Light weight long sleeved shirt or t-shirt and a fleece style jacket
Toiletries (environmentally friendly is best)
Flashlight with spare batteries & bulbs
A couple handkerchiefs
Pocket knife
Stuff sacks
Biodegradable soap
Hand towel
Feminine hygiene items, including plastic bags to pack out dirty items
Lighter / matches (for toilet paper and candles)
Spare eyeglass or contact lenses (Due to the ease of getting eye infections, care should be taken in using contacts. Disposable contacts lenses replaced frequently can lessen the risk of eye inflections
Hard shell water bottle; one 2-liter or two 1-liter bottles (“Nalgene” or Manmade Metal) that will not melt while adding hot boiled water
Emergency contact information ; Personal medical kit.