I am actually making my first survival kit in the next few days. I just made an order tonight at goinggear.com and the guy was awesome. This is what the guy said to me in one of our conversations and it made so much sense.
He wrote
"I consider very few things as survival situations
(I basically need to be critically ill or injured), so what many people
would consider survival, I just enjoy as a challenge in the woods"
I believe this is where KNOWING YOUR EQUIPMENT YEAR ROUND comes into play. You don't want to learn to use your equipment IN the time of need.
My first survival/outdoor challenge kit will include
This is what I would want in my pack
$20 cash
100-200' ft paracord
2 fire steels w/ extra strikers
wetfire tinder AND regular tinder (laundry lint is FREE folks)
compass
fishing gear 3 & 12-15lb test line asst size hooks (12 lb test can grab some small warm blooded animals) MMMMMMMMM DINNER
as crazy as this may sound 2 empty cans (soup, corn, beans NOT BEER OR SODA , for boiling and collecting water) soda and beer cans are to thin
bottle each Aspirin and Ibuprofen
Crazy glue (3 for $1 at ANY dollar store, OBVIOUSLY HAHAHA)
A 6 pack of arrow broadheads for trap making
Good outdoor knife and IF possible a machete
Couple of empty perscription pill containers with holes
enough rain cover ( 8x8' tarp, paint drop mat) to cover at LEAST 2 people even if you are just 1
rain poncho
All weather padded neoprene gloves to keep your hands warm and prevent blisters when chopping wood
asst bandages
neosporin
I know there is more, anyone care to chime in
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