For sissies? Heck no. It's just plain smart.

It may not be next week, it may not be next month, but if you spend a lot of time outdoors, sooner or later your "number" is bound to come up. Mine has come up several times.

Once, while doing some backcountry ski touring in Alberta, I fell and broke my right femur. I was dang glad that I had a heavy fleece hat, a sweater, a fleece jacket, a Gore-Tex type jacket, heavy Gore-Tex survival mittens, etc. It was long after dark by the time the Parks Canada rangers got to me.

The rangers' arrival time was not due to sloth by the way; it was more a function of where I was and the time it takes to assemble a team, find the person, etc.

HJ