Belt Kit / Immediate Action Rig.

[Sol Invictus]

Just a thought whilst reading through some of the threads.

Who here has an IAR at hand? either in your car as back up, or maybe in the base of a bag thats with you for alot of the time? Do you carry enough kit or have enough kit to hand to be able to A)keep warm over night outside, B) get some clean purified water and C) create a shelter?.


I am asking because when i am out and about I have the essentials with me. Just last week i rigged up a shelter and a fire in the cairngorms for a couple who were lost and very disorientated late in the evening.

They were a bit bemused that some one carried with them so much kit, and yet it saved their bacon when chips were down and still they didn't appreciatyed being a little prepared.

Any thoughts?

(oh and in my kit I have; fire starting / making kit, water purification kit, fishing/trapping set, first aid, navigation, lighting, shelter, bungee kit, hat and gloves, some high calorie foods, multi tool, two saws (one flexible one folding) whistle and signal torch and finally a bit of money stashed in an old camera film holder 'just in case').