PART 1: The Bug Out Backpack
HOW I PREPARED MY BUG OUT BACKPACK, AND WHY YOU SHOULD TO
This is one of a series I will be producing about how to prepare for the coming global economic, environmental, social, military and geophysical catastrophes.
There are many scenarios when you might need a bug out backpack. You may need to escape your house in the case of a fire or home invasion, or flee from the police, or just be ready to grab your bag and head off on a camping trip at a moments notice. Or:
Hypothetical
The world as you know it is about to end. It could be a super volcano eruption, nuclear war or asteroid strike, that covers the earth in feet of choking volcanic dust and blocks out the sun for years. All crops will fail. Power goes out. Roads are blocked within hours and driving is impossible. Supermarkets are looted and empty within hours. Even the air is choking with dust that makes it hard or impossible to breathe outdoors. Fires burn unsuppressed. Hospitals are abandoned. There are no police, no ambulance, no outside help. Millions of bodies lie unburied in the streets, and disease runs rampant among the survivors.
Those who did not prepare and are caught without food or water have no choice but to go looting. First they hit the grocery stores, where apocalyptic scenes of battle play out as people fight with guns and knives over the last rolls of toilet paper and cans of soup.
Once the stores are empty, the raiders have little choice but to go house to house, looking for food and water and sometimes women or men to rape.
Of course, it may not even be possible for the raiders to go outside, so choked is the dust with volcanic ash and radioactive particles from the nuclear plants that were either incinerated by the volcanic eruption or have sense melted down as a result of permanently lost power and cooling systems.
Water comes from the tap for a few hours, but it may be contaminated with disease or radiation. After that the water coming from the tap turns black, and stinks, then stops entirely.
Broken windows in your house pour black ash into your home unless you quickly seal them with duct tape and tarp or boards.
The volcanic ash even comes in through the cracks of your doors, forcing you to tape them up.
Looking outside, you see that escape from your home is impossible. The air outside is unbreathable, so thick is it with dust. The roads are impassable and choked with abandoned vehicles, many of which are burning.
Here and there you see ghoul like figures in gas masks carrying guns, prowling among the ruins. Perhaps they were once military or police, but now they are just terrified, desperate survivors, like you.
Telephones, internet, television, all of it is gone in an instant. Bank accounts are erased instantly. Cash money has become worthless, although there may still be a few people too stupid to realize it.
You know this is coming in the next 24 hours. But for now you can put anything you have in your possession into one single regular size (not full size camping backpack but like a school backpack).
What do you put it in it?
You may be able to stay in your house, buried in volcanic dust, but you may need to run when a gang of armed intruders kicks in your door looking for food, or perhaps your house itself is on fire and you need to escape.
So, what will you put in your backpack? It has to be a backpack because you need your hands free for fighting, holding a gun, etc. And it has to be a regular size backpack because a full size camping backpack will be too heavy and you need to be able to run.
What do you put in your backpack? From now on this backpack is all your have, all you can count on. What you put in it is all you have with you to make your way in this new post apocalyptic world.
Keep in mind to really do this experiment you need to actually get a backpack and pack it, to find out how much of what you want you can fit and how heavy it will be.
There is a lot too consider when packing your bag. Heat, cold, radiation, self defence, food, water, medicine, etc.
I asked myself this question and packed a backpack last night.
This is what I put in it. If I have made an oversight please point it out, otherwise please use this as a model for your own bug out backpack and begin preparing one TODAY.
NOTE: The bug out backpack is different and arguably more important than the bug out bag. The reason is is that the bug out bag is like a gym bag you hold in a hand. The backpack leaves both hands free. That means that you can carry a bug out bag and a bug out backpack, one on the back and one in your hand. This allows you to double the supplies you can carry. However, if you need to run or fight you will need to drop your bug out bag and may not be able to recover it. That is why the bug out backpack is ultimately the single most important survivalist tool, as it allows you to carry your essentials and hold a gun or other weapon in both hands, or to grapple, climb etc.
