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One of the most frequent questions I see on geocaching.com is "What should I Carry When Caching/". There are thread after thread discussing what people carry when out caching. I will start this off by discussing what I carry when I go geocaching. I recently purchased a cheap fanny pack at an Army Surplus store to carry my caching "goods" in while out caching. I think it cost me a total of about $9. I quicky disocovered that I needed a "butt" pack to accompany my fanny pack. A butt pack is a military issued pouch that attaches to a belt, such as the one on my fanny pack, and is about 6 inches, by 10 inches. They run about $3 at an Army Surplus store. See below for my list of what I carry:

• Fanny Pack
  

• Swag(also known as trade items)
  

• Cache restocking items like spare notepads
  

• GPS, of course, iFinder H20
  

• Friends to keep me company
  

• Gatorade...I always need something to drink!
  

• Cache printouts, although, that is about to change(paperless)
  

• Cellphone, just in case
  

• Pen, to document my finds on the log and my cache printouts....I can't remember everything !
  

• The Groundspeak Geocaching Printout in case I run into any police
  

• Zip lock bags in case a cache is wet
  

• Signature items
  

• digital camera

That sums up what I carry. Now for some items that other cachers carry:

• a hand towel to dry soggy caches
  extra ziplock bags
  extra pencils
  extra batteries
  a notebook to help me remember condition of caches and what I traded
  a separate container or bag or something for TB's so they don't get lost in the shuffle of stuff
  kleenex would have been useful today

• a pair of tweezers (for getting logs out of very small containers)
  a mirror (for looking where you don't want to put your hands first)
  a flashlight
  a multi-tool
  my digital camera and an extra battery for it
  a "bag of swag"
  plastic bags for carrying out trash, cans, and bottl