FIELD GEAR: for your safety, comfort, and the academic program *

geology hammer (a small machinist's hammer is fine if you want to save money)

hand lens (10X is preferred; B&L Hastings triplet is best quality)

watch (required!)

day field pack (belt, shoulder, or back pack)

safety pins (for identifying stations on the basemaps and air photos)

2 bound field notebooks (or a minimum of 4 of the small, paperback ones)

clipboard or plexiglass board (recommended)

various clamps, rubber bands, and tape (to fasten maps to clipboard)

water bottle(s): minimum total of 2-qt capacity (empty Gatorade bottles are suitable)

small, crush-proof container for your field lunches and garbage (Tupperware?)

very small first-aid kit for scratches and bug bites (band-aids, anticeptic)

sun glasses and/or goggles (for mapping in high winds)

field boots suitable for 6 weeks of rough, off-trail use. Should be 100% leather -- no nylon panels in uppers. GoreTex lining is expensive and not as good as leather.

rain gear (GoreTex not required)

other field clothing and equipment (field pants, shirts, windbreaker, warmer jacket, field hat, sun screen, boot socks, sunglasses)

CAMPING GEAR (used on mid-camp roadtrip only) **

tent (may be shared) with rain-proof cover

sleeping bag and ground pad

cooking supplies and food; or money for meals in restaurants

DRAFTING AND OFFICE SUPPLIES ***

mm scale, straight edge, and protractor

templates for rectangles (optional -- for making map legend boxes)

colored pencil set (12 will do) -- no felt tips

black, red, blue china (wax) pencils for air photo annotations

drawing pencils or mechanical pencils with several hardnesses of lead

White correction fluid

8.5 x 11 graph paper (mm / cm graduations), no 'onion skin' or tracing graph paper

Full-size stereonet, thumbtack, and 8x11 tracing paper, writable scotch tape

rapidograph-type pen for fine inking of maps and air photos (suggest 1, 0, and 00 tips) plus high-quality black india ink. If you can afford only one rapidograph point, get the 0 size. A rapidograph pen with a 0 tip will cost you about $25. Note: felt-tip pens cannot be used in place of rapidograph-type pens. No exceptions.

crow quill (fountain) pens for blue & red lines on maps and air photos

MISCELLANEOUS AND OPTIONAL SUPPLIES

desk lamp (can be supplied from the dorm) & fan (optional)

camera (optional)

fishing gear (optional but excellent fishing on blue ribbon streams near Dillon)

cell phone (optional)

ATM card -- There are several 24-hour ATM's in Dillon for routine banking needs.

Credit card, debit card, or traveller's checks (if you don't like using cash). Plan your finances for the summer assuming that you generally cannot get to a bank during normal banking hours.