Quote:
"In 2003 The Mountaineers revised the essential list as part of the 7th edition of "Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills" to keep up with modern equipment."

I volunteer some with the Mountaineers, when schedule allows --- backpacking and snowshoe trips. It can be helpful to be able to remember the complete set of these ('new') 10 essentials, so after some thought the best acronym I could come up with was SNIFF RHINE. As in "smell the Rhine river" and never mind that the Germans spell it 'Rhein'. To be fair, I lived for three years about a mile from the Rhein and don't recall any particular smell to it, even when the river barge traffic was heavy ... but I digress! smile

So:

S-un protection
N-avigation
I-insulation
F-first aid supplies
F-fire

R-repair kit and tools
H-hydration
I-illumination
N-nutrition
E-emergency shelter


Works for me, anyway.
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Brian Lewis
http://postholer.com/brianle