So I have been poking through quite a few caves and dnungeons with my explorer character and I have been noticing a distrubing trend of the dead adventurres I have come across. They all seem to be lacking in the equipment department. Some fur armor, a lockpick, perhaps a iron dagger or hunting bow (rarely both), a chunk of cheese or meat! I mean that is no way to delve into a hole or sneak through the halls of an unkept dungeon.

Someone should start a school or write a book!

Aye. Doesn't seem like they were prepared for exploring a, potentially, deadly cave. Then again maybe some bandits looted them and sold the loot.

Adventuring kit contains one (1) set of knee armor. This is all any adventurer needs.

Maybe. But since they keep useless things like embalming tools and linen wraps I guess they would probably take the armor and weapons.

No greaves in Skyrim.

They hadn't got to the goodies yet? You'd think they would at least have a torch.