Teacher..not really,i carry a Mora 2000 on my belt,a watch and LED in my shirt pocket,maybe a BIC and a Power Bar.my main bit of survival gear is caution.over 25 some years i know bad water when i see it,i don't shoot rapids and on the portage i only carry one pack at a time or the canoe.that makes for five walks across but that way i'm not carrying a heavy load or blocking my view with a pack in the chest carry position and the other on my back.clean drinking water is everwhere and with the forest full of pine and birch firewood is easy to find.like my buddy said it's the 290 mile drive that could be a killer.a few years ago i had not even cleared the city when a flatbed truck starting shedding stamped metal fence parts all over the road.me and a bunch of other cars did one of those weave and dodge at 70MPH dance things..a bad day on Lac La Croix was never like that..