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Post by Pat on Jan 15, 2014 16:45:33 GMT -5
A friend just asked me. He wants to put together a kit for his brother.
This is what I came up with.
What would you add?
Thanks
He'll need the following:
- buckets he can carry when full of rocks. 5 galloon size is common Home Depot (HD)
- knee pads HD
- hammer; don't know where to get a rock hammer other than garage sales
-backpack for water and food, real food, not junk. You need the energy
-water to carry and a lot of water in the car
-snake bite kit
-high boots to protect against snake bites
-hat
-gloves; spiders hide in rock piles
-flash light for evening. Scorpions glow the same blue as benitoite (state gem)
-safety glasses for when hammering
-map, gps, cell phone
-more water....
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 15, 2014 18:23:02 GMT -5
Sun block TP Paper towels matches or firestarter-windproof magnesium (My preference) firewood Gad or chisels, bar tow strap tire puncture repair kit, tire pump squirt bottle first aid kit and salt tablets ace bandages or knee brace gem scoop or walking stick camera( we need pics!) gun +ammo ( some nasty folks on some of the deserts including meth cookers) good knife ( never be without one) ax or saw or both coffee +pot plastic for solar still+ possibly a water filter or purification tablets bug repellent advil or similar painkiller, benadryl
Probably lots more and I usually forget about half this stuff *L*....Mel
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Post by blessed on Jan 15, 2014 19:02:53 GMT -5
A 5 gallon bucket of rocks gets heavy if you have to carry it any distance. I like to carry a 2 to 3 gallon and leave the 5 gallon in my truck. Rock hammers can be found at any good hardware store. I also think a cold chisel and a small pry bar would be nice to have. A small first aid kit, just incase.
James
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Post by blessed on Jan 15, 2014 19:21:46 GMT -5
Mel, WE both forgot about a friend to hunt with. Not good to be out there by oneself. How about a Mule to pack all this stuff or a 4X4 truck.
James
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2014 20:03:30 GMT -5
BEER!!!
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Post by pauls on Jan 15, 2014 20:04:07 GMT -5
A companion, in remote areas a small mishap could be fatal if you are alone. A good first aid kit, divided into two kits, one for camp containing things you hopefully wont need and a small one for emergencies for your pack, bandaids, bandages, splinter tweezers, headache pills, sunscreen, antihistamine for stings. In the camp kit have Stemetyl to stop you throwing up, Imodium for the other end. You can dehydrate quickly if you get a stomach bug.
I wouldn't carry buckets to bring back rocks, get a good backpack with plenty of padding, school packs are good because the kids need to carry books and pens with pointy corners. An EPIRB can be a good investment if you are going somewhere really remote, and a GPS with good maps, forget those turn right at the intersection types, get one that will run decent survey maps. For example I have a reasonably cheap Chinese GPS which I have loaded Oziexplorer on and have Army survey 1:250000 maps for the whole of Australia. I also load geological maps and 1:25000 detailed maps for some areas. One time in Central Australia I headed off across the plain and could see distant hills, I was looking for an abandoned mine, I used the GPS and geological map to take me straight to the mine, after a time investigating I noticed the weather closing in, not something that usually happens in Central Oz but the cloud ceiling was thick and only a few hundred feet high, I could no longer see the distant hills or had any idea where the sun was, but I knew which way I had come so I started walking, even if I missed the car I would have to strike the track and it was only about 2Km. After a while when I didn't hit the track I decided my incredible bushmans sense of direction needed checking so I pulled the GPS out of my pocket and could quite plainly see the very large circle I had walked in (Oziexplorer logs your track)I was several Km in the opposite direction I needed to be. The area I was in was extremely remote, the track I was on led to an abandoned mine and was very rough so it was unlikely to have any traffic, the weather was doing something very unlikely for the desert and starting to rain, so unless I got out I was going to be stuck for some time. I have always believed that my bushmans sense of direction just worked, now I know that it is really not a sense of direction but just natural observation skills, boy scout tricks like moss on the shady side of the trees don't stand up in a desert either. That episode really scared the heck out of me, I was absolutely lost and would have stayed that way until the heavy cloud lifted after it had rained for several days, I was very relieved to be able to hold that GPS and just walk straight back to the car.
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Post by Geoff on Jan 15, 2014 22:05:57 GMT -5
Condor's beef jerky.
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Post by drocknut on Jan 16, 2014 13:07:50 GMT -5
Woody told us on a trip to Brenda that V8 is really handy to have with you on a rock trip. Those of you who know Woody or have been on a trip with him know he is ready for just about anything on a rock trip.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2014 13:36:54 GMT -5
Woody told us on a trip to Brenda that V8 is really handy to have with you on a rock trip. Those of you who know Woody or have been on a trip with him know he is ready for just about anything on a rock trip. V8?? Then he is assuming you already have vodka and pickled onions. Or did he mean engine? Mine is a four, but takes me where I wanna go.
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Post by drocknut on Jan 16, 2014 13:51:08 GMT -5
Um, don't think he mentioned anything about vodka and pickled onions. Yes, he meant V8 Vegetable juice. I think he said something about helping with hydration and loss of salt because of sweating.
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Post by quartz on Jan 16, 2014 14:05:33 GMT -5
Sewing needles for digging out the inevitable sliver from a bush, rock, or firewood.
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