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chick-on
Why worry? Just leave it at home.
Just so you know... in Yosemite... no hanging of items (feel free to hang Marmuts though).
My First Aid kit includes: 3 bandaids, 1 Ibuprofin/day, Anti-Itch cream, Anti-biotic Cream
The creams are individual little packets.
So... it takes no room in the bear can.
If this is useless info. My apologies...
Have fun
Hm. Well, you are a minimalist. Also, a chick-on sized pack holds less than a six pack.
Here are couple of thoughts. I don't backpack very often, but have definitely used the ace bandage and the large gauze pad (with a roll of top quality medical tape). I have used the gel-filled blister pads many times, and have a special tape that usually prevents them from occurring in the first place. I also have two specialty items that I carry on certain trips where they might be useful: One is a blood-clotting pad that is used to help control bleeding from gashes (it's not actually medically active, but contains dry pellets that suck the moisture out of blood, making it clot much faster). That one was very useful when a mountain biking friend tore a big hole in his leg using the big chain ring. The other is a packet of re-hydration salts. I used to join some friends who would do Half Dome every September. Sometimes that month can be brutally hot, and I used them to revive our trip leader, who passed out from dehydration or something at the top of the cables.
Another thought. Tylenol is great for pain, like for an altitude headache, but it does nothing for inflammation. I have found that a couple of aleve (naproxen) pills, with water and a candy bar, have an almost miraculous effect on people whose knees give out while trying to get back down the trail from Half Dome. Or similar examples of out-of-shape people over-doing it.
Come to think of it, that only thing that I have used on myself is the blister preventing tape. I'm always going with people who don't get out very often. Maybe chick-on only hikes with people as good as he is. Or else: People who can carry him on their shoulders. I'll have to ask the marmots if blisters will form on your toes, if you don't own shoes....