In the nick of time

Yesterday I joined the Camelbak club. All the guys had them, and I was starting to run out of water with only my water bottle, so it was high time I got one. While I was shopping I also picked up a small first aid kit to keep in my pack. We hadn't needed so far, but it's good to be prepared, and since R had all the bike repair equipment it was my task to have the people repair equipment. I got to break out the kit almost immediately, as today we ran across a couple of jumps that someone had constructed on a flat part of the trail. We decided to try them out and one of our party wound up falling dramatically and taking a good sized chunk out of his shin! I have to say, though, that the medical kit seemed a bit skimpy. I'm really going to have to pimp that baby out. Multiple rolls of tape, more packets of antibiotic ointment, syringe for snake venom extraction... You know, the works.