> > I don't think anybody, going off for a day's solo shooting, > takes along anywhere near the amount of gear that is brought > to a PDML meet (or to GFM, or to any other show-and-share > event).
I have found the following to be the absolute minimum necessary for any trip longer than 1 night away from home, and further than Tunbridge Wells to the south, or Chingford to the north: a well-furnished tent 3 months' rations collapsible canoe jointed flagstaff and Union Jack hand pump and sterilising plant astrolabe 6 suits of tropical linen sou'wester camp operating table and set of surgical instruments portable humidor Christmas hamper with Santa costume and mistletoe stand cane for whacking snakes coil of rope sheet of tin several cleft sticks riding breeches for winter and summer bush shirts a sola topi a double-brimmed sun hat a camp bed and sleeping bag long boots to deter mosquitoes at sundown quinine pills to protect against malaria slabs of black chocolate for energy metal uniform cases a cedarwood trunk lined with zinc to keep ants out silk pyjamas to avoid typhus several more cleft sticks a stick cleaver Bob (with thanks to William Boot) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
