{"id":3627,"date":"2014-09-16T02:01:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimage.stblogs.com\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2016-05-03T22:27:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T02:27:56","slug":"question-6-what-gear-should-i-pack-and-how-should-i-pack-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/?p=3627","title":{"rendered":"Question #6 &#8211; &#8220;What gear should I pack, and how should I pack it &#8211; and my tent?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we&#8217;ll concentrate on what to pack for personal gear, and how to pack it &#8212; including your tent. <!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>2. Try packing your personal gear &#8212; tent, sleeping bag &amp; ground mat &#8212; this way:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>a.) If possible, stuff your sleeping bag in the one large piece of permitted luggage\/duffel bag, <u>inside ITS OWN water-proof sack<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>b.) If it does not fit, <u>be sure to store it in its own water-proof sack<\/u>, secured against opening during transport.<\/p>\n<p>c.) Do the same for your ground mat and tent.<\/p>\n<p>d.) Be sure to identify each of the above items as belonging to you. An indelible marker with your name is probably easiest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you don&#8217;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<p>If you still cannot acquire one, don&#8217;t worry: no one has ever been left out in the cold &#8212; or &#8216;turned away from the inn&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>(That&#8217;s part of what we mean by &#8220;no one makes pilgrimage alone&#8221;.)<\/p>\n<p>In any event, <u>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.<\/p>\n<h3>Each pilgrim is responsible to keep dry all his own gear &#8212; especially sleeping bag, tent &amp; ground-mat &#8212; <u>by wrapping such gear etc. in water-proof packing throughout the pilgrimage<\/u>.<\/h3>\n<p><em>When it rains, it has been known to pour.<\/em> [And rain is already in the forecast, as of 00:05 A.M. today, Sept. 16.]<\/p>\n<p>In a post to follow shortly, we&#8217;ll take up the question of what in food reserves to bring, and how to pack them.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we&#8217;ll concentrate on what to pack for personal gear, and how to pack it &#8212; including your tent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,71,7,11,15,16,17,35,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brigadiers-their-officers","category-equipment-or-gear-to-bring","category-frequently-asked-questions","category-how-to-pack-clothinggeartent","category-messages-to-pilgrims","category-messages-to-students","category-messages-to-the-sacred-clergy","category-q-a-prepraring-for-departure-step-off","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4864,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pilgrimage-for-restoration.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}