WHAT TO PUT IN YOUR BAG
Without further ado, the contents of my bug out backpack:
1.MSR Dromedary Water Bag : The MSR® Dromedary bag is an extremely durable, compact water bag system. Same bomber construction, materials, and versatile cap, new handle for easier filling.
2. 11 function multi-tool/Swiss army knife
3. Medpro 114 Article First Aid Kit
4. 36 Hour Survival Candle
5. Packtowl
6. N95 Respirator x 3
7. Lightweight Emergency Shelter Tube Tent: Shelter sets up in minutes and provides enough room for 2 people.
8. Amp 3.5 Flashlight: Maxbright LED throws a bright white beam up to 75m (246 ft.) on high; switch to low to conserve battery power while still getting 45m (148 ft.) of light
4 AAA batteries (included) provide up to 50 hrs. of burn time on high and 112 hrs. on low
9. Bear Gryllis Basic survival Kit: 8 Piece Kit Includes: Waterproof Bag, Gerber® Mini-Paraframe™ Knife, Emergency Whistle, Fire Starter, Waterproof Matches, Snare Wire, Emergency Cord, Cotton Ball – Fire Tinder, Lightweight, ripstop nylon bag with waterproof zipper, Land to air rescue instructions, Priorities of Survival – Pocket guide contains Bear’s survival essentials,
10. Pristine Water Filtration System Bottle: The Microbiological Filter removes Chlorine taste and 99.9% of Giardia and Cryptosporidium using the “tortuous path” technology. Removes sediment, organic debris and chlorine taste. Each filter treats up to 380 litres (depending on water quality), Bottle volume is 650ml
11. Gerber Back Paxe Mini Axe
12, Work Sharp Guided Field Sharpener: Sharpens your knife, axe, machete, scissors or whatever on the spot
13. Black Goretex Pants: Gore-Tex is a waterproof/breathable fabric membrane
14. Camo Goretex Pants
15. Workshorse Thinsulate Work Gloves: Split leather palm, Cotton back, wing thumb, Reinforced knuckle and fingertips, 2-1/2" safety cuff, 3M thinsulate lined
16. Eddie Bauer Goretex Jacket
17. Ultralight Emergency Bivvy: Waterproof and Windproof, Reflects 90% of Body heat
18. Datrex Emergency Ration Bars: 18 serving Packet
19. Natural High Freeze Dried 2 Serving Camp Meal x 3: Spinach Cheese Omelette with Sausage, Vegetable Curry and Rice, Mexican Omelette with Sausage
20. Richmoor Freeze Dried 2 Serving Camping meals x 4: beef stew with vegetables, cooked diced beef x2, hash brown potatos
21. Warm Winter Clothes: Hat, Gloves, Scarf
22. Lighter
23. Gerber Swagger Knife
24. Antibiotics
25. Kratom: Painkiller and endurance enhancer
26. Etizolam: Anxiolytic
27. Radblock: Potassium Iodide Radiation Blocking Thyroid pills
28. Polysporin: Topical Antibiotic
29. Hydrocortisone Cream: Topical Steroid
30. Ethylphenidate: Stimulant and appetite suppressant
31. Lifestraw: LifeStraw is a portable water purification tool that cleanses surface water and makes it safe for human consumption. It is just 25 cm long and 29 mm in diameter and can be hung around the neck. LifeStraw requires no electrical power or spare parts. Filters up to 700 litres of water and effectively removes most of the micro organisms responsible for causing waterborne diseases. LifeStraw kills disease causing micro organisms which spread diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid, and Cholera. Filters bacteria such as Shigella, Salmonella, Enterrococus, Staphylococcus Aureus and E.Coli
32. Goggles: You will need to protect your eyes from soot and dust.
33. Goretex Socks:
34. Goretex Hat:
With the above items in your backpack, you can leave your hands free to carry two of the following:
1. 3 Person Deluxe 72 Hour survival bag
2. Full Size Gerber Axe
3. Gerber Machete
Or
4. Semi-Automatic Rifle (ammo can be carried in a hip pack)
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Edited by Moonshoe (10/01/14 09:11 AM)
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