In typical Staack-fashion, my answer seems to have been the most stick-up-the-ass-ish, compared to the 300-or-so I glanced over. Still, I'd rather be the guy with the most boring answer, and be able to walk over the dehydrated corpses of everyone else who decided they would grab their PS3s, iWhatever toys or comic book collections. Honestly, what are you gonna plug your MacBook into, during a regional catastrophe? How's your XBox 360 gonna help you find water, build a shelter, or find food? To its credit, at least the 360 is pretty good at starting fires, if you can find a place to plug it in and run for 20 ~ 30 minutes.
Only 1 in every 30 folks seemed to have any sensible answer. And, while I know most of 'em are just answering casually - which is perfectly acceptable, given the medium - it fully illustrates how different/weird my mind seems to operate, compared most folks. =P
It's surprisingly compact, since I pack a lot of things inside larger things (which does make them less accessible, but I only need a few things while mobile, and will expand when I make camp). I used to do a lot of ultralight backpacking, when I actually had some free time to myself. For ultralight camping, every ounce and square-inch makes a difference, and you quickly start to pick up on all sorts of space and weight saving tricks
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I boosted my first aid supplies. I had a lot of older consumables, that were still viable, but barely. Tape was staring to lose its tack, and wrapping on sterile items were seeming brittle. So, I got a whole bunch of sterile pads, gauze, tape, bandages, adhesive steri-strip wound closures, and the new formulation of QuickClot pads. These new pads replace the clotting powder, and don't get nearly as hot. Since they're pads, it's easier to apply - especially while moving, or in bad weather. I also picked up some povidone-iodine, to complement my antiseptic collection.
I'm still shopping for a surgical stapler, but a long-time friend hipped me to a source of medical-safe superglue (n-butyl cyanoacrylate) which is good for small-to-medium wound closures. I have a suture kit, but that's a last-last case thing. Stitching wounds require some real finesse, to do properly. I haven't much practice, and I'm sure it'll be even harder to perform well on yourself, if wounded.
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Only 1 in every 30 folks seemed to have any sensible answer. And, while I know most of 'em are just answering casually - which is perfectly acceptable, given the medium - it fully illustrates how different/weird my mind seems to operate, compared most folks. =P
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Then again I can readily admit you have me beat. I know I don't have some of these things at all but it's good to know you're ready at any rate.
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I'm still shopping for a surgical stapler, but a long-time friend hipped me to a source of medical-safe superglue (n-butyl cyanoacrylate) which is good for small-to-medium wound closures. I have a suture kit, but that's a last-last case thing. Stitching wounds require some real finesse, to do properly. I haven't much practice, and I'm sure it'll be even harder to perform well on yourself, if wounded.
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