I have equiped both of my younger children with a fanny pack like yours. However, they have chemical light sticks in a toothbrush holder, which I'm going to upgrade to Photons this Christmas.

I also have worked with them on the STOP principal, which is crucial. I wonder how long that poor 10-year-old wandered before he figured he was lost. 2 1/2 miles is a fair distance for a young child so I suspect that he traveled most of that distance after he realized he was lost. Had he just stopped and had even just one piece of survival gear, a whistle, he may have survived. How sad.

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