Id think that having a psk requires no special skills for women or men alike, and that common sense is a little bit more usefull. i dont think that having a psk and knowing nothing about survival/campcraft would be useless - assuming that your at least intelligent enough to KNOW what items apply to what, you could eventually figure out how to use it. and if its that bad - throw some instructions in - could be used as a fire starter to. o and leave all the personal items for her to put in... <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />