Indian Pond Equipment List
The Outing Club has a limited number of backpacks, sleeping bags, and sleeping pads for students to borrow. As such, we encourage bringing your own of these items, or borrowing from friends or family. If this is not possible please be in contact about borrowing these items before August 10 by submitting a gear request form found in your trip assignment letter. Additional items will be available for purchase at the BOC upon arrival including wool socks, long underwear (tops and bottoms), headlamps, and water bottles; student aid is available for those who qualify. If you have any questions about gear please contact bocOtrips@bowdoin.edu.
What to pack in: You may pack in anything that you’d like; a backpack is easiest to carry, but a duffel bag is perfectly acceptable. No wheeled luggage, please!
Essential Gear
Clothes
▢ 2 tee-shirts
▢ 1 pair of shorts
▢ 1 bathing suit/clothes to swim in
▢ 1 pair pants or leggings
▢ 2 wool or fleece sweaters, or 1 fleece and 1 lightweight puffy jacket
▢ **1 set (top & bottom) synthetic long underwear, such as polypropylene or capilene. Any types containing cotton are not acceptable.
▢ 1 pair camp shoes – sneakers or study sandals or crocs
▢ 1 pair of lightweight hiking boots or sturdy sneakers
▢ 1 pair of water shoes - old sneakers or sandals with heel straps work well. Flip flops and crocs will not be sufficient because they can fall off your feet if swimming
▢ 1 wool or synthetic fleece hat
▢ 1 hat for sun and bug protection
▢ Underwear for 4 days
▢ **2 pairs wool or synthetic socks, 2 additional pairs of socks
▢ Rain jacket
Gear
▢ *Sleeping bag (pack this inside a tough garbage bag inside its regular stuff sack to help ensure dryness).
▢ Sleeping pad
▢ Day pack (a small backpack or bookbag is fine)
▢ 1 of each: cup, bowl, spoon (no glass)
▢ **2 water bottles (no glass)
▢ **Flashlight or headlamp and extra batteries
▢ Sunscreen – this is essential
▢ Sunglasses
▢ Small towell
▢ 2 garbage bags
▢ Toilet kit: its contents should be those things that you cannot live without (toothbrush, toothpaste, pads/tampons/menstrual cup, prescription medication, contacts and contact solution, etc.)
Optional Gear
▢ Camera (the Outing Club loves copies of good photos)
▢ Journal and pen/pencil
▢ Reading material (a small paperback)
▢ Bug spray
Printable List (PDF)
*= Available to borrow from the Outing Club. Please request by August 10.
**= Available to purchase from the Outing Club on arrival day.