MY PERSONAL KIT

The Personal Kit should be just that, a bag or other container personalized to fit your basic needs, your strengths and weaknesses, as well as any specific needs, like medications, hydration, blood sugar control, etc.

This will be your go-to kit, the first thing you personally grab, even if you have a more thorough, extensive kit for the rest of the family. If you aren't safe, well and prepared, what good will you be to those around you?

Here's mine:

To the left is my main pack - it is a Lumbar Pack, with padded adjustable waist straps, secure side pockets for (2) 1 liter water bottles, outside mesh pocket, and additional adjustable cargo straps on the outside.



To the right are 2 additional add-ons, one containing a heavy duty plastic poncho, the other a pocket fishing kit I assembled from scratch. 

Each has a zipper top, and I have attached a small caribiner clip to each so they can be easily moved to other kits, if need be.

I will discuss the contents of each in greater detail in future posts.

But here's why these for me:
I have severe arthritis in my neck, shoulders, back, you know, the whole package. A conventional backpack would be roomier, yes, but the pain induced would be detrimental to my endurance, so I've chosen a well made and roomy lumbar pack.

So what kind would work best for you?