survival

[Mikey]

Tatonkas "keeping Warm" post has brought up some thoughts in my head .... man are they lonely ..... I am lookin out the office window and it looks like crap out there and with the long hard cold winter rollin in ....if you get stranded in the woods in winter....what do most of you take with you to stay alive???

I generally take the first aid kit that I built that has pretty much all I could ask for but an operating table and way cool drugs

my survival pack consists of: Wire saw (small and light weight), Modeling glue(great fire starter in a pinch) water proof matches, freeze dried fruit and beef jerky, small pot for cooking and melting snow fer drinkin water, purification tabs for said water, spool of high grade twine to help build a shelter(for binding logs and such together fer a lean-tu etc..) and various other uses(snares etc....), Cayene pepper (not only a good seasoning fer rodents and such but great to keep yer feet and hands warm by sprinkling some inside yer boots and gloves ... your pores will absorb the pepper and will keep you from suffering from frostbite on your extemities), at least 1/2 dozen of those silver survival blankets(small, light, cheap and make great ground blankets for your makeshift home. signaling flares as well as a couple road flares, I usaully carry my .22 and a couple boxes of shells in my vehicle as well when I am far in the back country for killing dinner if I am stranded, a pocket book of edible shrubs and mosses for the area that i will be in for id puposes.

My ??????? is what does everyone else suggest to carry in a small lightweight survival pack?

[WOOKIE]

For a "day kit" I carry a general First Aid kit, water purification tabs, wire saw, twine, a large "tuna Tin" for cooking and melting water, a signal mirror, survival blanket, snare wire, waterproof matches, cotton balls soaked in wax for firestarter, lighter, 1 actual survival meal replacement cube and a leatherman.

For multiday back country survival, I carry all of the same stuff, but in larger quantities and of course with a bigger pot.

I do not take survival lightly. Nobody should. Always carry survival supplies, any time you venture into the wilderness. One never knows when it will be needed. There are a couple of books that are a good read, one of which is the SAS survival guide.

[scooter]

melting water

BAHAHAHAHAHA! And just how DO you melt water Archer? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[WOOKIE]

:twak: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh shuddddddup :twak: I meant melting snow or heating water.