Though they may love nothing more than being outdoors, most people spend the work week behind a desk, on a sales floor or standing on a factory line. Because they can enjoy the wild only on Saturdays and Sundays, some outdoor enthusiasts have earned the nickname "Weekend Warriors."

Billy Crystal takes this concept one step further in City Slickers by playing Mitch, a middle-aged man who "tries to find his smile" by joining his friends on a real cattle drive. Each year, on Mitch's birthday, his best friends Phil (Daniel Stern) and Ed (the late Bruno Kirby) treat him to some macho, outdoor adventure, the latest being a trip to Pamplona, Spain to run with the bulls.

For his next birthday, Phil and Ed take Mitch off to play cowboys for real. Instead of a dude ranch, however, these three businessmen spend two weeks driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. Under the watchful eye of Curly (Jack Palance), the Trail Boss, Mitch and his buddies ride horses and eat food that's "brown and hot" with other city slickers. Things don't quite go as planned, however, after Curly dies suddenly on the trail and his two drunken assistants abandon the group. Mitch, Phil and Ed step up and decide to complete the cattle drive without any professional assistance. Mitch even becomes a surrogate mother for an orphaned calf that he names Norman.

More insightful than funny, City Slickers deals more with finding happiness in life than anything else. Disenchanted with his career as a radio station ad executive, Mitch reluctantly heads to New Mexico with his friends to discover what Curly calls the "One Thing" that makes life worthwhile. Along the journey, Mitch and the boys ride through some gorgeous and treacherous parts of New Mexico and Colorado. Despite getting in touch with the outdoors, Mitch still can't get rid of his city slicker ways. In one scene, he pulls out a battery-powered coffee grinder that triggers a cattle stampede.

With its mature, insightful themes and breathtaking scenery, City Slickers will make you ditch your three-piece suit for a pair of jeans, saddle and a cowboy hat.

Being prepared sometimes makes the difference between surviving and not surviving. "Saving for a rainy day," quite simply refers to being prepared for a bad situation when it occurs. Whether one is camping, biking, hiking or doing other outdoor sports, it is imperative that a survival gear kit go along with the athlete or weekend warrior.

If looking for a basic survival kit, a top recommendation is theAdventure Medical Kit with Paddlers. This is a very versatile bag, which includes basic survival items as well as some repair gear. Some of the essentials included in the Adventure Medical Kit with Paddlers include Nitrile gloves, infectious bag control, a two-person emergency blanket, wound irrigation system, storm waterproof matches, Aquaseal urethane adhesive, a guide to wilderness and travel medicine, an emergency pamphlet, wound cover strips, bandages, wound care medication, several oral medications, paddlers and more. The Adventure Medical Kit with Paddlers is a must have essential for the outdoor person including athletes adventurers. The kit of survival gear is a great buy at $54.

If you are looking for a smaller kit which contains survival gear an excellent choice is the Adventure Medical Kit with Ultralite Paddlers. This unique kit weighs only 10 ounces and is loaded with great survival gear including: Ibuprofen, Moleskin dressing, Antihistamine, Nitrile gloves, first aid and life threatening emergency instructions, a guide to the wilderness, bandages, gauze, adhesive fabric bandage butterfly clips, antibiotic ointment, Tincture of Benzoin Topical Solution, swabs, safety pins, survival gear for repairing things and much more. This is the ideal survival gear for a weekend getaway, a hike or to even keep in the trunk of a car in case of emergencies. The bag measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25" x 3.5" and weighs approximately 10 pounds. The Adventure Medical Kit with Ultralite Paddlers survival gear retails for approximately $38.

Owning survival gear is a part of being prepared in case of emergencies and increasing one's confidence by influencing coping skills as a benefit of preparedness.