Watching a slide show of someone else’s vacation is a surefire cure for insomnia. But real adventurers create the opposite problem: their tales of travel, though vivid, would sometimes benefit from a little documentary evidence (“No, really, this python had swallowed my entire foot!”). Adventurers are also extremely reluctant to carry anything that might mark them as a tourist, and like astronauts, they’re fussy about extra weight. Before they go off on their next crusade, be sure to equip them ...more