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ADVENTURE MEDICAL KITS SAVVY TRAVELER A seemingly minor injury in a remote part of the world can turn into a full-on death march. So pack the Savvy Traveler kit. Along with general first aid supplies and medications, the kit includes sterile needles, syringes and IV starters. Heal thyself. Adventure Medical Kits, adventuremedicalkits.com, $59 NRS TIE-DOWN STRAPS There's nothing fancy about NRS straps and that's the beauty of them. They are perhaps the handiest piece of gear to ever take traveling. If you plan on doing any outdoor sports while you're out there on the road, you'll absolute- ly need them. Use them to tie your kayak to a pack mule, secure your surfboard to the top of a Panamanian taxi or belt your pants after being emaciat- ed by giardia. Northwest River Supplies, nrsweb.com, $3-$8 POPE BISECT TRAVELBOARD Two halves equal a whole lot less hassle. The Pope Bisect Travelboard is an extra durable, high-performance surfboard that can be taken apart for easier travel and storage . Think about it: Instead of lugging your nine-foot longboard around the airport, just take it apart and carry it in a four-and-a-half-foot soft case on your shoulder. The Travelboard comes in many different sizes and shapes but you can' t go wrong with the 9' 0" Walden Magic. Pope Bisect, bisect. com, $1325 Dry bags aren't just for river rats anymore. The Watershed pouch is also a great choice for adventur- ers who want to make sure that something special ( EAGLE CREEK PACK-IT CUBE AND COMPRESSOR The Pack-It system will come in handy now that airline security is tighter and agents will be doing a lot more searching of your luggage. Instead of dumping all your earthly possessions onto the counter, just unload a neatly packed bag of mesh cubes and compressor bags. The Pack-It cube is double-sided with a laminated bar- rier to keep your dirty laundry quarantined from your clean clothes. The Compressor bag maximizes luggage space by packing your gear into a nifty little airtight pouch. Eagle Creek, eaglecreek.com, 2-sided Cube, $22; Compressor, $20. in their bag stays bone-dry no matter what falls from the sky. The small pouch holds 650 cubic inches of goodies and its ZipDry waterproof seal is the driest on the market. Watershed, drybags.com, $34.50 MSR WATERWORKS II Water is good. Clean, safe water is bet- ter. This top-of-the-line water filter uses a Marathon Ceramic cartridge to remove waterborne pathogens through chemical-free filtration in just one pass of water. The second- stage filter removes all viruses attached to .2-micron or larger parti- cles. Tran slation: you get cleaner water, faster. Mountain Safety Research, msrcorp.com, $130 68