Winter survival

[DC DOGGIN]

DON'T BUY CHEAP BATTERIES I DID AND THEY ONLY LASTED 5-10 MIN IN A SMALL AAA FLASHLIGHT.I KEEPA EXTRA BATTERIS I USUALLY KEEP 2 OR 3 SMALL LIGHTS WITH ME., MATCHES , LIGHTER, MAGNESIUM FIRE STARTER, WATER TABLETS, RAIN PONCHO, ROPE, COMPAS, MAP, COUPLE GLOW STICKS THEY DO WORK WELL,FIRST AID KIT, i GOT ENOUGH STUFF IN MY FIRST AID KIT TO SEW UP A DOG OR MYSELF WITH LADIQUAINE FOR NUMBING,AN ACE BANDAGE RAP AND FISHING LINE AND HOOKS (THE LINE ALSO SERVES AS THREAD FOR SEWING) I AM WAITIGN FOR MY STAPLE GUN TO ARRIVE.THEY ARE A LIFESAVER. ELECTRICAL TAPE, AND ATLEAST 3 0R 4 FLARES AT ALL TIMES. SUNFLOWER SEEDS AND JERKY COUPLE GRANOLA BARS. CANT FORGET THE EXTRA BULLETS A FEW OF EACH GUN I MIGHT HAVE AT THE ANYTIME. EXTRA SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR AND LONG JOHNS PANTS AND TOP. IT SEEMS LIKE ALOT BUT I WOULD RATHER BE PLENTIFULL THAN FORGETFULL. SORRY I FORGET TO HIT CAPS LOCK LOL. DC

[dandavidson]

Great information everyone!! Thanks again for your input.
I think I will add a couple glow sticks to my pack and some rope along with a tin cup.
I carry a little Ryobi Flash light Tec 4v I bought at home depot, super bright, has lasted in the cold two plus hours with out dimming, best light I have owned and it is rechargeable.
Sterno/ lighters/ matches
jerky, snickers, sandwich, gatorade, water
first aid/ advill
extra pair of gloves and socks
Wool hat, replaces ball cap when I hit freezer zone
Camera
knife
tp/wetwipes thats a given but made me and the misses laugh at the when it gets western comment!
flare
bag of dog biscuts and food

[njharnde]

I am a pack light and be ready kind of guy. I live by a bic Lighter wrapped in duck tape. It will fix broken pack straps, boots or anything else you may need. It also makes good tinder. I keep a ziplock with some candy, half a dozen batts, a fire block, a knife, a couple REAL pain killers and a small compas. I also keep a bottle of drink, a head lamp, a few hot hands and a 5 foot hunk of rope.

In my mind withthis i can make it out of anything. I wont carry water pills=if im hurt or lost that bad ill take my chances i can find water.

A flare in my pack would just end up broke or wet.

I think my big fear is a broken leg or major injury. I just hope the pain killers would allow me to make it out. I think they are my #1.

Total less than 5lbs.

[rich h]

Good stuff. Just a couple small things to add. Those Foodsaver vaccum pack outfits are great for sealing several books of matches in plastic and they fit in a pocket without taking up much space. A couple cans of sardines provides a lot of nurishment. If you have a cup in your pack...a few bullion cubes (chicken or beef flavor) are easy to haul along, and easy to dissolve in melted snow. An oldtimer once told me even during wet weather if you come across a white birch tree just peel off some bark for fire tinder...the inner bark contain resin. Did that one time when a friend broke through river ice in below zero temperatures. Saved my friend a lot of discomfort.

[bob baldwin jr]

Rich H: I start all my fires in the wood stove with Birch Bark Great stuff

[dandavidson]

Good stuff man!!
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