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RE: Five minutes to escape challenge

Got the mindset, half-way there. Skills and ideas where and how to get the things you need but you currently don't have for some reason. A starter pack is useful but sometimes you get caught without one, anyway.

Besides, I have to think of three people, not just me.

Still, I got my backpack with sleeping bags in it, a couple and the kid is still small enough to fit into one of ours. A fishing line, a suspense cord of some kind, a multi-tool pocket knife, lighters and matchboxes for starting fire...The clothes on our backs, a couple of extra super compact soft synthetic blankets. Raincoats. A dry bag. And, talking about sentimental, I think I still have a thread from the robe of Dalai Lama (a gift from a friend who saw him, I never did) attached to one of the backpack's extra loops.

Basically, if you have a knife, the forest shall provide with lots of other stuff. I still prefer tho have some cords in a pocket. The rest of a ow can be made on the go. Light protective gloves.

The thing I now realize I'm lacking at the moment is really sturdy shoes. I got some too old, still whole, but not keeping water out.

Bang! I'm out of home and on my way and in the evening I realize I forgot my toothbrush. Or IDs. Or any paper money just in case I could still use them to get stuff on the way. And I grew hungry before I caught any fish or any lettuce.

So...I guess it's worth it to practice this s**t every once in a while and learn from your mistakes before it gets real.

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You're far more prepared than most, and you've got some good items for sure.

It's certainly worth preparing for things that may happen suddenly; the sad thing is that most don't prepare or have a plan for the most basic of things like injuries and health-events or fires, let alone other things that we know can occur. I think it's irresponsible.

Well, we've been taught that others are responsible for our hardships and solutions should come from above...

That's true enough, I understand what you're alluding to. Well said.