Alone in the wilderness - revised inventory

[Pathfinder]

what do you hope to gain by doing this ?

A life experience. We only get one chance at life, and there's only a short window between being too young and being too old when you have a real chance to do something special.

how long do you think you are going to be out ?

Until I need to return.

are you going to set up somewhere or are you going to move around ?

Depends. If I find someplace I really like, I may set up camp for awhile.

what about water treatment over a long period of time ?

I'll be boiling my water over a campfire.

what about bugs...are you taking a headnet or deet ?

Maybe a net. No Deet.

what about somekind of headlamp with lots of batteries ?
the nights can be very very very long and very dark

No electronics. They're good for short term, but die out. Batteries add weight. I'll have fire. I should have no reason to move far away from my fire at night.

dosnt 100 ft.of useful cord seem like too little ?

My cord won't be used at all unless I'm unable to locate natural substitutes. The best survival skill of all is creative thinking.

Pathfinder Reviewed by Pathfinder on 12-19-2007. Alone in the wilderness - revised inventory "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." ~ T. S. Eliot For those who didn't see my other thread, my plan is to journey alone deep into the wilderness with only as much gear as can be carried on my back. I am NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY. After much consideration, I have decided to include a high velocity air rifle. The small size of .177 pellets will enable me to carry thousands of them, and thus hunt far more squirrels and rabbits than I could with Rating: 5