Mark, what sort of supplies to you keep in it? If you don't mind sharing, that is.
Not at all. I have a small backpack which AdamMA turned me onto from CTD. In it, I have the following:
- First Aid Kit (Pre-Fab Sawyer with Kwick Clot, sutures and Israeli bandage added)
- 2 MRE's
- 1 Coast Guard Bar
- 1 Zip-Loc with hard candy, small Slim Jims, Cliff Shots, pouch of StarKist Salmon, spices, sugar, coffee, creamer.
- 1 PUR Hiker Water Filter
- 1 Silva Compass
- 1 Topographic Map
- 1 Change socks
- 1 Pair North Face convertible pants
- 1 North Face button down microfiber shirt
- 1 Set Remington poly long underwear, (thin and warm and cheap)
- 1 Pac-Tec rain suit (London Fog)
- 1 Swiss Alpenflage Poncho (great for shelter)
- 1 Swiss Army Knife, (Mechanic)
- 1 Folding Saw
- 1 Cheap-type Leatherman look alike
- 1 75-foot length of para cord
- 1 fire kit, (matches, BlastMatch, Bic lighter, tinder, firestarters)
- 1 Signal mirror
- 50 rounds of 38 Special Speer GDHP 135 +P, (in the mag pouch)
- 1 redundant mini survival kit, (fishing line, Slim Jims, fish hooks, sinkers, foil, pain reliever, water tabs, mini Swiss Army knife, mini Bic, matches, tinder, small first aid items, bullion cubes, hard candy, coffee packet, sugar packet, salt and pepper packets).
Just about everything that will fit into a Zip-Loc, is. Those are great for hauling H2O etc. I also have a bunch of stuff in my hatch that I can use as well, (road flares, tools, etc), but this is a good bag for getting home - may even be a bit over the top. The scenario I have is that a major natural/unnatural disaster will occur and I will be miles from home and have to abandon my car. I have things cached in spots as well and my first mission would be to get home, with cache points to fall back on if I can't make it. My plan also had a trunk rifle in the mix, but since that's bad juju here, (not sure how to do it legally), I just stick to extra ammo for my CCW and call it a day...