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Originally Posted by Mr. I - Man
Hey, I was sticking to proper Old Corps gear list SOP.  My civie SOP now consists of a Four Seasons and an in-call "message" when I'm out and about roughing it. |
I don't really call backpacking roughing it. It's all a day at the park in comparison to: waking up at 6 am for a hump when it's negative 5 degrees; scarfing down a half-frozen MRE chocolate cookie because that's all you have time to eat; having to strip down to one layer before forced marching 15 miles because, if you don't, the company commander is not going to let you stop and take some layers off as you start to sweat profusely under a bunch of layers after 20 minutes of exertion; then freezing your ass off like mad until you finally warm up; then carrying your tires a$$ and 80 lbs of gear up some meaningless trail behind some Captain sprinting along with a pillow in his pack to make it look heavy.
What I do is infinitely more comfortable. I stop and adjust my clothes when I want and smoke, change, drink, eat what I want when I want. Having good gear does make all the difference?that and not having to pretend like your rescuing the 1st Division at the Frozen Chosen.