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
Staying Alive
by Bill Revill
Published in American Surival Guide, November 1994
Permanently leave the following in a vehicle
- Water bottle (2 pints)
- Canned/dried food
- Nylon shelter (hootch)
- Machete
- Torch
- 12 volt light
- Toilet tissue
- Leather gloves
- Nylon rope (30 feet)
- Silva compass
- Sun screen cream
- Canvas water filter
- Tomahawk
- Hunting Knife
- Candles
- Fire starter kit
- Small frying pan
- Folding stove
- Solid fuel tablets
- .22 Rifle (single shot)
- Ammo
- Space blanket
- Folding shovel
- Roll of thin wire
Knapsack Survival Kit
No matter what the destination or reason for the trip, my knapsack survival kit travels with me whenever I venture beyond the blacktop. It's the very first item thrown on board. No exceptions.
If I happen to be taking off as navigator in a friend's vehicle, the knapsack is still mandatory equipment. Survival is a personal responsibility so it's unwise to count on someone else being sufficiently prepared.
This entire kit is contained in a robust, canvas knapsack that, when full, weighs just under 7 pounds and takes no more space than two six-packs.
Here are some examples of what's in it:
- Water purifiers
- Wind/waterproof matches
- Water filter
- Candle stub
- Plastic zip-lock bags
- Solid fuel
- Compass
- Survival blanket
- Notebook and pencil
- Nylon para cord
- Fishing kit
- Small tent pegs
- Dried stew mix
- Plastic eyelets
- Dried soups
- Cotton gloves
- Biscuits
- Toilet tissue
- Tea and coffee
- Soap
- Sugar
- Repellent
- Tube milk
- Field dressings
- Breakfast cereal
- Mosquito coils
- Pocket knife
- Sewing kit
In all, there are 122 items randomly packed into the kit, all of which directly or indirectly contribute to the six basic survival requirements. But here too, food items require rotation at least annually.
