Prepared is good. Weighing yourself down with a buch of junk you don't need is silly. I am not going to define for you what junk is. Does he need swimming briefs every day? Does he need them for a survival situation? Much of what he carries is useful, much was total overkill. Inflatable pillow? Nice, but hardly needed for day to day operations.

There can sometimes be too much of a good thing. I could survive as well as Monsieur SAK with less than half that stuff.

Susan I consider the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. that don't prepare to be PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER..