Mustang 'n' Cowboys

PACKING LIST...

The following is a list of the items that Travis and Tony took with them for two cowboys, four mustang horses and a dog; to survive two weeks in the John Muir Wilderness Area.

Gear List

2 Bridles

2 Get Down Ropes

2 Saddles

2 Pack Saddles

2 Saddle Blankets

2 Pack Saddle Blankets

4 Pannier Boxes

1 Top Pack

2 Rawhide Reins

4 Halters

4 Lead Ropes

2 Saddle Bags

2 45 Colt Pistols

2 Holsters

2 Scabbards

4 Boxes of Ammo

1 waterproof & tear resistant Mono Divide High Country Topographical Trail Map

1 compass

2 tarps, one large and one medium

3 50’ ropes

1 100’ rope

1 38’ picket line

1 axe

1 saw

2 Army pack shovels

1 First Aid Kit + 1 pkg. Benedryl

1 Vet Kit (Put together by Veterinarian Dr. Pipkin of Panama Equine, Bakersfield, CA)

2 rolls toilet paper

1 Ferriers Kit

1 Leather Repair Kit

2 knives

3 sets of clothes each

2 dusters

2 leather chaps

2 hatsavers

Fishing gear

1 Bell+Howell Camera with extra batteries and memory card

1 roll duct tape

1 roll bailing wire

2 bedrolls

2 wool blankets

2 flashlights

Matches (water tight container)

Bar of soap

Mosquito repellant

Food List

10 cans of beans

1 lb. bacon ~ once camp was reached, the bacon (in an air tight container) was kept in a

stream or lake to keep refrigerated!

1 lb. coffee

5 lbs. asst. trail mixes and nuts

4 lbs. Jerky

3 cans Spam

6 cans peaches

3 lbs. Flour

salt & pepper

6 pkg. Top Ramen

2 pre-sweetened pkgs Kool-Aid

1 box pancake mix

1 plastic bottle syrup

80 lbs. Grain (2 lbs per horse on travel days)

2 collapsible canvas water buckets

2 grain masks (only Cahlibur liked this, so the rest of the trip the guys’ tin plates were

used)

16 lbs. Dog Food (Free grazing for Katy!)

Coffee Pot

Skillet

2 Tin Plates

2 knife, fork, spoon sets

2 canteens

Water purification tablets