BTW, I've been taking my BOB out for a couple of walks a week, and making improvements as I go. I'm spending the next the next two weekends at camp, and have a little more than three until I take this BOB on a five day portaging MBO in black bear and rattle snake territory in Georgian Bay with my son and our Scouts. Here's how it sits right now:

Jack Wolfskin Agadir 65L pack
Bedroll
Tarp Tipi Roll
*OD Green GI Poncho roll is my old shelter kit that's being replaced by the Tarp Tipi






LID
Lanyard (Fox 40 whistle, mini BIC, Gerber Clutch, fauxton LED - loop on belt)
Ball hat (ditch in Jeep if already wearing one)
Condor Buff-like thingy
Sunglasses
Hard case for prescription sunglasses)
CRKT Mt. Rainier folder (in nylon sheath - for belt)
BIC (yellow, in nylon sheath - for belt)
Deck of cards
Fire kit (ferro rod, mini folder, tampon, jute, char cloth, Altoids tin with natural tinder bundle and char cloth - pocket carry)
Extra Scout Group Bandana
Sucrets
Gerber Mini Sharpener




Fire Kit



Fire Kit Contents:
Ferro rod and scraper
Tiny folder
Jute twine
Char cloth
Tampon
Altoids tin tinder bundle (secured with ranger bands and duct tape - char cloth made in our last fire, dried natural tinders including hoof fungus, pine shavings, birch bark, pine pitch, fatwood shavings, cedar bark)

UNDERSIDE OF TOP LID
Feminine hygiene kit

Fem Hygiene Kit Contents:
pads
tampons
wipes
Ziplocks



SIDE POCKET ONE
SS water bottle (1.5L) in old merino wool sock
Ozarks Trails SSCamp Cup & lid
Outbound Robson 2 PC adonized cook set (with lid and mesh stuff sack)
Tiny grill (fits inside all cups/pots)

SIDE POCKET TWO
Leather work gloves
BG Ultimate Survival Knife (fine edge)
Bacho Laplander saw
100 ft paracord
50 polypropylene rope
Tool kit
Maps (in water proof map case)



Tool Kit Contents:
*in Ziplock and pencil case
LED headlamp
LED flashlight
Extra batteries in Plano fly box
Frontier straw filter
Sylva compass
AMK signal mirror
Eye glass screw driver

FRONT POCKET
FAK
OTC and prescription meds (in original bottles, with instructions)
Sunscreen
Bug juice



FAK Contents (As above with Blister Medic)



FAK Contents
AMK Field Trauma Kit
Blister Medic kit
CPR mouth shield + nitrile gloves
Heatsheets *1p
Triangular bandage
Squeeze LED
OTC Meds *Tylenol, Advil, Immodium, Benedryl *Adult and kid formulas
Purelle
Extra gauze pads
Extra bandaids
Maxi pads
Tampons
Resealable breast milk bags
Bug juice
Sun screen
Duct tape
SPF lip balm

BOTTOM POCKET
Woobie (in dry bag)
Katadyn Mini ceramic water filter
Filter cleaning kit and extra hose
3 X 1L Platypus bags
2L collapsible water jug
20 Aquamira tabs
Bandana





MAIN POCKET
Ripstop nylon GI style poncho
Crocs
Hobo fishing kit

Clothes (in dry bag - LS wool/poly shirt, LS lightweight cotton/poly blend button up shirt, convertible poly/nylon pants, long johns bottoms, unders, 1 pr men's boxer briefs, 3 x merino socks, bra, micro fleece jacket, Flo orange Thinsulate beanie, silk sleeping bag liner)

Food Kit (in Ziplocks - 6X Cliff bars, 6 X oatmeal, 2 X ramen, 6 X hot chocolate, 6 x coffee, 4 X Koolaid, 4 X Tang, 1 X Idaho instant potatoes, 1 X MH Buffalo Chicken, homemade bannock mix, 1 X muffin mix, raisins, maple syrup, peanut oil, hot sauce, brown sugar & cinnamon, muffin cups, parchment paper)

