You guys survive on the wrong side of the road, Tony. If you do that over here it's beep, beep, thump, thump.
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You guys survive on the wrong side of the road, Tony. If you do that over here it's beep, beep, thump, thump.
Its Road rick :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Had to put that in since you'll no dought find one of mine
I survive with my good friend rambo, We play poker on tuesdays
And Tony UK could do it with that cool Scot accent!!
Hows that?
Hey Beowulf65, I wonder if part of why you go light now a days is from having to hump a ruck for so long. I would not go camping or even own a back pack for a long time after I got out of the service.
I have the greatest Poker-Face of all time. I won last weeks game, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
But isn't that a Mulligan? You know the odds of drawing a Mulligan?
You dont need odds, you need cards, good ones, and a poker face, a good oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
Sam: Yeah, could be but I been out since 1991, I go lite because I go colonial, ya know 1750s gear only.
yeah I get the colonial treking. I just know it took me awhile to wanna hump a ruck,after I got out I spent about a year walking with a cane, that was my lame-o excuse for not doing any of that stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beowulf65
Wow !!!! Seems I ruffled some feathers On some of you young roosters. I never claimed to be expert at anything. I never said I doubted anybodies skills. I did in fact state that I was all for the preps. I do the same. It just dawned on me while reading, how we all are professed survivalists with the skills to stay alive under any situation but we all have a list of things we take with us into the field that would keep us comfy, warm, well fed and satisfied. All well an fine. BUT... How many here have tested what they know. Can you survive in the wild without all these comforts. Can you create these comforts from what is at hand. Can you feed yourself for a sustained amount of time. Just a question man, intended to make an intelligent man think, nothing more. Sorry if I hurt any young egos.
No problem here, I take stuff and try to do things from 'scratch' the gear is a safety net.Quote:
Originally Posted by Two Rivers
Contents Of My Pocket Survival Kit
You have a prayer from Saint Francis of the sissies?
Oh yeah, that fits right in with what I was saying earlierQuote:
Originally Posted by Rick
i work with boy scouts alot and we have survival kits that we take and use. mine have evovled many times from finding out things that dont work so well and things i add that i find on line in places like this site. survival sucks. but it would suck alot more if you were completely unprepared. go camping and try your gear and test your knowledge. placing yourself voluntarily in a comprimising situation to prove you know how to survive on little to nothing acomplishes very little in my way of thinking. check out this web site, it is one of the most informative websites on building a survival kit and using and learning survival skills.
www.m4040.com
this site belives in big knives, but with the scouts i tend to lean toward a small hatchet and a leatherman wave as well as pocket knives.
hope this is helpful.
There are quite a few links to that site throughout the forum. I like the info on it. That's actually where I got the ideas for the mods to my kukri's and the little hacksaw knives that I've made.
.....and you are absolutely correct. Practicing survival skills in a controlled envronment is a must. It's really no fun at all to find that what you read about is a bit harder to actually DO when your life may depend on it.
ok, we all know what all the basics of a survival kit contains. list and share clever items to put in a kit! My kit is in a wind mill lighter tin that is a similar size to sucrets tin except slightly better steel.
3 inch long thin razor blades, handle could be easily furnished. (hardwear store)
6" long steel leaders for fishing and anything else you can think of. (the kind for shore fishing)
fly fishing flys, work wonders with just about any fish. you can carry a dozen, and it weighs nothing.
I know people put lots of stess on 550 paracord but I would reccomend carrying only 2o ft paracord and carrying 100 ft. 150 lb. monofiliment line to build shelter etc. ( lighter and you can easily store long legnths)
thin pencil shape lighter fits well in my tin, worth a few hundred matches!
I also carry a platapus 1 litre roll up container.
I have a comprehensive kit that, that measures 7x10 by maxpedition has molle attchments and can be carried like a "purse" with a daisy chain out of para cord, can also be carried on belt.:D happy survival:D
HI dan! how about going over to the introduction thread and telling us a little about yourself,and we have quite a few threads on kits
here is a sticky on one for ya!
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...=survival+kits
I have several cans of government issued mace. The mean stuff without pepper in it.
I carry, in my wallet, a single edge razor blade.
Spider wire fish line.
Tampons: You don't know the # of females that think I am special.
Small bottle Midal: For the same reason and they are great for aches and pains.
6 plain aspirin: Have been use a few time, for someone having a heart attach.
Don