[pct-l] pills for first aid kit

[Bob Sartini]

Well put. I do think you can get along fine with Ibuprophen, and a few 
second skins. A tube of Neosporine is useful.  Planning for every 
eventuality is just not realistic. Snake bite kit? etc. There's endless 
things that can happen and the "cure" for each is just too much stuff to 
carry.  Be cautious but the odds are that nothing will happen that you can't 
limp your way out. If something bad happens you just have to saw your arm 
off and walk out:) What me worry?

"EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
    ......Bamboo Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] pills for first aid kit


>
> On Jan 22, 2009, at 7:03 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> pills for first aid kit
>
> I asked my doctor for travel medications before I went. He gave me 30
> vicodin for severe pain (just like you said, for a broken bone or
> sprain or something like that), antibiotics for intestinal bugs and
> antibiotics for other infections. I did NOT take them all with me in
> their original bottles. I put a few in a ziploc baggie with the rest
> in my bounce bucket. How silly would that be to carry them all? It's
> not like the feds are walking around the trail, inspecting your stuff
> for random vicodin and calling that reason to toss you in prison. Get
> a grip.
>
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