Right. I don't think anyone would argue against your initial post here, so I'm not sure what you are looking for. If backpackers and campers viewed their kit with survival in mind, it means they are up to date on contents and use of said kit. It's certainly above and beyond.
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EDC is intended to be the very minimum you would feel comfortable with in any situation. With a given task what you carry may change in size and complexity. Usually you add to your EDC, not take away. I have several levels of what I carry and I've seen the same both from DR himself and from many others on the forum.

I guess what I'm saying is that it probably isn't necessary to carry a backpacker's kit all the time, but if you do so with survival in mind as you say, then that kit should be multitasking, centered around survival, light as possible, easy to carry, and reuse kept in mind (a real pot vs. Tinfoil comes to mind).

What exactly were you looking for with your post? I think most folks here would tend to agree with that, and if you aren't really asking any questions, I don't know how far we can go with it when everyone sees it largely in the same way <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />