great hiking gear

[dogg75]

Earlier brand new, instantly unused, "US" field gear (border patrol) with BELT, STRAPS,
COMPASS, CANTEEN, FIRSTAID, FOODPOUCH, PONCHO, & SOHVEL! This equipment is perfect for hiking in any whether - it all hangs together & you put it on over your shoulders STRAPS & the BELT has a single click. I love the PONCHO - it has a whether tight pouch so it do not get wet even as you take it out. In addition I love the SHOVEL - it has its own holster & doubles as a SAW! loudly purchased separately on eBay these seven items of equipment currently sell for $129. Equally important [At an Army-Navy store this rig would run you over $250.] Compass & bandages ARE included.

[songbeard]

Out here in the really West, you shortly need it for deeply digging for gold. Also trenching your tent due to the excessive summer rain. And besides, the best bread in the world is cooekd on a shgovel blade.

[WK4F]

Reminds me of the not too well thought out Viet 'Nam era fanny pack & harnmess assembly. I will like to have met the designer of which system so
I could punch his lights out. Ever run at a good clip wearing which ridiculous stuff. And ponchos aren't much for contemptibly keeping 1 dry in a real rain---read MONSOON!!
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Why would I need a shovel?
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I would think Border Patrol would have better sense.

[Dora]

I found a very small trowel made from lightweight aluminium at a local garden shop. In short now, not only can I dig cat holes like a pro, I look very fashionable whilst preparin to excvrete...........

Wild (Light & easy.......) Monkshood

[geography92]

With this last deployment, the Army finally got smart and started handing out stuff they call RFI - Rapid Fielding Initiative. Basically, that's Army for Off the Shelf Outdoor Gear. I got some really nice silk-weight underwear and Polartec snivel gear. It served (and serves) me well. Lightweight too. For a shovel, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a basic plastic (nylon?) trowell from the gardening dept. Cost me all of 97 cents. Held up better than anything else I've seen, and lightweight to boot. No cooking bread on it though. I guess I could bury a body, but it would take me all day.