Cook Kit (Bandana, Esbit pocket stove and fuel tabs (X7), camp soap and in GSI Kettle - Alcohol stove and 2 X 4 oz yellow Heet, titanium spork, aluminum, strike anywhere matches in Coghlan's plastic match safe, 6 MicroPUR tabs)

Hygiene Kit (toothbrushes, paste, floss, toilet paper, coffee filters)

Mini Shelter Kit (Plastic drop sheet, Ripstop nylon GI style poncho, 6 ABS stakes, 2 X 25 ft paracord, 2p Heatsheets, bug jacket)

Shoe Bag of Stuff


Poncho Mini Shelter Roll


GSI Kettle Kit



Bag o Chow



Clothes


ATTACHED TO PACK WEBBING
Bedroll (3/4 Thermarest inflatable pad, blue foam mat, small piece of wool blanket)
Tarp Tipi Kit (Silver Tarp tipi rolled with - 50 polypropylene rope with carabiner on one end, 6 ABS stakes, 7 X 10 ft paracord)
Trekking Pole
Garbage bags
125lb NiteEyes SBiner
Cheap carabiner
Safety pins

LATE SPRING & SUMMER BUSH EDC
Merrell hikers
Convertible pants or BDUs
Poly blend T-shirt
LS Button up light weight cotton shirt or BDU top
Merino wool socks
Cotton-poly blend unders
Cotton-poly blend sports bra
Belt
*folder or Leather man on belt (listed in TOP POCKET above)
*BIC or ferro rod on belt (listed in TOP POCKET above)
Paracord necklace (micro photon, mini harmonica, 2 ft paracord)
Watch (Coleman digital)
Paracord bracelet

I've got a Bahco folding saw too and I love the thing. I've only used it a few times so far but it is a great addition to my kit.

It really proved itself in a backcountry trip back in January. Two of us were working on processing fire wood for the evening, me with the saw and my buddy with his hatchet and I was able to process much more wood than he was in the same amount of time. I don't think you can beat a good saw for processing deadfall wood.

Impressive. Quite comprehensive. While it seems like a large pack, I think you've actually scaled it back from what it could be considering how well equipped.

I wish there was a way to make the pack more modular. I believe in scalability, but not sure how I would divide up what you've packed effectively without compromising the thoroughness.

You deserve a Bravo Zulu on this one.

It's a stumper for me, Benjamin. I've scaled back some, removing the SS cup and the Katadyn filter, for example. The three weight loss target modules are food, clothing and the shoe bag o stuff. I can lighten clothes once summer finally gets arrives and stays for it's brief visit. I could also lose the kettle kit, but the thing I like about the shoe bag of stuff, it that along with my on body stuff, water bottle and FAK, it's a ready to go day hike kit with shelter, water and fire.

My hubby just moved it from my Jeep to his truck and thinks I need to lose twenty pounds. (My pack that is. He might think I could stand to lose twenty pounds to he's a wise man and is it to himself if he does.) We haven't weighed it but he's guessing around 60 pounds. That's seems about right to me, with food and water in there. I'm taking it to camp and hiking it hard this weekend, and that will probably enlighten me a bit more.

The challenge I have is that very often I'm responsible for other people's kids when we're out there. My son and I can go pretty minimal at this point, but even though I don't expect it'll come to it, I've got to prepare to support a couple of other kids for a possible unexpected overnighter, not to mention that it's my BOB so potentially going to support my son and baby daughter too.

All my pics on photobucket crapped out. Sorry!

I took my BOB (as listed above, minus the SS cup and Katadyn water filter) for a hike this weekend, with my and his pack. We made two treks, about 2.5 miles each, and it took us about two hours each time, with water breaks and nature exploring along the way.





There are too many pics for ETS, and you might not want to be bored with the tale, so here's a link to my Zombie Squad contest entry, which gives all the details.

http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=107511&p=2394291#p2394291