For uncivilised places one needs - besides the things already mentioned such as flares, weapons, cell-phones (where they would work), radios and GPS receiver add to the medical list: brandy, crepe bandages, vodka, painkillers, strong (morphine) and mild (a codeine/aspirin combination), vodka, a steroid in a syringe ready for injection and snake-bite antiserum, (the last two are for places where there are dangerous snakes) adrenaline, a good antiseptic, brandy and if you're out for more than a few days - antibiotics and vodka.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: Re: OT: Survival Kit > > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > If you do nature photography -- landscape, wildlife -- what do you carry with > > you in case of emergency (getting lost, stranded, injured, etc.)? > > Always: > Good boots, > Warm clothes, > Matches (stored in a film container for keeping them dry) > A good knife > Emergency food (a mixture of chocolate, almonds and raisins is great for long and hard trips) > A map over the area > > Always forget, but should have: > Compass (with a watch and a glimpse of the sun or the stars you can manage without it) > Bandages (I'm getting lazy, haven't hurt myself on such trips the last 20 years) > > Longer trips, of course > Tent > Sleeping bag > Cooking gear > More food > > In the Norway the difference between winter and summer is that in the summer you have the warm clothes with you, in the winter you put them on. > > We usually got plenty of clean water, no seriously poisonous snakes and only a few wolverin, wolfs and bears, so I don't bring water or weapons. > > Now if only the kids would get big enough so I can go hiking again... >
