losing the gear is the one survival situation i do prepare for.thats what the PFD with the ditch kit is all about.
going overboard from the canoe is a very remote disaster but treading water while the boat and pack are driven down wind would mean at the least many days with out food or shelter waiting for help.the kit however has all i need to stay safe and fed for at least a week.the other way to loose the gear is a fall on the portage trail so the PFD go's with me on every trip back and forth these days.by fall i mean busting something and not being able to get back to the packs at the other end of the carry.i bushwhack and go into some remote places but some of the portages are well used.


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unused at the start of a bushwack to whats called a Primitive Management Area. you need a permit to get in and camp and only one is given out so you will be alone...i need to invest in a PLB.....