survival kit

[henderson616]

i need to know what to put in a survival kit because i'm going to run away to the wilderness

[NorthWindTrails]

Hmmm ... sounds familiar. Try using the "search" function of this Forum. There's been a lot written in earlier postings about kits. Also some very good advice to those wanting to jump into the Wilderness without sufficient preparations. Don't do anything until you know exactly what you're doing. A couple of fellows tried "roughing it" not long ago (after asking for advice here, and then ignoring it), and fortunately lived to tell the world about their mistake. Listen ... learn... PRACTICE ... then test your skills. NorthWind

[nell67]

i need to know what to put in a survival kit because i'm going to run away to the wilderness
You are kidding right?? Listen to what NorthWind told you.

[crashdive123]

i need to know what to put in a survival kit because i'm going to run away to the wilderness

What skills, training, practice, experience do you have? If you have alot of skills, training, practice or experience I'm guessing that you wouln't ask that question. So...if your level of "experience" is very limited, make sure you include a card. Laminate it. Make sure your next of kin information is up to date. This is a great place to gather information and get ideas that you can practice and build on. Do not think that you can read some info and have a good outcome in the wilderness with your new survival kit.

[crashdive123]

Don't want to scare you or discourage you from following a dream or goal. The reality is that in order to survive in the wilderness you need more than to just put together a kit that you read about. Stay here, gather info, ask questions, train and practice. You will go into the wild confident in your abilites.

[Tony uk]

Read this topic :

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1256&highlight=Survival+kits

[MCBushbaby]

aside from specifics (which can be too personal and custom for your own kit), look for items that satisfy the top three needs for your area/season.

In my area (southern boreal forest), they are:
1) fire
2) shelter
3) food

so of course I have a firestarting setup consisting of flint/steel, vasoline-coated wound cotton gauze, a small tealite candle (carved down to 3/4" diameter) to start finicky wet tinder, and some wettinder chunks (burns even when wet).

Then I have about 50ft of 550 paracord wrapped around the outside (to bind basic leantos and poncho shelters) in addition to 50ft of 20lb test braided fishing line which serves are both cordage and fishing line (duh) which is part of my next section.

For food I have the fishing line from above, a half dozen or so small Eagle Claw hooks (barbs on shank help tremendously), snare wire, a gallon freezer bag (for distilling), and a 2'x1' sheet of folded aluminum foil (for signaling, cooking, folding into a cup, etc.).

In the areas not filled by the above, I throw in whatever may prove useful. A couple razor blades, a button compass, tablets of anti-parasite medicine (you can handle headaches, sprained foot pains, etc., but a diarrhea-spewing waterborne parasite is at the top of the list of things you want to avoid), etc.

[Smok]

Can I go with you ???

[FVR]

Take a GPS so they can find you when you expire.

[Last Mohican]

I have many walking sticks that I have carved. One in particular has a good survival kit incorporated into it.

20 FT. OF 1/4" nylon rope wrapped around as a handle.
10 ft. of 3/4" nylon rope wrapped further down the stick.
Tied to the stick just below the handle are:
2 silva compasses, 1 small & 1 map compass
whistle, mini multi tool, pace count beads, a battery powered glow stick,
a small flashlight, 2 small carabiners, small magnifying glass ( starting fires ),
magnesium fire starter, red blinking light,
and a waterproof bag containing:
2 smaller waterproof bags, 55 gal. industrial drum liner, lightweight poncho,
emergency blanket, 2 pcs 1' x 2' aluminum foil, water purification tablets,
fishing hooks, line, a couple pcs. of hartack,
and a small round waterproof container holding a lighter and 10 trick birthday candles.
( The trick candles are hard to blow out once lit (windproof) and they burn for approx. 10 min. each. )

[Sarge47]

How old are you? If you're serious then you must be very young or immature. You've already violated the 1st rule of Survival which is: STAY FOUND! Also, you're 1st post should have been in the introductions forum under General Chat; there you tell us info about your self like your age, where abouts you live, if you're on any serious Meds, etc.. Next you need to study the "sticky" on Survival kits that Tony UK posted as well as learning to be realistic as to your goals. Check out the sticky on "The Bare Wilderness Numptys" and hopefully you'll learn. Finally you can get more ideas on Survival kits on the Homepage of this site, as well as my Blog: "For the Newbys". Good luck.:cool:

[Tony uk]

Take a GPS so they can find you when you expire.

Isnt that a locator becon ?

[nell67]

Isnt that a locator becon ?

No Tony,it is a global positioning system,like the TOM TOM navigation system for cars,some of them are portable to carry with you for navigation,and can be tracked by thier signal in emergencies.

[Stealth]

i need to know what to put in a survival kit because i'm going to run away to the wilderness

or just a body bag so you are all ready when someone does find you:p

like what everyone else is saying, get some skills first. If youve read/seen "into the wild," he didnt have that much experience with outdoor living, he lived for nine weeks out there, but then died from a simple mistaken identity of a plant. living in the wild can be done, but not for someone who is inexperienced. I thought i could live in the woods by myself if i had to until one weekend when i tried it, its really not as fun as you think it is now.

[Rick]

Click. That was the sound of your chain being pulled. This cat is just playin' you.

[Beo]

Listen to what everyone is telling you, you don't just read about "running awawy to the wilderness" you must practice the needed skills to survive, and runnung away doesn't solve problems if thats what your running from it only compounds them. Survival is best survived by practice and knowledge, you gain knowledge by doing so then you gotta research the skills and then practice. But if your a minor, sometimes even an adult, then running away to the wilderness is a huge mistake. From your post you are not near ready to run away to anywhere.

