I'm not quite sure what the line "I love hearing people back home complain about having to hod 10 lbs of survival gear around with them" meant, but I hope you aren't throwing stones in my direction. Read my post again and you'll see I'm not complaining at all; it's just a recounting of the events (and subsequent mistakes) I experienced with the hope that others would plan/prepare better than me. That's it. Nothing more. So don't imply there was.