Day: April 4, 2008

Wilderness Medicine book

My benevolent son bought me this Wilderness Medicine book. I’ve wanted it for a long time but didn’t want to part with the money. I have the field guide by the same author but this book has a lot more detail, better pictures and more information. It’s a great book for people who might want to form a plan for when they get hurt in the wilderness besides lay in the dirt and mewl for helpClosing up a gaping head wound.

It has lots of ways to improvise first aid treatment. For instance, this nifty way to close a gaping head wound.

Wilderness medicine

Food bags should be emptied after your hike.

Everlasting cheese

My son came to visit me. He brought a lot of my gear back to me that he had stored. I emptied out the pack he used last summer, when he joined me for a week on the Pacific Crest Trail; inside was his nonempty food bag–7 month old food bag! I threw it all away, pretty much just on principal but –look– that string cheese looks fine. The red bag in the upper left hand corner is very gooey and has an odor– but nothing recognizable.

Resupplying from small stores

At first look, a small store may appear to not have much to resupply with. You need to look at everything. Just keep circling the shelves and look at every single thing in the store. Soon you will find plenty to resupply with. The smaller the selection, the more times you may need to circle the shelves. Know that a good resupply is there, but you need to discover it. Be creative and flexible.

I didn’t send myself any food for the entire Pacific Crest Trail and I didn’t meet anyone who had a better food bag than me.

Related Post: My PCT resupply schedule