EQUIPMENT TO BRING TO YBRA

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY:

Personal Gear:

sleeping bag

pillow

ground cloth foam or insulite pad for camping trips

2-person small tent (some people will share)

heavy field jacket

serious rain gear

durable field clothes (see below)

broad-brim or baseball-type hat

flashlight

canteen

pocket knife

good, heavy field boots (break in first)

a week's supply of underwear

including heavy socks for use with field boots

sunglasses

sunscreen

small back pack for lunch and day's specimens

backpack or duffel bag for longer trips; avoid a pack frame or suitcase

spending money

towel & face cloth

toilet articles

1-2 sport shirts/slacks

small first-aid kit

bug spray

bathing suit

work gloves

2 field shorts

2 pairs loose-fitting field pants with large pockets

2 long-sleeved light-weight field shirts

sweater

1 or 2 flannel shirts

Warm clothing may be needed in Yellowstone and for the first two weeks of Session I

Equipment & Supplies:

spending money (ATM's are available, but widely spaced in Montana & Wyoming)

Brunton compass (buy, borrow or inform Penn-YBRA)

leather field case, if you can get one*

1/2 oz. (15 ml) plastic drop-dispenser leak proof bottle for acid

two engineer's field notebooks**

leather belt to carry Brunton and field case

10 x hand lens***

15 cm (6") metric scale (ruler)***

geologic hammer (pick or chisel head)***

permanent-type water proof black-ink pens (0.1, 0.2, and perhaps 0.3 mm) (Do not use ball-point pens for field notes)

mechanical pencil with 3-H/4-H lead supply

colored pencils

eraser

protractor

hand calculator with trig functions

more spending money

HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO BRING: Suggested in part by former students

Plan to buy only simple items in Red Lodge - it's a tourist town during the summer

wrist watch

camera

field glasses

white-out correction fluid

sneakers for volleyball not field use

geology dictionary

fishing rod

two pairs of boots not a bad idea

additional spending money

sheets for bed

* If you cannot obtain a leather field notebook case from your home school, the course can loan them to you. However, there are a limited number of these; please let us know in advance to reserve one.

**Field notebooks should be bought early. Make certain field books are not over 5 x 8 inches, and the acid bottle is 1/2 oz. (15 ml) size, so that they will fit into a regular field case. Field-books with 10 x 10 graph paper on one side and lines & columns on the other are best. Others with all graph paper are also appropriate. (Do not bring a spiral binder type. They don't last long in the field.) About half the students in the past have used two notebooks. Check with your department for the best information on ordering such items or online at our suppliers website.

***Hammers, hand lenses, and scales can be purchased from various Suppliers. Check with your department for the best information on ordering such items or check online at our website. Sometimes your department can get a quantity discount on such things as field books.

Many items are not normally in stock at your bookstore. Most items are not available in Red Lodge.

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