we all need a handy dandy survival kit in the trunk of a car that we top off the tank with gas, and own a farm one gas tank away from the city, with yurt, deep water well, generator, a garden and an orchard. Just the basics.

Making The Ultimate Survival Kit

There went the city. They told us it was Syrians. Oh well. I have my handy dandy survival kit,
a farm one gas tank from the city. We built a yurt, planted an orchard, have a well and generator
there, Guess I'll drive up there. I always top off the gas tank and I've got my handy dandy kit in the trunk!

There seem to be a lot of articles going up in one place or another about
survival kits. Different people are showing how they make a kit; whether it
is in an Altoids mint tin, a coffee can or a plastic food storage box.

The problem with survival kits is that there’s really no such thing as a
“one size fits all” survival kit. While there are certain things which may
be found in common across a wide range of survival kits, they are truly very
individualized. To make an effective survival kit, one must make it work for
them, not just a “commercial” cookie-cutter survival kit.

There really isn’t any such thing as an “ultimate” survival kit either. At
least, there isn’t one survival kit that is the ultimate kit for all people
in all situations. A survival kit has to be customized to meet the specific
environment, terrain, weather, time of year, and the skills of the owner.

Can you imagine giving a survival kit to your mother and expecting her to
live out in the woods for two weeks? It doesn’t matter if it’s a custom
survival kit that you create or one that you buy commercially, it probably
won’t work out all that well for her. That is, it won’t work out well unless
your mother already has all the survival training she needs to survive
whether she has a survival kit or not.

That’s the first problem with most survival kits; they don’t take into
consideration whether the individual has the necessary training to use the
things that are included in it. Having wire for building snares is great, if
you know how to make a snare and where to put it. Otherwise, it’s just extra
weight that you’re carrying along. Likewise, fishing gear is great to have
in a survival kit. But if you’re stuck out in the middle of a desert, you’re
going to have a hard time finding any fish to catch.

Ultimately, survival skills are going to do more to help you survive than
the kit will. All the kit does is provide you with some minimal basic tools
to make it possible to apply those skills. So don’t bother carrying anything
in your survival kit that you haven’t practiced using; even if everyone and
his brother says it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

The second big area that has to be considered is environmental
circumstances. This includes everything from the type of terrain to the
weather that you are likely to encounter. Surviving in a snowstorm and
surviving in a desert are totally different things.

I first ran into this problem when I moved from Colorado to Southeast New
Mexico. The survival kit I carried in the Colorado Rockies was built to help
me survive in the mountains. It assumed access to water, cold night
temperatures, and plenty of fuel for a fire. I was even prepared to find and
kill animals for food. That was great for Colorado, but horrible for New
Mexico. In New Mexico, I was living in an arid area, with hardly any forest.
Water would be a bigger problem, although cold wouldn’t. I had to change my
kit.

The pack for anybody who wants to be fully prepared for an unexpected
emergency including folks on a nature walk in the mountains, or prospecting
for gems out in the wild with a tent and propane stove. They tend to forget
the little extras they will need if there's an emergency.

If a survival kit doesn’t take into consideration the climate, weather and
terrain, it may not be any better than going out in the wild with nothing
more than a pocket knife. Each type of environment requires a review of a
survival kit to determine what is really needed. Don’t forget, urban
survival is a totally different environment as well.

The other part of considering the environment is based upon the time of
year. Hypothermia can be a serious problem in the Colorado Rockies in the
summertime, especially if one falls into a stream just before sundown.
However, that’s nothing compared to the risk of hypothermia that exists in
the Colorado Rockies in the winter. Balancing that risk is the fact that
you’d probably be better dressed to survive the cold weather in the winter.

So, it doesn’t do any good to create a survival kit for a particular
environment and then ignore it for the rest of your life. Unless you live in
an area where there is little seasonal climate change, then your kit will
need to be constantly evolving to meet the expected weather for the time of
year. In fact, your kit should be constantly evolving as you learn new
skills, find new equipment and develop new plans.

