I always have my BOB with me... My Purse!

But seriously - I have two smaller day packs that I have and use for my BOB. I have created a vest with one in front and one in back with both attatched to a hip belt. With the weight distubution, I can carry about 30# easily, more if I am wearing pants with lots of pockets. If nessisary, I can drop what is in the front either into the back or leave it and carry an infant instead. I usually have things like toiletries, food and other things I want more often in the front so that I do not have to take the pack off to get to it. I thought of this from the ALICE module packs that are available.

In the back pack(litterally), I have:
drop cloth/tarp/poncho
space blanket(new because I can never refold the blasted things)
scout pan with matches, condiments(like salt and soy sauce), tea bags
inflateable pillow
zippy bags, both empty and around other things
candle stubs(great for starting fires in wet conditions)
3 yards of netting(for bug control and other things)
Notebook and pencil in a zippy(sometimes in the front pack)
little cans of food stuffs including potted meat, tomato sauce and fruit cocktail
Small container of cooking oil
med kit, lacking a little right now because I needed to use it over the last week and I have not restocked
small camelback with tube out the top of the pack
too many knives and tools... I keep finding ones I like, but don't seem to get rid of the old ones
sewing kit with thread, needles of various types, buttons, safety pins and t-pins
Clothes pins and small clamps
duct and gaffers tape
cotton twine(specificly cotton to make an oil lamp if batteries go dead)
solar battery charger (to make sure the batteries don't go dead)
LED flashlight on Lanyard tied to the shoulder connection of the two packs
and a few odd bits and peices

the front pack has in it:
washcloth and hard castelle soap in a zippy
various lotions, including sunscreen, bug lotion, anti-biotic cream
Moleskin in a zippy
energy bars and granola bars
suppliment pill case with my multivitamins and other things
whistle, metal reflector/mirror
zippy with photocopy of ID, $30 cash and change, contact names and addresses on folded 8.5 x 11 inch paper
MY COMPUTER(with gps and other gadgets)
smaller water bottle with resealable top and filter
more knives and tools...
two silk scarves, one white and large(36x36) and one raw tan silk and smaller(20x20)
and more stuff...

Need to get in there and see if I can invest in a small radio. I haddn't really thought that I would want to know what was going on with other people until I started coming to this forum...

and more stuff...
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Rena