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Well, the big problem would be air. Mars has an atmosphere, but it's very very thin... far thinner than on even the highest mountains on Earth.

The highest atmospheric pressure on Mars is at the bottom of the Hellas Planitia, and it's about 1.16 kilopascals. For reference, sea level pressure on Earth is about a hundred times that, and even at the top of Mt Everest it's still 30x that.

At a pressure of about six and a half kilopascals, water boils at human body temperature, meaning that's pretty much the absolute limit for human survival... anything less than that, even neglecting the fact that you need oxygen to survive, and the inside of your lungs would boil.

So: Gas mask and oxygen tank. A pressure suit would also be a good idea.

Next, you'd need water. There is some water on Mars in the form of ice. Even better, once you thaw it (in a pressurized environment so it doesn't boil), you can electrolyze it for oxygen.

You'll need heat. Mars can, under idea conditions in certain spots, get to a nearly balmy 80 degrees Fahrenheit or so, but that's pretty much an absolute maximum (and it's ground temperature of rocks that have been in the sun all day, not air temperature). The Viking landers have measured temperatures ranging from a high of about 0 Fahrenheit down to -160 F. Make that pressure suit pretty thick, and consider electrically heating it.

Finally, you'll need food. There isn't any on Mars, and it's questionable whether you could grow any there, even in a greenhouse, because of a lack of organic nutrients in the soil.

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