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Posted by calamity on February 24, 2008 at 6:06:47 am EST
In reply to What's in Your Survival Kit? posted by Alicia on July 2, 2007 at 10:55:02 am EDT

A degree of concentration and understanding regarding the task at hand is assumed when undertaking a wilderness hike or climb. Thus minimal equipment, with some margin, is to be included in utilitarian gear.

As as current fly fisherman who earned good money as a kid fur trapper, the idea of bringing animal snares and fish hooks suggests much of the pointless fantasy within the notion of a "survival kit."

This might be different from a "ten essential's" pack, which my girl friend carries, and which I've been known to dip into...

Notion of extreme, British Columbia "survival kit" of 15-20 pounds is interesting. Yet none of the serious mountaineering routes of past forty years in BC would have been accomplished with this particular approach. As Chouinard said nearly 30 years ago after completing stunning routes in Purcells, 'leave most of the 10 essentials and other impedimenta home."

Severe medical trauma is for practical purposes, not addressable. Honestly I don't do stitches, and fractured skulls aren't treatable by solo hikers (consider helmet where applicable).. A few pills and band aides, are the most practical first aid.

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