This question was first posed by a young lad on the WOODLIFE forum in a slightly different context. I thought it so good that I am posting a similar question here. The purpose of this is to make you focus on what items are really important to you in a survival situation, not nesassarilly to limit you in what you carry in your pack.
QUESTION: If you could take with you only six/6 items if you had to leave home to survive in a wilderness, what would they be? (items that are required for the functioning of another are included as the one item,e.g Bow & arrows/gun and ammo/flintlock & shot pouch).
water filter
blastmatch vaseline soaked cotton wool
hand saw and spare blade
Sog seal pup elite and wetstone diamond sharpener
multi vitamins
gi waterproof poncho and para cord
9. SAS Survival Manual – edibles and things to avoid, instructions on shelters
10. Kifaru Marauder backpack w/gun bearer & cargo chair - to carry it all
If there's a chance of running into hostile, substitue PTR-91 w/9 20-round magazines, .32 ACP adapters and a selection of .30-'06 ammunition + .32 ACP ammunition
what would i take
1 sks w 10 mag and 2 bandies ammo
2 Short blade machete d handle file and stone to sharpen
3 20x 20 camo tarp with pare cord
4 hand full lighters in plastic bag
5 4 2 liter bottles w water filter
6 a large jar of peanutbutter
could go weeks off that stuff
strange thats my core kit
The one I plan on getting is the 0.02 micron filter. I like the fact that it removes viruses, doesn't just kill them. The 0.10 filter is great if you don't have to worry about viruses or use Katadyn Micro-pur MP-1 tablets to kill the viruses first.
Jerry,
The .1 micron is just fine for most of Northern America. Viruses are not usually a problem for running water. The .1 will filter all bacteria and protozoa out of the water. The filter is a hollow fiber type. Same stuff used on kidney dialysis.
I have bought about 4 of these bottles from walmart (the .1 micron) They are in the camping area and come with tubes and things to hook it up to a bladder if you want. Can be used also as a gravity filter to fill other containers and it flows fairly fast. They can be backwashed with an adapter that fits on the sink and they are good for 1000's of gallons (Sawyer's site actually gives them a million gallon warranty).
Now the .02 micron is good but there are some problems with it in the field. You MUST use a pressurized (>30 psi) source of water to prime the filter prior to use. It doesn't gravity drain as will as the .1 micron does. and it costs 3 times as much.
I do not have the .02 micron filter so I am only giving you the information from the Sawyer site and a review I have read.
If you want to make a poor man's Berkey filter then check this out
1. Firesteel
----------lots of fires
2. metal cup/pot
----------something in which to boil water & dinner
3. .22 rifle & 10,000 rounds of ammo
----------filling the stewpot
4. leatherman Wave multitool
----------many functions including sharpening file
5. axe
----------firewood & kindling&making shelter
6. waterproof ponch
----------warmth and protection from rain/snow
Visa Card
Master Card
American Express Card
Discover Card
Lowes Card
Macys Card
Home Depot Card
Stolen Social Security Card
Green Card
Get out of jail free card
You can't touch my srry arse because my attorney will sue you card
blah, blah, blah, card
4. firepiston w/tinder (can find flint in the wild)
5. horton legacy recurve crossbow, have about 40 bolts, mixed types broadheads and stunners, 4 extra replacement strings, string wax.... can take sqirrel to deer quietly
6. this one's tough, either my plant i.d. book or fishing kit
1. My .62 calibre Flintlock Fusil, shot pouch, lead, ball and shot moulds, powder horn and gunpowder, tools and spare springs.
2. My Tomahawk
3. Hunting/butcher knife
4. Wool blanket
5. Flint, Steel and tinderbox in it’s belt pouch
6. My costrel (leather water bottle).
water container (hopefully filled) and water filter
dehydrated food, spork and something to boil water in
some sort of shelter say a tarp or small tent
firestarting stuff (matches/lighter) and maybe my cooker
hunting knife
22lr rifle and ammo
water container (hopefully filled) and water filter
dehydrated food, spork and something to boil water in
some sort of shelter say a tarp or small tent
firestarting stuff (matches/lighter) and maybe my cooker
hunting knife
22lr rifle and ammo
Actually I do carry a brass trade kettle but have often thought about one of those filters. Do you have to purchase replacement filters or does the same item last a long time?
Le loup.
