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Posted by kutenay on August 7, 2007 at 10:44:07 am EDT
In reply to Hiking emergencies posted by kutenay on July 9, 2007 at 8:44:32 am EDT

OK, first of all, you want to keep this simple, high quality and light, you need to keep warm, hydrated, fed and rested as well as being able to deal with medical emergencies and find your way to a safe place inall conditions.

I NEVER hike, ANYWHERE without the following basics.

Mystery Ranch Futura Deluxe packs with a pair of Longpockets and Fliptop pockets.

Shelter:

Exped Wallcreeper Large Primaloft
Hilleberg Bivanorak-red for rescuers to see
Thermarest 3/4 length-an original over 30 yrs. old
Standard lenght Ridgerest

Clothing:

Icebreaker merino T-shirt-lightest weight
Icebreaker Tornado shirt
MEC merino wool longjohn bottoms/tops or MEC light synthetic longjohn tops/bottoms
MEC Primaloft vest
Two pair woolen socks
OR flexgaiters
MEC fleece gloves/leather work gloves-heavy

Emerg. Gear:

Basic First Aid kit, supplemented with extra Triangular bandages, foam splints, large plastic heel badaids, medications I require, including Morphine tabs. Gravol, Lomotil and some others.

Kit with two Petzl Tikka Plus lights, extra batts.
Petzl flashlight/extra batts.
Sheath knife-3-4"blade
Leatherman Wave
Steel signaling mirror
Compass
Magnesium fire starter
Matches
Fire starters of dryer lint, steel wool, vaseline in toilet paper tubes wrapped in plastic bread bags with rubber bands, burn long, hot, stinky and WORK.
Magnifier folding glass
Whistle
PLB-soon
Small hank of extra cord and tape

H20/food:

Two, liters water in Nalgenes
Clif bars, dried nuts, sandwiches and sometimes tea bags or cocoa bags.

Sometimes I pack my Brunton Crux canister stove and a Snowpeak Ti pot to make tea in and other times I don't bother, depends of weather.

This is my basic, close to civilization kit, I often use other shelters and may carry a Freon horn, custom Grizzly defence guns and extra clothing/food or field manuals, depending on where/what I am up to.

One point here, I have chosen my gear so that I can survive in basic comfort WITHOUT being able to erect a shelter or build a fire, if injured. The painkillers, simple, easy to enter shelter, synthetic over down and merino wool are NOT due to current trends, they are there due to superior function when needed in my area of concern.

Hope this is useful, there are MANY useful variations on this as in autumn hunting, when I use my Integral Designs North Twin Pl. bag and one of my four ID bivies, according to my situation on a given trip.

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