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Excellent Bill

This is what lives in my backpack at all times

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Small skinner clipped to shoulder harness
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I really agree with that last part, I do a bit of hiking and snowshoeing in the mountains and it is rare to just go out and find everything perfect. More often I am going back to the same location at...

Reminds me of a commercial that is shown on Discovery or PBS or a similar channel.

If you are lost in the woods put a stick in the ground and place a rock at the end of the shadow the stick casts....

The only time I take the essentials out of my pack is to test them or use them, that way I can't need them someday and discover that they aren't there.

1. Topographic map (rarely, GPS has taken over in this department, but I still use topo maps on occasion)
2. Compass (always)
3. Flashlight/spare parts (flashlight with extra bulb & batteries,...