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A pocket Survival Kit that really

could save your life!

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AND TIPS BELOW!!!

 

 

Well made Survival Kits all contain similar items

that allow you to make Shelter, Purify Water,

Build a Fire, Treat Medical Emergencies, and Navigate.

 

Used by our U.S. Service men and women of all branches, this kit fits in the thigh pocket so that it

can be carried on the person at all times, independent of their other tactical equipment,

(which may be lost or abandoned in certain situations.) Weighing under a pound at 14 ounces,

this kit can go wherever your adventures take you.

 

A collection of survival tools for when you find yourself abandoned, stranded, or lost in the outdoors.

Keep it in your pocket, or on your person. Ideal for backpackers, hikers, boating, backcountry,skiers,

hunters,pilots,climbers.  Compare to Survival Metrics  $137.95 kit.

 

 

 

           Water Purification Tablets (6)

                Add 1 tablet to 1 quart of water to purify your water- leave for 15 minutes before use.

           

            7” Knife, 4” closed, can opener, flat head screwdriver, and bottle opener.

 

            Aluminum foil 3 sqft

            for boiling water, cooking, or reflecting heat.

SHELTER

            3 mil Heavy Duty Bag

            Use as a poncho, tube shelter, or lean-to.

                Provides emergency protection in all weathers.

                Prevents and assists treatment of hypothermia.  

 

                Emergency Blanket 52"x84"

                Assists in body heat retention.  Compact emergency protection in all weather conditions,

                retains/reflects back 90% of body heat.

 

            550 Paracord (5’)

            Military grade 550 paracord (Mil-C-5040 Type 3) is rated for 550 lbs. Contains seven (7) inner strands.

            A very important item to have for shelter construction, traps and snare creation, fishing,  

            repairs, and shelter contruction.

 

            Nylon Mason Line (25’) 150 pound test, can be used for repairs, shelter construction,make

                 netting.

 

FIRE STARTING

 

            Magnesium Fire Starter

            This generates 3000 degree (5500F) sparks you can use to ignite any tinder to start a fire. Extremely

                easy to use, durable, and will last a long time.  Fire starter is highly recommended by all survival

                instructors.  The bright sparks may also be used as an emergency signal.

 

 

            Char Cloth (10)

                These are diligently hand made, and work extremely well with the fire steel above.

 

            Jute Twine

                8” waxed dipped twine are hand-made and catch a spark VERY easily.  Additionally, you get candles

            added to the kit

   

                Water Proof Matches (50 approx.)

                Water proof matches in airtight, water proof container. 

 

                Magnifying Lens

                Used to make fire using the sunlight, can also be used in medical emergencies.

 

             BIC Lighter

                 The very reliable bic lighter, use this item last since it is the easiest method if there is no wind or rain.

                  Can still be used as a sparker when the fuel is empty.

 

SIGNAL / NAV

            Base Plate Compass / Signal Mirror

                Features 2° graduation lines, red and black orientation lines, fixed delination for quick map adjustment, 

                can be used with inch, millimeter, 1:24,000 scales.  Lanyard hole allows you to keep it around your neck

                Signal mirror can be seen over 20 miles.

            Whistle, Thermometer, Compass

                Similar to the Rescue Howler™ Whistle. This ultra-light whistle is extremely loud. Exceeds SOLAS

                and U.S. Coast Guard specificartions.

            20mm Button Compass

                liquid filled

            Photon Light

                Bright, small, reliable light has momentary on or push on/off

UTILITY

            Duct Tape Heavy Duty 2’’ X 24”

                For repairs, first aid, is the ultimate in improvisation.

                Safety Wire (3’)

                Mil-spec .032safety wire stainless steel, aviation grade,  stronger than brassto be used for snares, shelter.

            Zip-ties Heavy Duty (6)

            7" 50 pound test strength

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Additional videos at the bottom of the kit being used in real scenario

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DISCLAIMER :

The author is not a “professional” in medical or survival training.  However, the information presented here is based on over 20 years of experience, many schools, and countless hours interviewing and studying.  It is recommended YOU research and receive training.

