This is a great question, and I’ll go over the list below. But this question really deserves to ask the question of the type of camping you are going to do. If you are camping out of a car, bring all the creature comforts. If you are doing a hike through, you may want to minimize what you bring to make the hike a bit easier.
Absolutely! GPS can fail, or if you take a bad fall it can break. Same with a compass, but I have my compass in a padded pouch as well as a map in a waterproof map holder.
I love this question. All of this can be packed, nested in different items, or worn and it doesn’t take as much space as you would think. It weighs less than 20 lbs. In the event I get injured or lost (I have never been lost yet), this provides enough items to survive until I am evacuated by a medical helicopter or found by search and rescue.
Yes. Most phones have mapping apps that can support offline downloading of a map of an area. Make sure to do that before you go on a hike or a hike through camping trip. Here are two native apps that can be used for GPS navigation using offline maps.
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