That’s a large part of the key to having an “ultimate survival kit.” It
becomes the ultimate kit for you, and you alone, as you continually work to
improve it. Your kit may look quite different than your buddy’s, but that’s
okay. As long as both kits provide you with what you need to have in order
to survive, they are the best kits for each of you.

So, what basic requirements should every survival kit have? What does it
need to do for us in order to help us survive in whatever situation? Here’s
the basics:

a.. Means of purifying and carrying water
b.. At least two means of starting a fire
c.. Means of capturing and cooking food
d.. Basic first-aid kit
e.. Means of creating shelter, saw, cord, tarps.stakes.
f.. Tools
g.. Signaling devices to call for help like whistles, lights, beacons, rockets. Battery radios

The first consideration when building a survival kit is what you are going
to put it in. If the kit is going to be kept in your car, it can be a little
bit larger. However, if you are designing a kit to be carried with you in
the wild, then you need to consider size and weight. Regardless, everything
should fit in one container, whether that container is a fanny pack, a
coffee can or a plastic food-storage box. And, each member of the family
needs to pack their OWN. Granny might want flannel PJ's the kids might
want chocolate bars.

Another excellent container for a survival kit is a fishing vest. The many
pockets provide ample places to store much more than I have in this kit, as
well as being extremely easy to organize. It is unobtrusive and easy to
carry with you for a hike in the woods.

My personal carry-with-me survival kit looks like this: It’s in a MOLLE
pouch made by Condor Outdoor. That allows it to be strapped to my pistol
belt, which has my pistol, spare magazines, a hunting knife, a tactical
flashlight and a canteen.

This kit includes: Water purification

1. Water purification straw
2. Two quart plastic bags to use as canteens
3. Water purification tablets

Fire starting

4. Stormproof matches in a waterproof match container
5. Ferro rod fire starter
6. Four cotton balls soaked in petroleum jelly to use as tinder (hair band
wrapped around bag)

Catching and cooking food

7. Fishing kit – consists of bobber, two hooks, split shot. Thread from
sewing kit can be used as line
8. Guitar string to use as snare for small game (get the book of instructions)
9. Two pieces, 12 inches square of heavy-duty aluminum foil for cooking *

Building shelter

10. 25 feet of paracord
11. Space blanket, stakes, canvas, foam rubber flooring

Tools

12. Wire saw (three wire type)
13. Pocket knife
14. Miniature multi-tool
15. Sewing kit – consists of 10 feet of button thread, all size buttons,
safety pins – needles stored separately

Signaling

16. Stainless steel signaling mirror (paper wrapped around it to protect it
from scratching and stored in one of the two quart zipper bags) padded by dinner napkins
17. Whistles, pro-size, on chains one for each family member.
18. waterproof match container

Miscellaneous useful items

18. Micro-maglight flashlight 1 for each family member
19. Spare battery for flashlight
20. Mechanical pencil with 4 feet of duct tape wrapped around it (two, two
foot pieces)
21. Paper or small note pads for taking notes (phone numbers, addresses, etc.)
22. Compass (part of waterproof match container)
23. First aid kit – consists of two each: 2” x 3” bandage, knuckle bandage,
normal band-aid, Neosporin ointment, antiseptic towlettes, antihistamine, an
anti-diarrhea medicine like one we used to buy in Mexico vioenteroforma and six ibuprofen as spider bites HURT.

Please note that I am not suggesting that you make a survival kit that is
just like mine. This is what I need for my circumstances. I merely describe
this kit in order to give you an idea of what could be included in the kit.
You may very well need things that I haven’t included. In other
circumstances, I would make changes to it as well.

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* The deluxe kit would have actual cooking pans which you can't hang on your
gun belt. It would have tire patching for the bike vehicle, plugs, glue etc.

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