Survivalist thread

Inspired by some posts in one of the healthcare threads, I decided to get my gear together and take inventory.  Increasingly, lately, I'm becoming more and more dissatisfied with modern life, and the direction we're all heading, and I've really been thinking about existentialism and the like.  I don't think we're going to see any kind of governmental/societal collapse, but it's always fun to talk about what we would do in that case, and there's no harm in being prepared, I guess.

Here's the stuff I'd take with me if I had to life off the grid for awhile. Pretty much the same stuff I take camping.  This isn't the complete list, it's just a start. I'd like to include some basic fishing gear, a sheet of Tyvec, a couple tarps, and some clothes. Ruger 10/.22 would be nice to include.



Here, I have plenty of flint, steel strikers, and char cloth. In one of the tins, I have cotton balls soaked in Vaseline for tinder. It's possible to light them aflame with burning char cloth. Strike anywhere matches coated in paraffin, knives, oilstone, honing oil, tobacco pouch and pipe. Gerber hatchet, flashlights, water containers, survival bag.



Another pic. Note light sleeping bag and survival bag.



Contents of survival bag. Basic first aid kit, barley, oats, coffee, boullion cubes, brown sugar, leather lashings, pieces of leather, trail mix.



My pack. It has an internal frame. I've taken it backpacking for a few days, and it was adequate. I can strap my sleeping bag and pad to it, and have enough room for clothes, water, all the above pictured crap, plus my Tyvec ground sheet, and 2 tarps, mess kit, and stove. I'd like to get a bigger, external frame pack sometime.



Great book.

I need to find my folding stove, hunting knife, sleeping pad, Tyvec, mess kit, and tarps.



I'm sick, I know.  :)


EDIT- Anyway, post your gear if you have any. Any additions, DIY knowledge, or suggestions are encouraged.






Edited by Benjichang - 23 March 2010 at 10:32am

My first and foremost suggestion that you're missing:
Water purification. Either tablets or another method, you're going to want clean water so you're not sick and dehydrating yourself facedown in the bushes.

A small mirror can be handy in case you need to get someones attention in an aircraft or across a distance (sun reflection).

Have you considered a flint? You have a knife, and matches, but flint doesn't run out.

Wind up or battery powered radio? Gotta hear emergency broadcasts somehow.

Not really sure what else if anything, just thinking of survival exercises in elementary school and whatnot.

oh, toilet paper? Obviously cant carry much but some is better than none when you can't find it elsewhere.

Once diet shifts to non-processed foods 'toilet paper' will not be needed as body will shift back to natural hard 'pellet' form excrement.

Wind radio good idea, carry 2 dead 'd' batteries and minimal of 25 foot commo or speaker wire to erect your 3m suspended between trees antenna, dead 'd' batteries are your insulators.

Tical3.0 wrote: A pipe? Really?

He's got to look epic when he's airlifted out holding a shotgun, pipe hanging just so.


Also, Im happy that for the most part my advice was on target, and its just off the top of my head from looking at your pics :D

No rope?

pfft.

Worst idea ever.  Very limited mobility, requires pavement, limited range, big, loud, sure to draw attention from thieves/bandits.

Eville wrote: Worst idea ever.  Very limited mobility, requires pavement, limited range, big, loud, sure to draw attention from thieves/bandits.

and rogue National Guardsmen.

I have no urge to live like an animal. Hopefully I will be crushed by a tank during the initial crackdown by the government.  

Edited by oldpbnoob - 23 March 2010 at 1:27pm

FreeEnterprise wrote: yeah, a tent, misc books, and a bed full of misc items is much better than a fully equiped RV...   No way animals or thieves, could cut through a tent with a knife. And having your wife and family protected by walls is so ignorant, cause the roads would disappear if something happened.    Is that reverse asphalt evolution?

Yeah, every time I go camping in my tent, someone cuts it open, steals my books and has their way with my girlfriend. If only there was a better way....


FE, it's interesting to see your crazy paranoia goes beyond your computer, and goes full fledged into your camping opinions.