About Report 3.
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How I manage without more than 100 items in luggage and when walking around town.
Some 53 of these are from a suggested medical kit.
Possible saving is in the order of at least US$ 1000
Certain items I always carry.
And more.
I don't expect many readers to apply all of the following techniques but hopefully you will be able to take some of the items mentioned below out of you luggage or replace them with a smaller variety.
You VS Survivorman