P-14
NES Member
You may have heard about ultralight camping. Here at NES, we recently read about BOBs in actual use in the Survival Forum here. They contained almost NOTHING that we typically keep in ours.
I thought to myself, “Oh, I could NEVER survive on one of those BOBs.” My BOB today is about 40 lbs. The wifey’s is about 30 lbs. I’m in reasonable shape, but I’m not getting any younger. How do I make the two of us BOBs (and a get-home-bag in the car) that are “ultralight” but still have the basics?
If you think about it, the basics are: Water, Food, Health/Hygiene, Shelter, and Fire. I need another, though: Security that includes at least one firearm, knife, basic comms, and light. And remember, 2=1 and 1=none, so I need redundant systems for all of these areas.
These six topics must fit in each day pack and be as light as possible. What to keep and what to toss - This is my quest. I will post how I am doing as I go down this road to keep the BOBs as light as possible to solve a 3rd world SHTF problem and avoid as many 1st world luxuries as possible.
What would you bring and what would you leave behind?
I thought to myself, “Oh, I could NEVER survive on one of those BOBs.” My BOB today is about 40 lbs. The wifey’s is about 30 lbs. I’m in reasonable shape, but I’m not getting any younger. How do I make the two of us BOBs (and a get-home-bag in the car) that are “ultralight” but still have the basics?
If you think about it, the basics are: Water, Food, Health/Hygiene, Shelter, and Fire. I need another, though: Security that includes at least one firearm, knife, basic comms, and light. And remember, 2=1 and 1=none, so I need redundant systems for all of these areas.
These six topics must fit in each day pack and be as light as possible. What to keep and what to toss - This is my quest. I will post how I am doing as I go down this road to keep the BOBs as light as possible to solve a 3rd world SHTF problem and avoid as many 1st world luxuries as possible.
What would you bring and what would you leave behind?
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