I tend to have sensitivities to bug spray. Actually the eucylptus stuff is the worst - the smell actually gives me nausea. DEET less so, but I always get it in my eyes. I think I was a mosquito in my previous life. The stuff that is supposed to kill them nearly kills me and they love to swarm around me.

I have to up the calories to 2,600 per day at the end of the season. Early on I have some stored energy on my body that I really wish to get rid of! I am not very big. I vary between 108 and 118 pounds. So extrapolate that to a 200 pound guy and the calories are about right for my weight. And, all my clothes are proportionally smaller so weigh less. I can fit into a lot of kids clothes.

I really need to get a 30-degree sleeping bag. Since all I have now is the 10-degree bag and a 50-degree low elevation summer bag, I have to carry a pound + extra because it is all I have.