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Equipment for strolls and easy hikes

You don’t need to make extensive preparations for a stroll along a beach or a half-mile nature trail as long as there’s food, water, and shelter nearby—perhaps in your car. The things you must not go without are:

 Sunglasses

 Appropriate footwear

 Mosquito repellent

 Strong sunblock applied before you set out.

Your mosquito repellent should be “jungle juice”—that is, have a high percentage of DEET (diethyltoluamide). DEET is vile stuff, but it works.

Equipment for moderate and strenuous hikes

Carry at least the Ten Essentials Plus One as I’ve adapted them from the Sierra Club. They are:

 Pack (to put these good things in; could be a large fanny pack)

 Food and water (assume that all open water sources are unsafe to drink)

 Extra clothing (always take rain gear, as it can rain any time on Hawaii)

 Map (and compass if you can use it)

 Flashlight with extra bulbs and batteries

 Sunglasses and strong sunblock

 Means to dig a hole 6–8 inches deep and at least 200 feet from water, in order to bury solid body wastes; tissue that you will also bury (or pack out)—see also “Number 2 in the Lava,” below