5. First
Aid Kit
A general purpose first aid kit is rather basic. Customize
it for your local conditions. Each person in your party should carry at least a
small basic kit. Remember that iodine can be used as a wound disinfectant and
to purify water (3 drops per liter, let it stand for ½ hour).
4. Fire
Starter
You can take water proof matches, but a flint stick is
better – practice first. A basic flint stick is easy to carry and use. The
Strike Master Magnesium makes an incredibly hot spark, probably enough to
ignite whatever tinder that you can find. When you practice with this though,
it probably best to do it outside.
3.
Multi-Tool
Years ago the basic tool was a knife. I still carry my
Spyderco just about every time I leave the house. But in my camping kit is a
Leatherman Multi-tool. With all of the garbage that people leave behind, a good
multi-tool can be used to turn trash into gear. I haven’t tried their new
Skeletool CX yet, but it looks sweet.
2. Food
OK, this is a tough one. Even if you are intending to be back
home for an early dinner, throw a couple of bars (Clif or power – not
breakfast) into the day pack. Take things that make sense, though. If you are
going into a place where water tends to be scarce, freeze-dried beef stew is
probably not a good choice. And when faced with a truly survival situation,
start the hunting and gathering as soon as you realize that you may not be home
soon. Getting food in the wild usually takes time, if you wait it may be too
late.
1. Water
Supplies
Assuming that you are in a low fresh water situation – take
as much as you can reasonably carry. You will wish you had more. The human body
needs this stuff more than anything else. I know there is controversy over the
plastic, but I’ve been using the same Nalgene for years. In 2005, 22 billion
plastic water bottles were tossed out in the US alone. World wide the estimate
is 5 times that.
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