Getting Started: name 5 things you can put in your survival kit this weekend

Thinking about getting started. What types of things do you already have on hand, or things that you could buy inexpensively this weekend, to get a start on your survival kit?

1. a package of lighters
2. a roll of aluminum foil
3. a roll of duct tape
4. 2 pr. reading glasses (Dollar Tree)
5. a can of chili

 

1. a small supply of drinking water.
2. some non perishable food items
3. lighter
4. rubbing alcohol.
5. Knife.

These are the five things I would put in my survival kit. Actually, these are already in my survival kit.

 

As far as I can recall. What I have readily available to put into my backpack right now is:

- My glasses.
- Alcohol, antibiotics,anti inflammatory pills, gauze etc.
- A sharped machete.
- A set of matches.
- A flashlight.
- An ordinary knife.
- Duct tapes.
- Batteries.
- Charcoal.
- Spoon, forks etc.
- My toothbrush.
- a small

Everything mentioned is useful only for a headstart.

 

Light, Fire, Water, Cutting tools and dried fruit ! So simple, so effective. Just 5 is way too few though, may as well just keep going with it

 

Backpack, canteen, knife, salt and antibiotics. I would keep everything in my pack, use my canteen to carry water and gather water, use my knife to hunt and use the salt to cure some meats that I find. I would have the antibiotics in case I got sick.

 

I can put water, bandages, a flashlight, batteries, and benedtyl in my kit this weekend.

 

so...getting started?
First I look around the house to see what I've got. I'm a big fan of ziplock bags and some am finding a lot of uses for those!
starting from zero I think I would start a go bag:
-check through the kid's or DH's closet to find a backpack that no one is using
-ziplock: first aid: whatever items I could find around the house (there is a bit to choose from!lol!)
-ziplock: snacks: granola bars, tuna, candy
-water: water bottles (to start, eventually I would upgrade to purification methods, etc)
-ziplock: cash, sharpie, deck cards, some paper, twist ties (other small things I had ready...duct tape? sewing kit?)
-BIG ziplock: extra socks, undies for everyone in the family (eventually upgrading to change of clothes for each)
-travel kit: soap, shampoo, etc etc
-BIG ziplock: important papers, copy of ids, etc, possibly extra keys, important phone #s...

I had a similar bag ready (more a supply tote for mua...came in really handy when I got a call last month and had to rush to the hospital)

All this can be done relatively cheaply to start...getting started is the most important part! Then you can upgrade as you go

 

1. A plastic drop cloth
2. A box of strike anywhere matches
3. An old hickory butcher knife
4. Box of protean bars
5. A pot at a garage sale or flea market

 

The native Americans called them travois and used them extensively. I have actually seen people make them with wheels on the back that allowed a person to comfortably carry some pretty large loads.

Five more thoughts.

1. A hank of paracord
2. A box of hooks and sinkers
3. A roll of wire for snares
4. A roll of gauze
5. A roll of duct tape

The gause and duct tape make great bandages.