Surviving is NOT “like camping” as presented by others.  It will be uncomfortable, painful, and scary.  But, with this kit and the right attitude you will survive.  A basic rule of thumb is… 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food…

Professional aviators always file a flight plan.  When you go out you should to, it can be as simple as phoning a friend, or leaving a note.

PRIORITIES

1. Medical Care

2. Shelter and Fire (Control Body Temp, avoid sweating in cold weather)

3. Water

4. Signaling

5. Food

6. Navigation

MEDICAL CARE

Basic ABC’s, Stop the Bleeding, Treat Shock, Immobilize Injury.  Buy a book or attend a class and learn basic emergency skills.

SHELTER

Your clothing is your first shelter, adjust accordingly.  In the desert do not leave skin exposed, in cold weather do not sweat. Stay with your vehicle, it is easier to see and provides many advantages.  Your vehicle (car, plane, vessel) can be used; however, beware that the temperature in your vehicle can be hotter in the summer and colder in the winter than the ambient air. If you decide to leave the vehicle leave a signal in which direction you went.  Take advantage of natural shelters (fallen tree, hollow log, cave, rock ledge, etc.)  Keep in mind the cost/benefit analysis, for example, do not build an elaborate shelter in the middle of the day when a small lean to will do.  The goal is to get in the shade, and provide a wind break.  You might have a shelter that looks like the TAJ-Mahal, but you lost a gallon of water sweating.  Provided on a separate sheet is how-to instructions to build a basic tube tent from your 3 mil trash bag.  Do not sit on the ground ever, in hot or cold climates.  It is better to not have a blanket, than it is to have your body next to the ground.

FIRE

Fire is VERY important to your survival…even in 120° desert heat.  It provides the ability to sanitize water, cook food, signal for help, and is an amazing moral booster.

Once you understand the “mechanic’s” of building a fire, you will realize how easy it is.  Please practice with this kit, plenty of material has been provided for you to learn how to use the items and still leave you enough for your kit.  I have never built a fire with a bow drill or a fire plow—I go prepared--.  First, without getting into the fire-triangle and extensive fire science, there are only a few things you need to learn.  You need IGNITION, FUEL, and OXYGEN.

IGNITION: there are 4 ways, yes 4, in your kit to provide an ignition source.  The magnifying lens, ferro rod, matches, and a lighter.  I recommend conserving the consumable items, use the magnifying lens first if able to.  My fire priority list looks like this:  Magnifying glass, magnesium rod, matches, lastly the lighter.  You will need to determine your own.

FUEL is basically what you are feeding your fire.  I look at fuel in 3 categories.

Tinder-            Your kit has several tinders; jute twine, and char cloth to get you going.  (Make your own:  cotton balls smeared with petroleum jelly works great, drier lint takes a spark from the ferro rod very well).  Even your tortilla chips light very easily—try it.  Save these items if you are able to start a fire with dried grass, or natural non-consumables.

Kindling-         small trigs, and bark, and material that is slightly larger than the tinder.

Fuel-               Larger pieces that will burn longer.  In cold weather, two small fires provide better heat than one large.  If wood is scarce or non-existent, dried animal dung burns well.

OXYGEN is the least understood of the fire triangle.  You can provide additional oxygen to facilitate in making your fire by blowing or waving your hand.  Too much O2 (wind) makes it harder to start your fire, that’s one of the reasons shelter was built first.

Tips: There are many other ways to build a fire… a battery and steel wool, POTASSIUM PERMANGENATE (KMnO₄₎, AND GLYCOL, (if you live in cold weather regions, this is great addition to your kit, research it on you-tube or google) and even a condom filled with water.  In snow, build a platform with green wood to build your fire upon.  Have all your materials together BEFORE you start!!!

