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Originally Posted by MacGyverCanada
Rope - 50 feet of parachute cord is compact and lightweight for shelter-building. Try to avoid cutting pieces off of the ends!
Fire Bowl - A steel salad bowl that can contain a small fire. This focuses the heat and makes your fire portable! Bring a tin cup to cook food in!
Fire-Building - Matches, lighters, flint... enough to build many fires if necessary!
Toiletries - Toilet paper, deodorant, toothbrush, etc.
Tools - LED dynamo-charged flashlight, multi-tool (Leatherman), combat knife, extra flashlights
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para cord is great. But why cannot it be cut? how can you secure a basha without cutting off say 1 meter lengths? Take two 25 meter lots. One for cutting and use, the other as back up.
A steel salad bowel? who ever told you that needs his nuts punting up to his ears. Portable fire? wtf do i want a portable fire for? if on the move is a fire some thing you want to 'carry'? hell no its not. A cooking / boiling tin however is a good idea for obviouse reasons.
Matches, lighters... many fires if necessary? you think after bugging out your going to be going home any time soon? Learn to make a friction bow. problem solved, forever. However, fire steel, magnesium blocks, matches and lighters all have their place. Great for quick moral boosters in the first few days. However, don't think they will last forever.
Deoderant????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????
Think the forest or the bears give a damn what you smell like? uh...nope. What will happen though is that a hunter force will sweep through a forest, smell a tarts boudoir and know your there and hunt you down. Smell like the forest and the forest will smell like you. Toiletries are a HUGE no no. Paper? oh man, guess you never been out in the wilds for more than a month then. Tooth brush? well if you must, then you must, but don't bring mint tooth paste for goodness sake.... bring a neutral smelling neutral tasting paste... if you must.
Tools. I'll say this; who ever gave you that list, go kick them square in the nuts for me, because they are a God damned idiot.
Axe, saw, large knife, small knife. Sharpening stones.
If your not bugging out with those, your half way to dead already.
Add to that list of tools tin snips, a glass cutter and a multi tool like you said. Looking at a wee bit of weight, but remember your not ever coming home again...
Flashlights. l.e.d dynamo is a good solid choice. Anything with batteries thats not a throw away is bad. Batteries will not be available in the boonies.