Coming down with the flu is rough when you're at home and have all comforts within easy reach. What about when you're alone, thirty miles in the backcountry, in the wintertime? What to do then? In this episode I talk about strategies to adopt in case this were ever to happen to you. I also discuss a list of items that would be in your best interests to carry with you, if not all the time, at least in the colder months.

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