WATER Purification (“Ration sweat, not water”)

Finding water is a top priority in the wild. An adult can survive only a few days without water.  Do not avoid drinking available water even if there is no way to purify it.  It’s better to risk future health (curable) than to die from dehydration.

Dehydration:  3/4 of the human body is water. Your body loses 0.5-1 gallon of water a day through sweating and urination, more if you are hot, exerting a lot of energy or are at high altitudes. This water must be replaced. Drink often. Finding water is critical. The symptoms are thirst, weakness, decreased mental capacity, nausea, no appetite and dark colored urine.  To prevent water loss, rest, keep cool, stay in the shade, and seek shelter. Do not wait until you run out of water before you look for more.  Avoid fatty foods, caffeinated beverages and alcohol.

Waterborne Contaminants:  Surface water is seldom pure. There are five basic waterborne contaminants: turbidity, toxic chemicals, bacteria, viruses and parasitic worms.  Turbidity is the cloudiness of the water. Dangerous chemicals and pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers from agricultural land. Bacteria and viruses can cause very serious illnesses, such as diarrhea and dysentery.  Giardia is found worldwide and is the most common cause of waterborne diseases which causes diarrhea, then dehydration.

Water Purification:  There are three ways to treat suspected water: boiling (use the aluminum foil in your pack to make a bowl), and chemical water purification (use the tablets in your kit), and pasteurization.  Boiling is the most certain way of killing all microorganisms. However, boiling will NOT neutralize chemical pollutants.  To purify water with chemicals, use water purification tablets that are included in your kit.  After using the tablets, remember to let some of the water run over the threads of your bottle.

Water Pasteurization:  You are trading time for temperature, use your plastic container, or a condom to slowly heat to the temperatures below without damaging the container.

Tips: A 32 oz stainless steel Nalgene bottle painted black is recommend you can boil water, and cook food in it.  I have pasteurized water without fire by using the magnifying lens to direct the suns rays onto the container.  Maintain these temps for 5 minutes.

Signaling  Be an active participant in your rescue.  In your kit (excluding signal fires, which we’ll get to later) you have three signal options.  The signal mirror, whistle, and light.  Don’t use just one, use them all together.

Signal Mirror:

Hold mirror under and form a "V" with your fingers and adjust the bright post on to your palm and then put target betwwen fingers.  Flash taget with repeatedly quick movements. 

Whistle:

Use the whistle in the kit, don’t yell.  3 short blasts at regular intervals is the distress signal.

Flashlight:

A flashlight can be used at night, aimed and flashed like the mirror or used to signal S.O.S (***- - - ***).  I recommend adding another light and additional batteries to your kit.  Streamlight, Surefire, Fenix are some of the top brands.

There are other ways to attract attention.  Just a few include ground signals drawn into the landscape, smoke from your fire, three signal fires at night, flags or clothing.  After your shelter is made, your fire is self-sufficient, and you have water.  Accumulate the materials for 3 more fires; prepare the fire pits with kindling and wood.  When you hear your rescuers flying over light the three fires.  Use white smoke (green material) against a dark background (desert), and use black smoke against a white background (snow, sand).

Ground Signals:

Ground signals depend on contrast.  Make your letters as large as possible; the standard is 18’ high and 3’ wide or a 6:1 ratio. 

Tips:

Keep an orange (vs. camouflage) bandana in your kit.  This is especially true for children in your group.  Use a stick to place the bandana as high as possible.  Flares, smoke canisters, and other types of signaling devices are available to the public.

Food:

You can go weeks without food.  There are countless books and videos on acquiring food in a survival situation.  I recommend completing  all other chores before food collecting.  Staying busy will help keep your mind off the situation you are in.  Protein bars, stripped down MRE’s, trail mixes, and jerky are all light and do not take up much room—put some in your pack.

Learning to make snares, and traps takes time and practice to be successful, and  you need many of them.  So….practice, practice, practice.  After you learn the basics you will notice they all have the same components; a bait stick, a lever, and a trigger. This is NOT a how to about snares and deadfalls, but I will share my favorites.

