What's in the Bag?
- Introduction
- The SAS Survival Handbook
- The Urban Survival Handbook
- Survival: A Manual that Could Save Your Life
- Camping and Woodcraft
- The Backpacker's Handbook
- Backpacker Magazine
- Common Sense Survival for Outdoor Enthusiasts
- Backpacking One Step at a Time
- Ten Essentials
- Sports Afield Outdoor Skills
- Staying Alive
- Basic Survival Kit
- Advanced Crisis Pack
- Auxillary Crisis Pack
- Fast Food For Your Bug Out Bag
- Basic Crisis Pack
- Short Survival List
- Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue List
- Food for Thought
- An Abstract List
- A Compact Kit
- Disaster Supplies
- Greybeard
- FEMA
- Retail Kits
- Survival Kit Contents
- 10 Packs for Survival
Advanced Crisis Pack
© 1987 E. Michael Smith
Packing it
- Standard backpack
Directions
- Tom Brown Guide to Urban and Wilderness Survival
Water
- Stored - Gallon jug
- Carried/found - Canteen
- Purified - Pump filter
- Solar Still
Food
- Stored
- Soup Packets
- Coffee Packets
- Food bars
- Vitamin pills
- Salt & pepper
- Freeze dried meals
- Gathered
- Small firearm and ammunition
- Large fish kit and gill net
- Preparation
- Serving spoon and fork
- Small frying pan, Teflon coated
- Mess kit
- Nut cracker
- Steamer basket
- Thermos cup
- Wire rack grill
Environmental Protection
- Poncho
- Tent
- Sleeping bag
- Ground cloth
- Heavy duty space blanket
- Towel
- Boot grease
Signaling
- CB, aviation radio, or ELT
- Signal strobe
- Flare gun and extra flares
- (see also fire making and light, below)
Navigation
- Sextant
- Star chart
Fire Making
- Camp stove w/ fuel bottle and fuel
- Spark lighter
- Large flashlight w/ spare bulb
- Spare flashlight batteries
- Solar battery charger and nicads
- Gas light
Health and First Aid
- Major kit
- Triangle bandage
- Splint kit
- Toilet paper and paper towels
- Personal medical supplies
- Personal hygiene items: birth control, etc.
General Tools
- Machete
- Camp shovel and ax
- Rock hammer
- Sharpening stone
- Rope
- Medium pulleys
- Carabiners
- bucket
- Sven saw
- Vehicle tool kit
- Aluminum foil roll
- Tire patch kit
- Rubber/nylon/canvass patch kit
- Water proofing spray and grease
- Binoculars
- 2 ft. of 'coat hanger'
- 2 yds sq. cheese cloth
- strapping tape, duct tape
- Calculator
Social Survival
- Money ($100), 12 oz. silver, 1 oz gold, credit card
Entertainment
- Chess or backgammon game
- AM/FM/SW radio with antenna
Carry Also
- Clothes, lots of them
- Water
- Food
- Major Vehicle tool kit
- Second Firearm and ammunition
- Propane torch kit
