{"id":10354,"date":"2025-09-16T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10354"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:05:14","slug":"question-7-what-gear-should-i-pack-and-how-should-i-pack-it-and-my-tent-pilgrimage-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=10354","title":{"rendered":"Question #7 – “What gear should I pack, and how should I pack it – and my tent?” – Pilgrimage 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this post we’ll concentrate on what to pack for personal gear, and how to pack it — including your tent.  See this webpage<\/a> for explanations of ‘the basics’, and ‘the essentials’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Try packing your personal gear — tent, sleeping bag & ground mat — this way:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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a.) If possible, stuff your sleeping bag in the one large piece of permitted luggage\/duffel bag, inside ITS OWN water-proof sack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b.) If it does not fit, be sure to store it in its own water-proof sack, secured against opening during transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c.) Do the same for your ground mat and tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

d.) Be sure to identify each of the above items as belonging to you. An indelible marker with your name is probably easiest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t have a personal tent, or cannot afford to buy or rent one, please ask a friend or relative to loan one to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you still cannot acquire one, don’t worry: no one has ever been left out in the cold — or ‘turned away from the inn’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(That’s part of what we mean by “nobody makes pilgrimage alone”.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any event, make sure your tent is functional<\/u>, BEFORE you come to pilgrimage. In other words, take it outside and test its functionality, by setting it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each pilgrim is responsible to keep dry all his own gear — especially sleeping bag, tent & ground-mat — by wrapping such gear etc. in water-proof packing throughout the pilgrimage.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When it rains, it has been known to pour.<\/em> [ Check the forecast!<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bring a ground sheet or tarp to place under your tent, to keep water out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See this webpage<\/a> for explanations of ‘the basics’, or ‘essentials’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next post, we’ll take up the question of what in food reserves to bring, and how to pack them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about gear, see the other FAQs<\/a> on this blog, and the website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilgrimage for Restoration<\/strong>
Come to restore. The rest will come.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30th annual — 2025 A.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Friday – Sunday
26 – 28 September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Now is the acceptable time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your friends staying home this year can make pilgrimage from afar<\/a><\/strong>, from home or parish: obtain a plenary indulgence, sponsor a pilgrim (or two), request prayers or offer them — all from this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to and learn the Songs of Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No one makes pilgrimage alone.”
Oremus pro invicem.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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