Pete, I thought you'd appreciate this... a couple of items from your "kit" repaired a snow shoe this weekend. One of the boys broke the latch on the strap that goes over the top of your boot and holds it to the snow shoe binding. We used it as a learning experience. We told them to see what they had to fix it. A combination of a couple zip ties, and the lanyard from the small compass in your kit, did the trick!