So much for night shelter, protection from rain and carrying outfit. For two men on a light trip the tent, two ponchos, four pack bags and two pack harnesses need not weigh over twelve pounds. With it the degree of heat to be applied to a kettle can be regulated with the nicety and dispatch of a gas stove. Such equipment weighs six pounds. No two men ever camped with one ax without some time becoming simultaneously possessed of a desire to chop.
Clothing is so much a matter of taste that it is hard to give weights.
An equal division of this between two packs is desirable, and also an equal division of the grub, as the packs will thus both weigh and bulk about the same. A good scheme is for each man to use one pack-bag for grub and the other for clothing and other articles of equipment. Tent and blankets to be folded flat, the size of the two bags. Poncho may be used as an outside covering for pack before applying harness. It is a pretty safe proposition, in these days, to make up your ration list with the idea that you may have to depend entirely upon it.