expedition gear Expedition Kit – Jackpack Gear

Navigation, Medical, and Extended Core Systems

The Expedition includes everything in the Scout and Trekker kits, then adds the pieces you need when a problem lasts more than a single unplanned night. On top of the Scout’s core survival tenets and Trekker’s problem-solving tools, it adds dedicated land navigation and a full medical module so you can manage direction and injuries, not just endure them.

Navigation is handled by the MiniComp II compass and pacer beads, giving you a reliable bearing and a way to track distance when phones and GPS units are dead or unavailable. Medical capability is expanded with the Nick Fixer first-aid kit, built for real backcountry problems: wound cleaning and coverage, burn treatment, closures, blister care, support wraps, basic meds for pain, GI issues, and stings, plus gloves and tools. A HotHands warmer supports that medical system by helping maintain warmth and circulation in cold conditions.

The Expedition also extends the core systems you already have:

• Water: a clear transpiration bag lets you produce drinkable water from vegetation in dry terrain instead of relying only on streams or pools.
• Light / Signal: two 4" Cyalume chem lights provide cold-proof, waterproof lighting and route/shelter marking that still work in wet, smoky, or confined conditions where electronics struggle.

Contents

• Scout and Trekker kits
  Includes all components of the Scout and Trekker (water, shelter, fire, light, and signal tools).
• Clear transpiration bag
  Harvest drinkable water from green vegetation when there’s no surface source—no pump, no fuel, no electronics, just sun and time.
• MiniComp II compass
  Simple, durable analog compass for bearings and deliberate movement when phones and GPS units are dead, frozen, or gone.
• Pacer beads
  Classic pace counter so you can track distance, hold a search pattern, or work back along your route instead of wandering.
• Two 4" Cyalume chem lights
  Military-standard chemical light sticks: cold-proof, waterproof, and battery-free. Use them to mark shelter, hang as low-glare area light, clip to gear for ID, or swing as a bright moving signal in rain, fog, steam, or smoke.
• HotHands warmer
  Long, steady heat to keep hands functional, support core warmth, or protect batteries from cold-related voltage drop.
• Rescue Essentials “Nick Fixer” first-aid kit
  A compact but real medical kit: bleeding control, wound care, blister/burn treatment, basic meds, tools, and PPE so you can actually treat problems instead of just covering them.

Nick Fixer – Contents

Burn treatment

• 2 × Burn gel packets

Minor wounds

• 10 × Adhesive bandages, 1" × 3"
• 3 × Plastic oval bandages, 2" × 4"
• 2 × Fingertip adhesive bandages
• 4 × Gauze sponges (2-pack), 2" × 2"
• 3 × Flexible knuckle bandages
• 5 × Butterfly wound closure strips
• 1 × Conforming gauze, 2" × 5 yds
• 1 × Conforming ABD pad, 5" × 9"
• 2 × Non-adherent pads, 2" × 3"
• 2 × Moleskin pads, 2" × 3"
• 1 × Plastic tape, 0.5" × 10 yds
• 1 × Cohesive wrap, 1" × 5 yds
• 2 × Antibiotic ointment unit doses
• 1 × Tincture of benzoin ampule
• 2 × Iodine prep pads
• 3 × Antiseptic wipes
• 1 × Antimicrobial hand wipe

OTC meds & topicals

• 1 × Poison ivy cleanser towelette
• 2 × Sting relief pads
• 2 × Acetaminophen 2-packs (325 mg)
• 2 × Antacid 2-packs
• 2 × Ibuprofen 2-packs (200 mg)
• 2 × Diamode anti-diarrheal unit doses

Tools

• 2 × Safety pins
• 1 × Mini EMT shears, 4"
• 1 × Mini vial with tweezers & 2 safety pins
• 1 × Backcountry first-aid booklet

Personal protection

• 1 × Pair nitrile gloves