My son and I are putting together a survival pack for gun safety class. I know the basic stuff, compass, map, mirror, flint for starting fires. But what else would be a good thing to have just in case?
Some sort of shelter is critical. Something as simple as a sheet of plastic to keep the wind and rain off or better yet a large piece of leather or vynal becuase it won't tear.
Something like the silver foil blankets that come all folded up the size of a deck of cards is great to have for warmth or for a shelter.
A good knife is essential, hatchet would be nice as well.
A whistle will help alert rescuers.
A rope is always a very useful tool.
And maybe a small first aid kit.
You might not be able to fit all of these into your survival kit but a knife and the foil blanket are small and very important so I wouldn't leave them out.
now adays I would make sure I had a cell phone. also some rope if I could. If Ithink of anything else I will let you know. watter and some watter tablets that makes watter safe to drink.
All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish. ~ Harold F. Blaisdell, The Philosophical Fisherman, 1969
