This thread has been around over ten years. Technology has changed enough that in looking over my early posts, I carry a few different items now.
One change is that my primary fire starter has become the ferro rod and steel. Backups are piezo electric lighter and waterproof matches.
Another change is that I carry a DeLorme InReach satellite communicator.
A non tech change is that I now make my own fire starter “cookies” out of pitchwood/fatwood sawdust in a Vaseline/paraffin mix as binding agent, with a greased cotton ball on top. Each cookie goes in a little jewelry sized ziploc.
What changes am I forgetting? Tips re new stuff to update this thread?
