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[quote=Anonymous]Fire starters -- they are also called firestarter cubes or firelighters. Basically small fuel cubes (they look either like wax cubes or chipboard cubes) that burn a while so you can feed small twigs into them when you start your fire.

PP has a good list! I wouldn't bother with a portable toilet for the night (I use a tree) or special tools for marshmallows (I use a stick).

I also don't ever use a tarp under my tent. I have a tent with a bathtub floor, and it doesn't let in water. I've camped in _wet_ conditions, where we've had to trench* our site, and it doesn't let in water. But if you have a tarp under your tent, what happens is if it rains, water pools under your tent, and it doesn't drain or dry out. So my advice is to get a tent that doesn't need a tarp underneath.

*If you don't know what this is, basically it's when there is so much rain that you have to dig a little moat around your tent so that the water flows away from the tent. Happens if you have a site that has a natural direction of rain flow through it -- usually you are just redirecting a puddle. I can vouch that this can be done with a children's toy beach shovel, in a rainstorm. But it's not really something you want to do if you are a newbie camper.

Since that trip, our gear list has also included a quality metal trowel for digging. Also works for catholes in the back country.[/quote]

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