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JIM,
Agreed, minus the part about the moleskin. As a marathoner I can tell you that there are many ideas for improvised moleskin, but not any that work quite as well as moleskin, at least for me.
My intent was to share someone’s design of a kit made for a similar purpose. I think what I appreciated about the kit was that it was built pretty much from the ground up (including the case). I was not trying to suggest it was a comprehensive solution. And there are more than a few things wrong/illegal there!
cap6888 has a much better kit that obviously took some real creative thought.
My own hiking/backpacking kit isn’t this comprehensive and does NOT contain a cold pack, quick-clot or any prescription medications like the Wired kit. When I’m hiking/backpacking I carry moleskin, band aids, a couple of 4x4s, a 5×9, a roller gauze, a triangular bandage, and yes, a couple of tegaderms. I usually also have some non-prescription Benadryl and Loratadine and maybe some Naproxen.
Remember that to get into and out of the back country in some parts of the US you are going to be hitting parking lots. For the price of less than an ounce I do have a CPR “key” that’s smaller than the one in the Wired kit, and gloves because people are freakin’ dirty. But I agree and CPR in the back country is not going to happen if I’m around. That said, people have fallen off of a nearby bouldering hot spot and I could see doing some rescue breathing if their head was smashed in but they had a pulse.
JIM,
Agreed, minus the part about the moleskin. As a marathoner I can tell you that there are many ideas for improvised moleskin, but not any that work quite as well as moleskin, at least for me.
My intent was to share someone’s design of a kit made for a similar purpose. I think what I appreciated about the kit was that it was built pretty much from the ground up (including the case). I was not trying to suggest it was a comprehensive solution. And there are more than a few things wrong/illegal there!
cap6888 has a much better kit that obviously took some real creative thought.
My own hiking/backpacking kit isn’t this comprehensive and does NOT contain a cold pack, quick-clot or any prescription medications like the Wired kit. When I’m hiking/backpacking I carry moleskin, band aids, a couple of 4x4s, a 5×9, a roller gauze, a triangular bandage, and yes, a couple of tegaderms. I usually also have some non-prescription Benadryl and Loratadine and maybe some Naproxen.
Remember that to get into and out of the back country in some parts of the US you are going to be hitting parking lots. For the price of less than an ounce I do have a CPR “key” that’s smaller than the one in the Wired kit, and gloves because people are freakin’ dirty. But I agree and CPR in the back country is not going to happen if I’m around. That said, people have fallen off of a nearby bouldering hot spot and I could see doing some rescue breathing if their head was smashed in but they had a pulse.
JIM,
Agreed, minus the part about the moleskin. As a marathoner I can tell you that there are many ideas for improvised moleskin, but not any that work quite as well as moleskin, at least for me.
My intent was to share someone’s design of a kit made for a similar purpose. I think what I appreciated about the kit was that it was built pretty much from the ground up (including the case). I was not trying to suggest it was a comprehensive solution. And there are more than a few things wrong/illegal there!
cap6888 has a much better kit that obviously took some real creative thought.
My own hiking/backpacking kit isn’t this comprehensive and does NOT contain a cold pack, quick-clot or any prescription medications like the Wired kit. When I’m hiking/backpacking I carry moleskin, band aids, a couple of 4x4s, a 5×9, a roller gauze, a triangular bandage, and yes, a couple of tegaderms. I usually also have some non-prescription Benadryl and Loratadine and maybe some Naproxen.
Remember that to get into and out of the back country in some parts of the US you are going to be hitting parking lots. For the price of less than an ounce I do have a CPR “key” that’s smaller than the one in the Wired kit, and gloves because people are freakin’ dirty. But I agree and CPR in the back country is not going to happen if I’m around. That said, people have fallen off of a nearby bouldering hot spot and I could see doing some rescue breathing if their head was smashed in but they had a pulse.
JIM,
Agreed, minus the part about the moleskin. As a marathoner I can tell you that there are many ideas for improvised moleskin, but not any that work quite as well as moleskin, at least for me.
My intent was to share someone’s design of a kit made for a similar purpose. I think what I appreciated about the kit was that it was built pretty much from the ground up (including the case). I was not trying to suggest it was a comprehensive solution. And there are more than a few things wrong/illegal there!
cap6888 has a much better kit that obviously took some real creative thought.
My own hiking/backpacking kit isn’t this comprehensive and does NOT contain a cold pack, quick-clot or any prescription medications like the Wired kit. When I’m hiking/backpacking I carry moleskin, band aids, a couple of 4x4s, a 5×9, a roller gauze, a triangular bandage, and yes, a couple of tegaderms. I usually also have some non-prescription Benadryl and Loratadine and maybe some Naproxen.
Remember that to get into and out of the back country in some parts of the US you are going to be hitting parking lots. For the price of less than an ounce I do have a CPR “key” that’s smaller than the one in the Wired kit, and gloves because people are freakin’ dirty. But I agree and CPR in the back country is not going to happen if I’m around. That said, people have fallen off of a nearby bouldering hot spot and I could see doing some rescue breathing if their head was smashed in but they had a pulse.
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