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SURVIVAL KITS

Not long ago I read this on someone's survival site: (Quote)

"How much would you pay for a personal survival kit? $20? $30? $100? More? A lot of people do, but why? If there's one thing that most store purchased survival kits all have in common and that is they are marketed and sold to make money. Sure, no doubt a lot of them will save your @ss in survival situation. But how much of that stuff is really useful and how much of it is just a marketing gimmick to give you a false sense of security that more is better? Is it worth risking your life to find out the hard way what's going to work and what's not?"

Bravo! Hooah! Good job! I could not have said it any better when it comes to chosing a survival kit. And so allow me to throw in my 25 cents worth on this topic, take it or leave it. But first let me tell you the definition of "prepared" and "unprepared" survival...

PREPARED SURVIVAL is being ready for almost any type of outdoor survival situation by packing & carrying a survival kit or at least a handful of useful items that will help keep you alive until you are rescued or find your way back home or to civilization.

UNPREPARED SURVIVAL is not carrying any survival gear before venturing off into the boonies, desert, jungle or the mountains. And should something happen you'll either have to learn some really quick primative survival skills the hard way or you will most likely die of thirst, hunger, hypothermia or some type of injury or all four.

What's primative survival? It's learning how to adapt to a strange and remote environment by living off the land like a caveman, indian or tribesman with nothing but the clothes on your back and nothing else. Not easy, in fact almost impossible to do without studying, practicing and or taking a few lessons from some primative survival instructors. And so that's why it's best to "be prepared" than to be "unprepared" before venturing off somewhere remote and isolated.

Now when it comes to survival kits this is how I like to break them down...

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