My last trip I went basic and hadn't done that in a while, just had the bivy bag, air bed, knife, rangefinder, phone&ballistics app, 2x30L meat bags, 25 rounds, polyprop pants, fleece top,beenie and a 2L water bladder. No cooker and all I had for food was chicken and cheese buns.
If i took my 270 instead of the 300 blackout I wouldn't need the phone and rangefinder. It got cold at 3am but only 2 hour till sunrise and back on the move again. It was good not having gear that I normally have and wasn't really going to need it any way and made the pack so much lighter until it was loaded up with 2 spikers.
It makes me think how soft I am now and wonder how I servived with just a knife,compass,matchs, 5 rounds of 22 hornet ammo and a basic sleeping bag and a can of beans, sardines or corned beef crammed into a pikau bag in my teen years when I didn't know f##k all.
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