Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 , My backback is set up in such a way that if there were an emergency on the trail, I would have enough provisions to last a few days and enough supplies (for camping, hiking, fishing, keeping warm, and emergency) that I could last indefinately. If there were an emergency where I had to leave town really quick, I could just take the pack and a rifle, revolver, or pistol, some ammo, and leave, and have enough supplies to keep me going indefinately. I can't think of everything I put in the pack, but it only weighs about twenty five pounds maximum and it has in addition to those things I can't remember (and most of this stuff is in baggies so that it won't get water-logged and so that it will float in water): 1) One change of clothes. (Socks, T-shirt, sweatshirt, underwear, regular tennis shoes). 2) A really good first aid kit with bandages, guaze, patches, anti- septics, cortozone, various pain killers, scissors, focepts, etc. 3) Needle, thread. 4) Swiss army knife with scissors, eating implements, nail files, bottle openers, screw drivers (standard and philips) toothpick and tweezers, and small saw. 5) A larger knife that can be used to gut fish with. 6) Flint for sharpening knives and starting fires. 7) Compass 8) Binnoculars 9) Detachable hip belt with a second compass, a second pair of binnoculars, 12 ounce water bottle and pad, pencil, pen, and paper. 10) Pad, pencil, pen and paper in main pack. 11) Twin 16 OZ water bottles that go into slots on either side of the pack. 12) Water purifyng tablets. 13) Mini-bottles of soap, shampoo, and lotion. 14) Nail clippers 15) Toilet paper 16) Foldable mess quit and tripod (three bowls can be used for cooking and eating, fit together and you can fold up the tripod to fit around them for easy storage). 17) Matches (both wooden and packs) 18) A lighter. 19) Deet Insect repllent. 20) 2 " Space age " insulating blankets, each cable of keeping in 98% of body heat when wrapped around the body. 21) One sleeping bag made of the same material, but surrounded by a mesh to prevent tearing. 22) Hooks and fishing line. 23) Extra buckles, snaps, and straps for fabricating splints. 24) " Fun sized " twix candy bars for quick calories. 25) Etc. I always wear durable heavy-duty hiking boots or hunting boots and a belt, and the backpack has an internal bendable frame that can be separated and used as a back support if necessary. Tom Tom, I have some survival skills and some manuals that I can refer to if need be. Right now I have about 2 weeks of canned goods in my emergency stash and water purifying gear so I could get water from the creek behind the house if the water is turned off. I'd probably also dig a hole near the creek and get water from that because the water would probably be clearer than in the creek itself. I've also got a .22 and a pellet gun so if I had to I could hunt the squirrels and raccoons. I want to invest in a few months worth of MRE's or long duration camping rations but my mom won't hear of it. I might just do it anyway though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 , My backback is set up in such a way that if there were an emergency on the trail, I would have enough provisions to last a few days and enough supplies (for camping, hiking, fishing, keeping warm, and emergency) that I could last indefinately. If there were an emergency where I had to leave town really quick, I could just take the pack and a rifle, revolver, or pistol, some ammo, and leave, and have enough supplies to keep me going indefinately. I can't think of everything I put in the pack, but it only weighs about twenty five pounds maximum and it has in addition to those things I can't remember (and most of this stuff is in baggies so that it won't get water-logged and so that it will float in water): 1) One change of clothes. (Socks, T-shirt, sweatshirt, underwear, regular tennis shoes). 2) A really good first aid kit with bandages, guaze, patches, anti- septics, cortozone, various pain killers, scissors, focepts, etc. 3) Needle, thread. 4) Swiss army knife with scissors, eating implements, nail files, bottle openers, screw drivers (standard and philips) toothpick and tweezers, and small saw. 5) A larger knife that can be used to gut fish with. 6) Flint for sharpening knives and starting fires. 7) Compass 8) Binnoculars 9) Detachable hip belt with a second compass, a second pair of binnoculars, 12 ounce water bottle and pad, pencil, pen, and paper. 10) Pad, pencil, pen and paper in main pack. 11) Twin 16 OZ water bottles that go into slots on either side of the pack. 12) Water purifyng tablets. 13) Mini-bottles of soap, shampoo, and lotion. 14) Nail clippers 15) Toilet paper 16) Foldable mess quit and tripod (three bowls can be used for cooking and eating, fit together and you can fold up the tripod to fit around them for easy storage). 17) Matches (both wooden and packs) 18) A lighter. 19) Deet Insect repllent. 20) 2 " Space age " insulating blankets, each cable of keeping in 98% of body heat when wrapped around the body. 21) One sleeping bag made of the same material, but surrounded by a mesh to prevent tearing. 22) Hooks and fishing line. 23) Extra buckles, snaps, and straps for fabricating splints. 24) " Fun sized " twix candy bars for quick calories. 25) Etc. I always wear durable heavy-duty hiking boots or hunting boots and a belt, and the backpack has an internal bendable frame that can be separated and used as a back support if necessary. Tom Tom, I have some survival skills and some manuals that I can refer to if need be. Right now I have about 2 weeks of canned goods in my emergency stash and water purifying gear so I could get water from the creek behind the house if the water is turned off. I'd probably also dig a hole near the creek and get water from that because the water would probably be clearer than in the creek itself. I've also got a .22 and a pellet gun so if I had to I could hunt the squirrels and raccoons. I want to invest in a few months worth of MRE's or long duration camping rations but my mom won't hear of it. I might just do it anyway though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 > " Unfortunately, what the media does can have unintended consequences. " I never believe anything the media says. " South Park did a really good parody of all this. They had a flood caused > when the boys broke a damn and a small town was flooded. The reporter was miles > outside of town and was reporting looting mass killings and riots. When the > anchor asked if the reporter had seen this himself, the reporter said no, but > he was reporting it. He also said that 100's of millions of people died in the > flooding, and since the town only had a population of 8,000, that was a > major tragedy. " :) I can't handle the vulgarity but I find South Park sans vulgarity very hilarious. Please, keep posting funny South Park stories with the vulgarity edited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Seems you are thinking along the exact lines as myself. :-) Delighted to have met a kindred spirit. Inger Re: Silliness I have a theory that whoever's really ruling the country just uses the two parties--republicans and democrats as a diversion. People get so involved in whether they are one or the other that they don't see what's really going on. Kind of like Eurasia or Eastasia in the book, 1984. Of course it's just a theory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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