Thank you! I'm getting my motivation back in little steps (been kinda struggling lately). I'm having some crazy ideas, like grabbing all this stuff and going out to survive let's a week in the remote areas of our coast.
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Yeah, I hear you, I wouldn't mind escaping for a while myself.
You know, the sad thing about this post, the topic, is that in reality most people are woefully unprepared. Then, they read something like this, get excited about being prepared, and then...don't prepare a thing. Then...they wonder why, when things go wrong, they aren't prepared for it.
The really great thing is, people like you and I are prepared, though right?
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.
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.
Most people aren't prepared for the most common crisis (going bankrupt); let alone war, tsunami, hurricane, fire, etc.
It would be a complete chaos if we ever face a real, deep economic depression -- unfortunately I see this situation as a possibility. I don't think I'd be safe even having land to live from. For example: I was reading this morning about the farmers situation in the Netherlands... the government is literally buying their land to 'preserve the environment'. The government could literally take my land from me if our economy goes kaboosh.
Exactly, it's all going pretty badly but people seem incapable of seeing it, mostly. There is a world of hurt coming and some will be more prepared than others.
The land thing in the Netherlands happens here too, only it's the government selling up to the Chinese. It's bonkers, along with all the other bonkers shit that goes on. There's a fall coming, and many will go down with it.
Wait... what the real f?!?
I talked to a friend who lives in Australia today and asked about firearms laws. He said Australia is pretty much unarmed. Is that true? So basically there's no chance against the government?
Australia is not unarmed, I have more than 20 firearms (handguns, rifles and shotguns) personally and there are millions out there. I've done many posts on my shooting and guns. So, your friend is wrong.
Yeah, i know you've got guns that's why I asked. I guess my friend is just against firearms so he doesn't know.
There's a lot of misconceptions I suppose, most people that have no firearms know nothing about them, what's permissable and what the laws are.