Ready for an emergency overnight?

[Daryl]

Do you pack enough to spend the night if you had to on a normal day hike?
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[paintninaz]

I answered "no or very rarely"...I've found in the past that there are certain things I always bring ( and usually never use) but I always forget this or that...so I'm working on a new list of "things I need to bring along" and I'm hoping that by the next time I go out I should have most of what I need...

...but that leads me to another question, do you pack differently if you know you will be hiking with a BIG group on a day hike (as in..."I know Randy carries an entire medicine cabinet, so I could leave the bandaids and advil at home...and I could bring more power bars instead...") or do you always carry the same stuff no matter what company or hike you take?
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~Tracy

“Friends make the bad times good — and the good times unforgettable.”

[Hikngrl]

Good question Tracy! I usually pack the same stuff no matter who is hiking. Ther ehave been a couple of timew when figured in the Randy/Tom factor and didn't carry every thing just cause I was tired that day or for some reason felt like I needed a lighter load but usually I carry it all. I'd love to see your list when you get it finished!
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I want to shine!

[CatValet]

Yes: I leave the sleeping bag at home though. I do have extra food and water, flashlight & headlamp, knife, map and compass, medical kit, stocking cap, fleece jacket, goretex rain pants and shell top, and gloves if necessary. I can usually start a fire if need be. Signal mirror is in medical kit, as are 10x10 surgipads, a good elastic bandage, and a SAM splint.

I used to carry more medical stuff than I do now. I learned thru trial and error what was never used, and what was. Example: I used to carry metronidazole (flagyl) for giardiasis, until I learned that the incubation period for the bacteria exceeded the time duration of any of my trips.

[plummer150]

Nope. Perhaps I should start though....
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[Trishness]

OK.....I've been laughed at more than once since I'm a "day hiker" and pack a flashlight and other odds 'n ends just in case. Extra batteries, a space blanket and a custom made first aid kit with ace wraps and gloves....etc because you never know what your going to encounter out there!

I'd rather be over prepared than under prepared.



Trish
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~~~Trish~~~

"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.

[evenstar]

Hell yes....got an emergancy kit in both the Z-4 and the "Cute" Jeep, plus carry extra wine, gin, ta-kil-ya and beer in the motorhome in case I get stranded someplace really dry like Salt Lake City !

Oh...ya probably meant in my backpack? Well, do carry a flask of ta-kil-ya at all times! (but ran out during last year's Reavis Ranch Campout and had to beg more off GTG! Happily, he carries porridge near as much good stuff as water!)
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

[Trishness]

Hooli,

I guess we can use that Ta-kil-ya medicinally as an antiseptic if we really need too! Otherwise we it can mixed with many other things for a good time!




Trish
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~~~Trish~~~

"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.

[Tom Treks]

Being the mechanic type, I become quite irritated when I don't have the right tool for whatever job.

So... I bring just about everything I would need for any hiking circumstance. It sounds silly, but I even bring the stuff on the short, easy hikes. Makes me feel better I guess.

I've been called "MacGuyver" on camping trips before. Wonder why that is?

[Guest]

Is water enough?

[Tom Treks]

[Guest]

When I'm alone or just with another, I do bring more. When I'm with a group and the trails are easy I guess I just have alot of faith that nothing is gonna happen. I suppose I should be more prepared.

[kiluam]

water, knife, sunglasses, and long sleeve shirt
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cut me some slack jack

[Pokie]

[Tom Treks]