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Re: [at-l] Night hiking?
At 04:45 AM 5/2/98 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-05-01 16:36:32 EDT, you write:
>
><< Not too often and only idiots who fall down rock slides and tear knee
> ligiments and crack bones in thier arm by moon light. :-) >>
>
>Ha ha ha. Speaking of injuries, what kind of first aid kit do you carry?
>
>Patty
I got one of those small draw string "ditty" (I hate that word) bags at
the local outfitters store. I usually carry lots of bandaids. The 3M foam
active strips. I like them best because they are soft and plyable and they
stick even when wet. I carry moleskin and small folding sizzors,
Providone-iodide, a few small guase pads, some cloth first aid tape, a few
butterfly patches, tweezers, first aid/burn cream, a few tylanol and a few
darvon. I carry nothing in large quantities accept the band aids. Blisters
ya know. I carry larger amounts, by larger I mean maybe 15 or twenty,
because it seems noone else carrys enough and has to borrow so I bring
enough for whowever I meet that needs one. I discovered many years ago that
if I only carried enough for myself I would come up short as I cant say no
to someone if they need something. Besides they are light. Ya know I have
been thinking about trying to lighten them though by cutting holes in them
and trimming them down thinner .............. :-)
Daryl Cline WB4YEX
Harrisonburg, Va.
Web page: <http://www.cfw.com/~clines>
Outdoor pictures: <http://www.cfw.com/~clines/outdoors> UPDATED 4/28/98
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