I took the GHB out for an overnight test run on 11-12Dec. The problems were an overloaded backpack and pistol belt, forgot the breakfast, bad rigging of equipment, and [censored] poor physical condition. The successes were a decent tarp shelter, sleep system, gained first hand experience w/a Katadyne filtration pump, built a good heat reflector behind the fire, and started the fire with a ferrocium rod and my KaBar knife! After returning to my truck, my nephew and I went through my backpack and removed "nice to have equipment" and reorganized the pack to eliminate the need for a pistol belt to carry pouches. We also marked the various equipment pouches with different colored small carabiners for identification. I will now start a daily treadmill routine to rebuild my strength and stamina.