I would like to add one more piece of gear for wet country- a pack cover (or waterproof bags in the pack). I was on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska and just over the Pass into BC after a heavy 20 hour downpour. My outfit got wet including a down sleeping bag. It was the coldest night of my life in a wet bag in a sleet and wet snow storm above treeline. It was the closest I have ever come to freezing to death and the date was Augst 31.


The only cure for life and death is to enjoy the interval.
George Santayana