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Where Eagles dare!!!
One 0.5 oz bottle of tea tree oil and/or water for any skin mishaps like blisters or cuts. Every so often, I wish I had some topical pain killer for a bug bite, but I rarely carry it. All else to chance and good luck.
Does duct tape count as first aid?!!! What about my knife? A water bottle and soap?Originally Posted by alpine
We need some "rules" for this here poll, don't we?
yes
Icarry 4 yards duct tape and a bandana does that count?
don't like wolves or blue jays!
it varies
Weight is much less important than what the "kit" consists of. My girlfriend and I thru-hiked this past summer. We carried a couple bandaids, duct tape, and athletic tape (around trekking poles) and pain killers, probably our most valued, although we didn't use 'em too much. I think foot care is the most used 1st aid. We started with a few blister bandaids, but she ended up getting something similar to foot rot and needed much more foot care stuff. We tried tons of things, as did everybody else. Duct tape didn't work for us.
Flanders
GA-ME 03
Duct tape and Advil.
Clearly most people do not worry about a fall that causes large amounts of blood to flow. I seem to remember many many places on the AT where a fall could cause severe damages. It appears you would just stuff the old sweaty bandana into the gash and try to hold it in with duct tape while you try to walk fast enough to reach a road before you run out of blood. For some reason that does not work for me.
first aid kit
not a thru-hiker...but i think a few first aid supplies are in order...........even for us "section-hikers!"
a few band-aids, a little duct tape, & triple ointment...& maybe a few motrin for the aching knees...& you gots it made!
see ya'll out there in 2004!
Duct tape, lots of ibuprofen, two or three different sizes of gauze, two pieces of each, a dozen band-aids, a roll of dental floss, some first aid tape, a bandana and a pair of tweezers, in a Zip-Loc bag
Long-distance aspirations with short-distance feet.... :jump
tylenol pm...knocks you out and kills the soreness
Remember: You don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the slowest person running from the bear. :D
Anybody who says "band-aids" has got to be kidding! Oh well, live and learn.
Duct tape got man back from the moon, it removes warts, I seriously doubt any thru-hiker has ever hiked the entire trail without owing some gratitude to it's silvery majestic cling, and it's the only thing I carry that it's primary function is first aid. I use duct tape to prevent blisters.
Also, there is nothing I carry that I don’t consider as performing other possible functions, like a bandanna as an open wound compression pad or trekking poles as splints or my Duo-fold long sleeve shirt as a sling. Likewise, my duct tape does serves other functions than first aid.
* Warning: I bite AND I do not play well with others! -hellkat-
only 5 oz if you dont count the whiskey
April 1st...Am Falls GA---one of those supersize WalMart everything kits---
later---NEELS GAP----most of it gone
LATER----
Fontana-----all of it gone, except some bandage wrap
later---
all of it gone, except maybe one or two bandaids, tops.
But thats me, I dont really take pain pills unless IM DYING, cuts and scrapes and spider bites and all the other things that come along with this, I just shake off.
Dont be like me though, you might die.
That is very funny, mainly because it's universal for almost everyone.
That's even funnier.
'All my lies are always wishes" ~Jeff Tweedy~
Wow, 2 pounds....
was this a gun to be used in case the injuries were just a little too serious...ha..ha
My kit weighs in at 7.6 ounces, but that is first aid and grooming. They were too small to put in seperate pouches...
over 2 lbs??? unless you brought along a 185 lb EMT along w/ you I can't see a med kit weighing that much. Maybe if you brought one of those 'fire blankets' from 9th grade chem lab?
*** is a first aid kit? Something like Leki poles and water filters?
It's when gearheads rub thier lekis together while holding thier filter between thier knees. So you get points for being close.*** is a first aid kit? Something like Leki poles and water filters?
Everything is exactly as it should be. This too shall pass.
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