Camp Aongatete

Clothing for Camp

Look at a variety of clothing, group decide if it is good/bad or necessary to take. 

Cotton or Polyester: 

• (t-shirt, hat, jeans, singlet, shirt)
• fine if dry, lethal if wet – accelerates heat loss, leading to hypothermia
• jeans inappropriate in bush, okay in lodge

Wool, Merino 

• (socks, jumper, hat, singlet, shirt) 
• excellent when wet - retains warmth
• can be bulky – (newer merino garments not bulky but expensive)

Polyprop/thermals

• (thermal longjohns, short or long-sleeved tops, socks, hats) 
• excellent when wet – dries quickly
• light, thin - easily carried
• thin layers allow for temperature control
• longjohns can be worn under shorts in cooler weather/ in river

Polar Fleece (vest, jumper, jacket, pants)

• excellent when wet – retains warmth & dries quickly

Rain jacket

• One that holds out water if put under a tap

Create a best dressed & worst dressed person.
Write or draw onto body outline articles of clothing that are needed for walking in the bush.