Hi,
Id firstly advise they select a daysack that is designed for Infantry Patrolling in the Green Zone of Afghanistan preferably in OG or perhaps Coyote Tan. If it has a lot of PALS loops on it great and if its made by a specialist Manufacturer such as: Kifaru, Mystery Ranch or Arcteryx then so much the better but A Karrimor SF would be ok at a push just not a Sabre 35 as they look a bit daft.
Id place in the Day Sack the following:
1. A stove seemingly conceived by the God Vulcan himself with an output equivalent to a low yield thermonuclear weapon and with a proven capable of melting enough snow to make 3 ltrs of water on the south col of Everest in a blizzard in under 3 minutes. If it runs on Meths then great but gas is ok.
2. A Ti pot that is both incredibly light, exquisitely made and a poor conductor of heat but is manufactured in a boutique factory in Osaka that won a design and environmental award.
3. A Japanese folding saw with a blade so viciously sharp its alleged it can cut the fabric of time.
4. A Stainless Steel water bottle somewhat similar to a Nalgene bottle but without the bad press and stigma. You can fill this with water if you want.
5. A Tarp made with an aramid fibre weave that until last year was a closely guarded secret and used in Apache Helicopter rotor blades to repel 23mm ZSU cannon fire.
6. An Operational Ration pack that you got from Ebay from a seller called Dodgycoyclerk. It will have enough calorific content to sustain a person engaged in ongoing war fighting activities and therefore in consuming it you will leave the woods in Calorie surplus always a plus.
7. A bit of warm kit that might be a down jacket made with Polish goose down plucked from birds under 24 months of age. Or a base layer made from Merino wool that has lived a happy and healthy life on the alpine meadows of the South Island of NZ.
8. A first aid kit comprehensive enough to deal with the odd scrape, cut blister include 2 x Israeli Dressings, Quickclot and an Asherman chest seal. Plus a couple of syrettes of morphine if you can get it.
9. A Waterproof Jacket. Be honest with yourself and realise that either a Norrona Recon or Swazi are just so last year and only something from Arcteryxs LEAF range has the exclusive cachet required in the modern Bushcraft arena.
10. A Ti Spork.. Why carve when you can buy
11. A LED torch with the brightness of 10 suns that can melt through Mild steel plate when held under 10cms away yet uses so little power that single AA will last a decade.
All the above should weigh less than 3kgs baseweight which allows you to carry the weight of a 6 month old infant in sharps.
