(This has been a work in progress over the last year with only a few items left to purchase and test).
I keep going through my gear to pack a GO bag. I don’t believe in a bug out bag due to the methodology behind them even though they carry similar equipment. . A bug out bag is meant to take you somewhere. If you DONT have some where to go you become a refugee. A GO bag rather is an emergency bag, set up to last you 3 to 10 days depending on the amount of food packed. Its for an emergency resource.
Ive based mine around the below youtube clips.Ive changed out certain pieces of equipment to suit the area Im in and the brands available to me. The reason its taken so long to build are two reasons. One I live in a mobile home and have everything with me and two there were certain pieces of gear I wanted to upgrade too. Such as a square multicam tarp to set up a ranger diamond fly rather than a standard hootchie which is oblong. Square shapes let you set up a greater variation of tarps shapes.
Your not going to live off the land out there. This is a large ditch option to support you until help can be provided. As part of the P.A.C.E plan primary, alternate, contingency, emergency, this is the last E.
(its good to compare the difference between the third and fourth video pack contents)
(check out the bumbag first aid kits Em going to have to make one of these out of a 511 Rush Moab 3)
TOOLS
cold steel shovel
boreal 21 inch saw or corona razor tooth saw 10 inch (I would like to try the Corona)
SAK or leathernam
5 inch belt knife
paracord line kit 5ft and 10 ft daisy chained 20 ea
FIRST AID
IFAK
booby kit
extra tourniquet
SHELTER
poncho
tarp 9×9
swagman roll
3/4 gonk mat (non inflatable)
ridgeline kit with stakes
sleeping bag recon 6
gloves (leather and woolen)
bivi bag
COMBUSTION
butane lighter
ferro rod
tinder kit
duct tape( gorilla)
POWER
solar
power bank
head lamp
spare batteries( rechargeable)
NAVIGATION
maps
compass
COOKING/FOOD
MSR pocket rocket and small butane cylinder
MRES
tuna
food bars
coffee or tea with creamer
spoon
WATER
grail ultra press
brown bag
large dry bag to carry water from a stream
32oz water bottle stainless double walled
nesting cup
extra water bladder
SPARE CLOTHING in a dry bag to be used as a pillow
extra socks and jocks
beanie
hat
shemagh
thermal under wear
neck gaiter
snugpack arrowhead jacket
PACK and PACK COVER
camo cover
Eberlestock Pactrack or Snugpak rocket pack ( I like the pactrack with the front opening, but here’s its an $800 pack). I already have the rocketpack.
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