Emergency blanket

How to use an emergency blanket

December 12, 2009

There comes a point in most of my backpacking trips where I think, “Who’s stupid idea was it to going into the woods anyways?” For my friend Patricia, that point hit pretty early. “I’m freezing!” she proclaimed. “Our water bottles are turning to ice and I can’t feel my toes. What are we doing out [...]

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Emergency blanket: win

September 11, 2009

It’s 3:30 on a cold, foggy night and a woman tells me that my attitude is not helpful. “We’re all in this together,” she says. And I think, “I’ve been ‘in this’ for 6 hours. You’re just now showing up.” Let me rewind a little and say this: an emergency blanket is a windproof, waterproof [...]

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