I've done this before, camped on 10 items or less. Problem is IDK from what you said whether this is winter, summer, for how long, etc. So I'm assuming around a week to month.
1)Knife, pick one of my many knives, probably my Geber LMF II
2)Firesteel I'm assuming my fatwood shaving and charcloth tinder box is included
3)My 1qt GI canteen w/ metal cup (Again assuming it's included in it goes in with the canteen anyways)
4)550 Cord, so many many uses; snare (using the smaller cord), fishing line, helping build a shelter (can do it without the cord but it helps ), can be used in making a firebow, etc
Wow I'm actually having trouble getting past basic stuff I need, you can get by with those four things...
I'm gonna have to to some more thinking before I finish this, but the 10 essentials theory I learned in Boy Scouts comes to mind.
Le Loup, Most current filters require replacement cartridges. The Sawyer Point Zero Two is guaranteed for 1,000,000 gallons. It's next on my list to get.
I carry a variety of starters Le Loup, I just found the cloth most space efficient, although not needing any would be nice!
So here's the BSA ten essentials, basically the philosophy is it's the basic stuff you would need for an overnighter, but the mindset is in the right place as this list covers you pretty well in ten items. The handbook calls it the Scout Outdoor Essentials.
1)pocketknife (I sub. my sheath knife)
2)FAK
3)Extra Clothing
4)Rain Gear
5)Water Bottle (My troop always considered this one with water purification included)
6)Flashlight (Only ever used it to rummage through my pack at night, other than that used night vision to see. As in the night vision we have after allowing our eyes to adjust. We used to confiscate scouts FL's everytime they blinded us. I got a new mini-maglite that way :])
7)Trail Food (Another optional thing, mostly just meant a clif-bar or two. Something to keep you going in a pinch.)
8)Matches and Firestarters, self explanatory
9)Sun protection
10)Map of the area and compass.
Those "ten essentials" shaped what I carried with me on every trip. Helped cut down the weight and get priorities into your head.
6 items for survival?
Well I live in Western Australia. In karri (Jarra) Forest.
I will presume this is indefinite survival.
So summers are nice up to 30's and winters cold down to 5 degrees.
And having permanent flowing water.
1. Kabar Becker BK2 and sharpening stone- There is no better survival knife.
2. SADF 2 litre Canteen with stainless steel Cup (I custom made it)
3. Double sized army hootchie in olive and 500 meters paracord
4. 150 meter coil of 0.7mm Snare wire and jar of peanut butter.
5. Fire steel
6. Two wool blankets sewed together like sleeping bag
I have great grasp of local flora and fauna for foods.
I even know a local plant that is an effective soap for hygiene.
Also we have two varieties of plants that can stupefy fish in water pools.
Setting up many snares with peanut butter as bait.
Base camp with hootchie insulated with local building materials.
Some basic furnitures knocked up out of wood.
Use knife to carve some wooden bowls. Filled with water and placed high in the trees. Surrounded by snares to catch birds.
fire is obvious.
Wool blankets will sit on a nice bed of leaves on a constructed wooden stretcher.
#1. Muela Tactical with Whetstone & Diamond Honer.
#2. Kathmandu Navigator V4. Goose Down Sleeping Bag with Large heavy duty plastic bag to keep that puppy waterproof and a bivvy tarp.
#3. French Army Issue Aluminium Canteen and Mess Cup, 2ltr.
#4. Sweedish Firesteel and Lighter.
#5. Sh*tloads of Paracord.
#6. My Jennings Reliant 60lbs Hunting bow with Team Primos Bow Sling(Customised with accessory pouch), Fred Bear Bow Mounted 7 Arrow Quiver, with 7 Gold Tip Expedition Hunting Carbon Fibre Arrows, with Gold Tip Gladiator Broadheads, 125gr. and Whisker Biscuit, Limb Savers. In the accessory pouch there is Scorpion String Wax, 3 Neet Archery Bludgeon Points, Spare flights and flight glue.
Cheers,
Sean.
P.S. If I could make it 10 items, it would be My Macpac Torlesse 75L, First Aid Kit, Hatchet and Headlamp, Dynamo Torch and Superfire torch.
1: a means of making fire, say a blastmatch or flint.
2: a sheath knife, my Matinii Condor.
3: a sharpening system, my Falkniven DC4 double sided stone.
4: a pot or billy with lid.
5: a woolen blanket with a drawcord along one side to turn it into a cape.
6: a large roll of cordage.
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