amazed at the sheltered life and close mindedness of the anti gun group represented here. it must be nice to live in that world! couple of months ago, in the Angeles national forest( were i do a huge amount of my caching), we had an individual running around the forest hacking people up with a samurai sword. to bad none of the victims had any way to defend themselves or fight back. would definately carry a gun ifi had one. in addition to that, i like to take extra flashlights,batteries, swag to trade, pocket knive, multi tool,snacks , camera , notebook, pen and pecil. and i always go caching in my work clothes. (i love my nomex)