[Sam]

Why not get help instead of running? Survival is about knowing when to stay and 'signal'
for help. You could run yourself in to a worse place. Just my .02 on this.

[corndog-44]

Good luck and power to ya. There's a lot of info here on the site about survival kits, so I'm not gonna say anything about them. When you run away into the wilderness you're on your own and far as I'm concern you can start right here by reading up on past threads that concerns this topic. When you're out in the wilderness all alone who are you going to yell for help? Oh yea, hope you don't feed the animals. By the way, when you run-away, are you going to be a lifer...like...you're never coming back...man, that's kool.

[WildGoth]

first off if you need too ask wht to put into a kit you are no where ready you must hone your skills learn a bit then go commit suicide in the woods

[coldkill13]

Couldn't have said it better WildGoth. But seriously henderson, May I recomend you see a doctor or at very least a counselor before you "run away," for your own sake?

[Sarge47]

Hey Wolves, it's like Rick says, the cat's playin' you man!

[Tony uk]

I have to agree with WildGoth on this one, In all honesty i find the very meaning on which this thread was made notthing more than stupiddity, I bet you couldnt last more than a few days out their own your own. Do you know how to build a shelter, Make a fire, get water and navigate

Do you have the tools avalible to make a survival kit even ?

I think you need to see a professional survival instructor for some Hands On experiance, This site is great dont get me wrong i love it, But good or not we can all tell you from experiance when your out there cold, wet, and sometimes a bit fed up thats when it sets in.

[Smok]

If you are running away it is not a kit you need but a grub stack , O you need a kit we all need a kit but if this is a planed outing then plan will and take all you can ,as you will need it . Just one question why do you wont to be homeless are you being abused at home ? If so can we help in any way please PM me

[Ole WV Coot]

Go out and eat worms & roadkill and if you think they are tasty have at it. Better yet, run to your local recruiter of your choice if you're old enough.

[henderson616]

i know alot about survival

[nell67]

Tell us all you know about survival.

[Rick]

To boldly go where no man has gone before.....

[nell67]

henderson,you are 13,what on earth could you want to run away from,you may know "alot" about "survival" but have you ever been in a situation where you needed to use what you "know"? We are not going to give you advice to help you run away,that would be wrong.

If you are really interested in learning survival,thats one thing,but running away does not solve problems,it just creates new ones.

[henderson616]

how to make a fire.how to make a shelter.how to find food and cook it

[nell67]

how to make a fire.how to make a shelter.how to find food and cook it

and thats all there is,eh?

[Last Mohican]

Take it from me kid. Even if you were my age (33) and went out unprepared, you would be in for a very rough ride. My son is 14, but he could make it. reason being, he started learning at a very young age and has years of practical experience. That, and he ate his wheaties. He is taller than I am and very strong. He would never think of running away from home even though he would make it. Not because I tell him not to run away, but because he listens to the voice of experience and uses sound judgement. Don't be irrational. That is when mistakes are made, and mistakes can take away lives. Everyone on this forum has your best interest in mind. Please, listen to the voice of experience. It could save your life.

[hermitman]

This is a topic where knowing something is nothing you can think you know something about wilderness survival then day in get killed. To say you know something without experience is to know nothing.

[Sarge47]

Henderson 616, the 1st rule of survival is to stay level-headed; running away is the opposite of that. I know that these are not the answers that you are looking for but I sense that there is something at home that is troubling you. If I'm right please PM Beowulf as he's a cop and can give you some great advice. Survival takes on many faces, and Surviving a bad situation at home is linked into this category. The Wolf-Pack stands together, so if you want our help then please listen to us. We want to help, OK?:cool:

[crashdive123]

Henderson 616, you may not like the answers that you are getting here, but you did come here looking for something. There are alot of people with experience that can help you if you are willing to accept that help. Glad that you are asking. Please keep asking and listening.

[Smok]

Henderson616... You PM ed me would you pm Beo he is a friend of mine and a great guy PM him and talk to him please as Sarge said the pack stands together . We all would like to help

[henderson616]

**** all of you guys

[nell67]

Why are you being so defensive henderson?? The help is there for the asking,just not the way you want is it??? What you want to do is paramount to suicide,and we are not going to help you do that.

I wish you would consider talking to some of these guys,pm them,they can help you.if you let them

[FVR]

At 13, I had an equipment list, supply list, and designated contact points from my home in New Jersey to Yellowknife.

I was gonna backpack across Canada and live in the wild.

The reality caught up with me, girls came along, then I found motorcycles, got the 62 Caddy then the 65 Jeep.

Joined the USMC and got a real adventure, anything else does not hold a candle to it.

It's nice to dream, even nicer if you can do your dreams. The woods are littered with those who walked in on a dream only to find................Oh, Bear Claw Chris Lapp says it better;

Many a child journeys
this high to be different.

To get from here what their natures
couldn't get them below.

lt comes to nothing.

Can't cheat the mountain, pilgrim.
Mountain got it....

[crashdive123]

**** all of you guys

This just shows that you are not ready for survival on your own. It's too bad that you don't seem to like the answers that you're getting here. You may (if you live long enough) find that sometimes those that don't agree with you do have your best interest in mind.

[ally26101]

Did you really run away?? just curious :/

[gryffynklm]

He is no longer a member of the forum. This thread is from Feb. 2008

With luck hopefully he has managed to do a little growing up.

[crashdive123]

Digging up a thread that is three years old to ask a question of a guy that was banned three years ago for your first post here? I guess I'll chalk it up to the age you listed in your profile.

[Sarge47]

Don't listen to these guys, ally26101, there's a lot of old posts around here that you can respond too! Knock yourself out! :sneaky2: :cool2: