I used to be an archeologist and had a checklist of similar preparations before I would head out to the field. However, unlike the article, I couldn't pack two

I used to be an archeologist and had a checklist of similar preparations before I would head out to the field. However, unlike the article, I couldn't pack two of everything because I had to carry it myself alongside whatever gear, shovels, samples, sieves, survey equipment, etc I had. A few things I learned though: * FOSS software was consistently the most reliable stuff I used, as it wouldn't automatically lock itself if it couldn't see the Internet every 30 days. * You need to be much more thoughtful about the code you write. Think twice, write once. * Stick to a daily power budget, and cut it in half from what you can nominally afford. * Prioritize properly. In many cases, the electronics are not the most important thing to be handled. Don't babysit them, go do camp chores and sieve dirt if it needs doing.