ducktapeguy,

interesting use for a body bag. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> i personally would feel kinda weird using one as an emergency bivy thought. of course unless i didn't have anything else.

thanks for the bivy offer but i'm still lookin.

as far as hiking goes, my almost daily hike with the dogs (a necessity for them) includes anywhere in griffith park, pacific palisades, kenter canyon, and lots of other trails i have no idea what the names are. for those hikes i carry a smaller pack mostly with stuff for them, water, bowls, treats, etc. my main day pack is for longer (outskirts of socal) hikes, mt. baldy, mt. san jacinto (hopefully this weekend), and even in the los padres national forest. i'd like to make it out to mojave national preserve but thats a but farther so we'll see.