nitro on July 31st, 2009

The life lanyard is worn around your neck and has the minimal things you are probably going to need or those few things that when you need them, you really need them.  When you get to where you’re going and take your pack off you can slip the lanyard over your head (you’ll always have [...]

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nitro on July 24th, 2009

We’ll assume you have a good amount of water in your bug out bag.  Having 3 full days of water is not practical, 3 gallons is hard to carry on your body.  The food in your bug out bag should minimally keep your spirits up while giving a baseline of nutrition to keep you operating [...]

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nitro on July 17th, 2009

Before talking about handguns I might need to make the case for guns.  If you are preparing and you don’t have a means of protecting yourself, your loved ones and the things critical to your survival then you are not considering possible outcomes.  It’s possible that all your preparation benefits someone else.  Someone stronger, less [...]

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nitro on July 10th, 2009

A good multi-tool is essential.  It absolutely must be in your BOB.  There is no other way
to pack so many capabilities into a small space. The multi-tool satisfies the primary need of having a knife. In the spirit of redundancy you should have a multi-tool and a full-tang fighting knife at least in [...]

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nitro on July 3rd, 2009

BOB stands for bug out bag. It’s the pack you want to have with you wherever you go, typically in your car.  This is not to be confused with the EDC or every day carry.
Contain enough gear to help you survive for 72 hours (that’s 3 days).
We’ll cover the contents of a bug out [...]

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