Now I am lost and trying to survive this thread
): Are we in an unplanned survival scenario or on an extended bushcraft walkabout? I recall some time ago a WW2 vet with a british commando background took off for the woods and they couldn't locate him. Seems he was depressed. I found it ironic his cure was considered a danger over pills :shock: Anyone recall this? What happened with him? But back to the query: I would submit the following with explanation. #1 Firemaking is obvious, but not the method. If you have a broken arm, a one handed U.S. Sparklite or a dependable lighter. Ironically, I've found the cheap disposables work handsomely. #2 a quality sleeping bag rated for the worst temperatures you might encounter. An arctic bag can be unzipped to vent in warmer temps. A summer bag in a blizzard makes a convenient body bag. There will be times when you simply cannot accomplish #1- no fuel, injury etc. Then #2 becomes your most valued kit. #3 A 1qt aluminium pot. Dehydration kills, be it arctic, temperate brit forest or desert. Cups,filters, kelly kettles are all nice. But when you need water you need more than some 8 oz hip flask found on the dessicated skeleton of a crashed aviator in North Africa 30 years to late. A pot also serves as an emergency shovel and even headgear. If somebody makes a remark ask if they've seen the Jabberwocky abouts and affect an eyetwitch. #4 a quality basha,tarp, poncho,zeltbhan or your dads brolly. For any extended adventure we need to keep the wind and rain at bay. We all love nature, but that microthin layer of wet 98.6 degrees needs something better than garbage bags or space blankets if we have the forethought to carry it. Notice how everything so far is keeping our little internal stove going? #5 Sewing kit. The Inuit say two things are vital to keep a man alive on the ice; a knife and sewing needle. We are maintaining everything above except the kettle #6 cordage to tie, bind,repair all the above. #7 Where am I anyway? the cars are on the wrong side of the road and you all talk funny with variations that make Harry Potter's slitherin intelligable. Ah! My swedish Silva compass speaks ENGLISH and I have this MAP. 2nd star on the right and straight on till morning. #8 Tea,fruitcake,chocolate, jerked beef and a few miniature airline bottles of whiskey #9 a proper hiking staff. O.K. I could probably make one but I left the billhook, axe, Khukhri and mushrrom knife with whisk behind. #10 whistle and mirror O.K. rumours of a mad yank imitating Herne the Hunter accompanied by a lion and making crop circles have the authorities out walking in a beaters line with several concerned local farmers carrying shotguns and remembering that scene in THE INVISIBLE MAN. There comes a time when you have to pack it in. :wave:
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