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I am in the field every other week for periods between 2 and 4 days, I often get out on my own but mostly I work with a small research group here in western WA. Going out alone is not something I recommend as it can be dangerous, alone or with a team I can say that a good survival kit and handgun should be on your list. I carry a 357 Mag, a Leatherman, a cellphone, a headlamp, a water filter, pack-able rain gear, pack-able down jacket, 5000 calories of spare food, a first aid kit, 100 Ft para-cord, a fire key, wax coated tinder, emergency blanket, spare socks and a compass. When I am out on my own I always alert my wife and my team of the general location and around how long I intend on being in the field.

Have it your way. I'm outa here. MIB

Thanks, wiia, for the compliment. I look up to Bob Gimlin, who is almost a decade older than I am, and still wrangling mules and horses. We sat and talked about that over lunch, a couple of years ago, when he had just suffered some cracked ribs from a rambunctious mule in a trailer, and he's still doing it. Now that is the very definition of "cowboy stubborn". Getting out in the wild back country boosts my soul, and I'll keep going there at every opportunity, until they have to carry me. ;-)