Mounted search and rescue

["Lila Corey" <Caballera@embarqmail.com>]

Hey Irv, what can I say....we are sissy survivors:)   Okay, I just repacked 
and with all your suggestions, I am down to 17 pounds.  Does that sound 
reasonable?  I do think the team will fish or try to kill a squirrel or 
rabbit- however for health reasons, I am a vegetarian....I have a very picky 
colon...and just got out of hospital tests due to the problem.  So, that is 
why I am taking some food.  Not many berries out this time of year here. 
And it is suppose to rain on us as luck would have it.  But, I am used to 
that.  Every time I have been called on a search it has been pouring and 
cold.
Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.  They have helped a bunch.

Lila
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Una Smith" <una.smith@att.net>
To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MSAR] What's in your pack


> Irvin Lichtenstein wrote:
> > I thought this was a survival school weekend-- take nothing at all, eat
> > bugs, snakes; rub sticks together, etc.
>
> That's what survival school means to me but from Lila's pack list
> I think one trip goal is more to establish that yes, your 24 hour
> pack really does have all you need for a comfortable 24 hours.
>
> Depending on climate, one can be comfortable with less than Lila
> has in her pack.  In much of New Mexico in summer many people skip
> the sleeping bag.  When I worked in the tropics I spent many nights
> out in the woods and didn't consider anything necessary except
> water and boots.  Water in case it didn't rain, and boots because
> in those particular tropics certain very deadly snakes are active
> at night.  Usually I also took some food and an umbrella.
>
> Una
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