Different types of traps the author prefers

Modified Figure 4 (my favorite)

Paiute deadfalls are easy, and effective.

Navigation “I can’t rightly say I’ve ever been lost, but I’ve been mighty perplexed for two or three days runnin” -- Davy Crockett 1786-1836

Again, this is bare bones knowledge, I hope this sparks your interest and you continue to seek additional knowledge and training.  It is always better to stay put; however, after several days or weeks it may be necessary to “self extract”.  This will depend on many factors; like water supply, climate, terrain, moral, and medical emergencies.  Careful planning is required, and there are several opinions on this subject. 

You have 3 compasses to help orientate you.  There are many ways to find direction.

1) Watch- hour hand facing the sun, 1/2 way between 12:00 and that hand is south.

2) Shadow stick- put stick in ground, put a rock on the end of the shadow, wait 30 minutes and place another rock at the end of the shadow, line between two rocks is east and west, west being the first rock.

3)Moon-               with crescent connect the two points down to the horizon this is south.

4)North star-       Find the big dipper, draw a line from the two stars at the end of the         “bowl” out about 5x, this is the North star “Polaris”.

It is advised to carry maps of the area you live in with you.  The BLM has great maps at reasonable prices ($6.00).  Keep in mind that “the shortest distance between to points is a straight line” is NOT always true.  Having a map will allow you to see the topography, measure distance, and aid in planning your “escape”.

We naturally can not walk in a straight line, you will eventually walk in a circle.  The best way to travel large distances is to break them up into smaller legs.  Use your compass to find the direction you want to go, then find something in the near distance to travel to.  When you get there, check your heading, and repeat.  To measure distance, learn how to use pacing beads (ranger beads).

Choosing when to travel is important also, do not try to hike out of the desert in July during the day.  But, keep in mind accidents are more likely to happen at night due to the darkness.  You must move slowly and purposefully.

A recommended addition to your kit is a GPS.  A Global Positioning System uses 4 out of  24 satellites to pinpoint your position anywhere on the planet for less than 100 bucks.  Do not rely solely on it…learn and practice using the other skills, and choose to use the GPS as a back up sparingly to conserve power, always have extra batteries.

Knots and Lashing

There are 7 knots I think everyone should know.  Bow line (bite), Square, 2 half hitch, taut line, timber hitch, clove hitch, sheet bend.  To make a nice shelter the timber hitch and clove together work well.  For additional info read The Ashley Book of Knots.

BOWLINE             SQUARE              ½ HITCH                    TAUT LINE

TIMBER HITCH              CLOVE HITCH                 SHEET BEND

Conclusion and other useful tips

Congratulations on purchasing your survival kit!  As you continue your journey, your knowledge and desire to upgrade your pack are inevitable.  The items have been tested, used, and found adequate for a basic kit.  The components of your kit are in the middle of the range, but below are upgrades.

Knife-                         Kabar, Benchmade, Cold Steel, Mora. ($15-$150)

Flint-                           Strike force ($20)

Compass-                   Cammenga, Suunto M3D, or Silva Ranger ($50-$100)

I also recommend the following:

Stainless Steel Nalgene bottle, orange bandana, 5 hour energy drink, gum, emergen-C powder, small 1^st aid kit (a few 4x4’s, Benadryl, Celox / quick clot, aspirin), additional 550 cord.

The more you know…..the less you need!!

In this industry there are many opinions on the covered topics.  YOU need to find what works for you and adapt your kit to your individual needs and skill set.  People will argue over the best method to make a fire, what shelter to make, what 1^st aid to carry, on and on and on.  Keep an open mind, learn new techniques—but know what works for you before you need to use them.

It is my prayer that this information has sparked your interest and that you continue learning.  Thanks again for your purchase.

If I still have your attention, here is the kit being used on one of our outings.

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