I like this guys approach to wilderness survival and gear

[Zombie Axe]

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Got a ton of videos on there... dude knows his stuff :)

Check it out :cool:

[Biggirishmann]

I think he makes a lot of very important points that I know I have not thought of. Most of us spend our days in an urban setting, and probably think very little about what techniques we have acquired for surviving in that setting.

[TheUnboundOne]

Zombie Axe,

This guy has some fantastic choices for gear!

The data storage card is very good for an urban setting. With the knives, tools, and fire-starters, you could begin to rebuild civilization, and with the data storage card and the right reader, you could keep the blueprints for civilization to both follow and pass on to the next generation.

Enough determined men and women so equipped are unstoppable against any disaster!

[TLM]

I don't and won't carry a cell phone, everyone made now has a tracking chip in it.
I realize it's an almost indispensible type of communication, but I dispensed
of it anyway.
90% of the people carry one, I'll take my chances on being able to borrow one from someone to make a quick call or two.

[Vicious Ignernt]

I'm not so sure about storing sensitive data on a cell card. Also not so sure about carrying around a card reader. The cost of an 8 Gb "stick" drive is less than $20 nowadays. I just store everything on that. You know, like the guy on the "Katrina" site wrote about. My personal documents are backed up on a couple of CDs, stored in various places, one at work, one at home, one at a friends home. Plus a CD and the stick drive are in my documents storage transport box.

[SNIPERFX]

notice the paracord around his left wrist!!!