I read about this over at Petey’s place but I’m too chicken-shit to participate over at The Other Side (I also feel inclined to break the rules and edit my packing list) so I’ll post it here.
1. I’d buy two mules. I like horses, but mules are much more sure-footed. Horses seem extra prone to breaking themselves. Can I buy a dog if I have enough left over?
2. As for the backpack with clothing and toiletries: Clothing I understand, but toiletries? I dunno, maybe a wash cloth. I’m fairly certain I can use whatever I find along the way to clean myself with, and frayed twigs make excellent (if not splintery) toothbrushes.
3. Winter coat and a rain coat? I’d bring a gortex and a poncho with a liner (see next item)
4. Sleeping bag: What do I need this for if I have a poncho and a poncho liner?
5. As for the tool kit, I’d probably bring my leatherman.
6. I’m with Petey on the flint and steel. Lasts longer than 1,000 matches and still works if you accidentally drop it into a puddle. (I’m not going to take the time to dip 1,000 match heads into wax before I go, thank you.)
7. Map? We don’t need no steenkin map! Okay, okay, I’ll take the map. Compass is nice though, and so are the binocs. I’d make mine night-vision for gits n shiggles. ^_^
8. What do I need a tool box for if I have my leatherman? I can keep the rifle cleaning kit in the buttstock of my rifle where it belongs and the extra parts for my firearms can go in the side pockets of my smallish backpack.
9. The first aid kit is useful if I pack it with extra rolls of gauze.
Weapons? Jeebus… Sadly, I’m only trained on one that I’d want to lug around with me everywhere (weight wise) and that’s the M-16. I suppose I’d take it despite its flaws because it’s the only one I confidently know inside and out.
Handgun: Didn’t qual on any *sigh*. Apparently if you’re familiar with MS Excel and they put you behind a computer because of it, you don’t need a pistol. I gather I was supposed to beat bad guys with my monitor if they came within range. I wouldn’t mind having the luger my grandfather “liberated” while he was overseas but that’s just because it’s TOO NIFTY FOR WORDS!! But I’d be terrified of losing it or breaking it while in the past.
Of course, there’s always this little guy, seen over at Castle Argghhh! “Gets nasty? Get down to business.” *rotfl*
SO! Who else wants to play? We’ll see you on the Oregon Trail.
Last one to Oregon City has to ride in the back seat of the Delorean on the way home.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Get rid of the mules. Take a canoe or a battoe. Travel faster, easier to haul the gear. and will take you all the way to the Rockies.
I ran a fire starting contest at a living history event last fall. I made contestants give me their flint rock and striker, then I dropped it into a pot of water and they had to fish it out. Now, you have wet hands and flint and steel. The object of the game was to light a candle off your flint and steel after the dunk. Doesn’t really matter that the flint and steel are wet, but it can matter with your hands. The biggest mistake I watched people make, they would fish out their flint and steel, then grab their piece of char cloth with the wet hands, or put it against a wet rock. NOW you are in trouble.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
That FMG-9 is freakin’ slick!!!
I might play along, but I’m going to need to think on this…