Hello everyone,
I have a question regarding weight savings and carrying appropriate emergency gear to survive a winter night in the New Hampshire White Mountains should someone get injured and it becomes necessary. I often carry a 20 degree synth bag, an old tent fly to use as a tarp or ground cloth and a full length Z-Lite pad. Also in the pack is an MH Subzero down parka. It seems to me that there is probably a better way of doing this - lighter and smaller. The bag in particular seems overkill, considering that I'm also carrying the down parka and that one could dig a snow cave. What is your preferred emergency kit for cold places? Does anyone have experience with the SOL emergency bivy sacks? I was thinking that an alternate kit would be a lighter weight down bag, emergency bivy, the Z-lite and a lighter weight jacket like the Patagonia Nano Puff. I also have a pair of MH Chugach insulated pants that could be added to the kit. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks!