[pct-l] Repair kit for backpack ravaged by a bear?

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

I wrap the duct tape around my plastic fuel bottle. It stays in better shape 
than when I wrapped it around my poles.

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Yakel" <eyakel@earthlink.net>
To: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob@comcast.net>; 
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; "erik" <erik@erikgoetze.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Repair kit for backpack ravaged by a bear?


> Bob:
>     You are brilliant.... or maybe I'm not.  I've been trying to think of
> what
> to wrap duct tape around.  A pencil, all right I guess.  A squashed toilet
> paper
> roll.  Worse.  And there it was all the time.  Around my hiking poles.  I
> learn
> more valuable and simple ideas from this list than any where else.  Thanks
> for
> the tip.  Eric Yakel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Bankhead" <wandering_bob@comcast.net>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>; "erik" <erik@erikgoetze.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Repair kit for backpack ravaged by a bear?
>
>
>> I routinely wrap 3 feet of FRESH duct tape around each trekking pole and
>> call it good for that year. Here's the contents of my 3 ounce repair kit
>> which I've carried the for past 12 years but rarely needed:
>>
>> 1@ 2-piece hipbelt buckle - see below
>> 1@ 3 inch  heavy sewing needle - fits in dental floss case
>> 1@ small bottle Crazy Glue
>> 1@ 100 yds unwaxed dental floss in plastic case
>> 3@ Platypus bladder repair patches
>> 1@ bite valve for Platypus hoser system
>> 1@ soda bottle screw-on cap - fits Platy bladders
>> 1@ small mesh carrying bag
>>
>> Before every trip I ask myself, other than sewing on a lost button or a
> tear
>> in my gear, what could go wrong that would devastate my hike? Then I
> adjust
>> the repair kit inventory to compensate for that.
>>
>> Note the extra hipbelt buckle - both pieces! This thing is impossible to
> fix
>> in the field if it breaks, and I can't tie the belt tight enough to
>> effectively transfer the weight to my hips. I've needed this item only 
>> one
>> time, when my partner accidentally stepped on and broke his hipbelt 
>> buckle
>> as he reached over to pick up his pack on the 2nd day of a week-long 
>> trek.
>> Toilet paper is the only item I can think of that might bring a higher
> price
>> in the field. I got breakfast in bed for the rest of the trek - and 
>> prayed
> I
>> didn't repeat his mistake.
>>
>> If I'm carrying any silnylon gear (pack, tarp, etc), I'll add a tube of
>> Silnet seam sealer so I can waterproof any repair I make since duct tape
>> won't work. When I used to carry a PUR Hiker water filter, I added the
> small
>> tube of silicon lubricant that comes with the replacement filter 
>> elements.
>> Before I switched to Photon lights, I'd carry any extra batteries and 
>> bulb
>> for my flashlight here.
>>
>> As an aside, I find that this tiny kit makes a good place for me to store
>> the protective caps from the tips of my trekking poles so they don't get
>> lost.
>>
>> Wandering Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
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