1) No Offense taken!!!!

2) Some excellent points but, this bag is for me to leave work, march for 7 - 10 days to get home with. The OB pads are to be used as medium battle dressings, if needed.

3) I have been "neutered" (and so has the wife) so condoms aren't needed. A very good point in a normal situation.

4) Blast made a good point on another thread about how most of us tend to carry too much food. I'm trying to avoid that because I have done that about every hikeing and camping trip I have embarked upon.

5) I will shed the first 4 bottles of water as I drink them. They are to get me through populated, partially civilized areas that I will have to move through as fast and quietly as I can.

6) A large roll of duct tape will be used to silence every little jingle and jangle on my equipment before I leave my boat.