I was reading a post on Bushcraft UK that mentioned Crazy Eric's kit:

http://ericlefou.1.online.fr/MES_TRUCS/MESobjets/Mon_equipement/international.htm

I went to that site again, and did the usual "tsk, tsk" stuff in my mind about how he let it get away from him...

But some part of my mind is going "Calf-pouches. Sayyyyy.... That's not a bad idea...."

And now I'm a little frightened about what I may become.

Bear

that is really unbelievable. we talk here about "PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER." and the reactions of an SAK compared to a fixed blade in the office environment etc. If I walked into work packed like that guy, I would be on the street by the end of the week. I get grief because I carry a backpack!

IzzyJG99:

Just because you are paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Bountyhunter

I wonder how much all that stuff weighs. Maybe I missed it on his site. Imperial units PLEASE!!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

IIRC, he said 15 kg - call it 33 lbs.

yeah jacket was about 15 lbs... Damn man he is prepared for everything but being man overboard unless of course he has a life raft stuck in there somewhere.

What is supprising is his list isn't too far off from what a lot of us carry on our person plus what is in our kits and BOB's, he just carries it all at once.

If he goes overboard he's gonna sink with that 33lb jacket on. <img src="/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Come on take it easy on him;
From one gear freak to another, we all know we wish we could be this prepared. We just don't want the kind of attention this guy gets. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Well, there's prepared and then there is OCD. For some of us there may be a fine line between the two, but this guy is well over the line.