Looks very warm. It doesn't look like it will fit underneath of a helmet. Will it?



I think I am going with a hand chain saw. Between that and the recon scout I think I could process wood fairly well.



Good observation but perhaps staying in place is a good thing if injured or if a PLB was activated.

Good observation but perhaps staying in place is a good thing if injured or if a PLB was activated.
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Good call CC. In all but the most extreme scenarios you are better off to stay put and wait for SAR.

I'm definitely with you on this. I see those stories too, and one of them haunts me when I pass this place. In Minnesota there is an area called Weaver Bottoms on the Mississippi River. I travel there with my wife to observe migrating waterfowl a few times a year. In Nov 1940, weather forcasting was not yet developed to the standards of today. Unseasonably warm weather suddenly gave way to freezing rain and quickly switched to a severe blizzard with very heavy snow, killing 49 Minnesotans. Many of the victims were duck hunting in Weaver Bottoms in flannel shirts or light gear. Some were found ice-covered and frozen to death, still standing in the marsh. Standing there today, you can see how it could happen. Weaver Bottoms is not that big; a mile or two of flat marshland between two 300' high limestone bluff riverbanks. People then and now look to these highbanks for orientation. In a blizzard the hunters could not see the highbanks and did not know which way was West, so they were unable to walk to safety in time. A one dollar compass would have saved them all.

So I picked up a flashlight for my kit. I choose a Gerber Cornea HI Flashlight (22-80122). It is a three watt LED with a maximum output of 105 lumens along with 65 and 30 lumens on medium and low settings. It has a strobe mode as well. Focusable bean from flood to spot with even coverage. Runs on three CR123 lithium batteries making it a good power source for cold weather.