underneath the outer layer (like shorts and a t-shirt), so when we exit the cave, the muddy stuff can simply be “peeled off” without any modesty issues. Don’t expect privacy; there is often no where to change at the cave.
- 1 large plastic trash bag (kitchen or yard size) for muddy clothing afterwards.
- Headlamp, or several new AAA batteries (Walmart has some decent inexpensive headlamps.)
- A small flashlight
- Change of footwear for home travel (sandals, sneakers)
- Whistle on a lanyard
- *Disposable camera with flash, preferably in a Ziploc® (or bring disposable camera).
- *Some folks like knee pads and gloves (optional).
- Medical Form/Participant Agreement
- Wild GUYde will supply caving helmets, cave packs, and safety equipment
* Optional