I will be doing a scattered series of posts, each focussing in general terms on one demographic. The aim is not to scare you or terrorise you into believing the sky is about to fall. Which is not to say that the sky is not about to fall either. These are more like notes on how I would be preparing if my situation was as described in each post. Whether this is just an exposé of my paranoid tendencies, or whether your foolish optimism will see you eaten by cannibals in the coming economic crash, only time will tell.
I presume the reality, for most, will lie somewhere in between. My personal philosophy, of course, and rather sensibly, even if I say so myself, is that if I am prepared for the marauding bands of cannibals, then if anything less that that happens, I’ll be fine.
I will probably post this introduction ahead of each of the mini Kurgan Survival Guide Posts.
Enjoy.
My take on serous SHTF situations os always pretty much the same in terms of hierarchy of needs.
1. Weapons
2. Mobility
3. Basic Survival Gear
4. Relevant maps and books on skills you don’t have
5. Medical Stuff
6. Safe Location
This assumes you’re starting out in the worst possible location. Of course, if you are already in a rural area, armed, with your family and with plenty of stocked food, community would be a much higher priority than basic survival gear, but as the title suggests, this is aimed at younger men with little to no resources.
The weapons are for defence obviously, the mobility so you can get out of dodge and to whatever you determined is the best spot for you. If you can organise yourself a bit the vehicle can also double as your mobile home, even if it’s not a winnebago.
In Africa we had a land cruiser that had an extended diesel tank installed in the back, and a wooden raised platform that allowed us to store a bunch of stuff under it and have a mattress and sleeping bags on top. We could go a couple thousand kilometres on one “tank” have food for 2-3 weeks and we’d be able to sleep 2 adults and 3 kids even in bad weather, or even one more by making the front cab another bed over the bench seat.
The difference between a single guy and a couple with no children is quite minimal and boils down to what type of woman one is with in terms of how spartan can she go.
Some power tools and a small generator as well as the basic set of good hand tools means that you can eventually build a more permanent shelter too once you find suitable land or location.
As I said, this is basic and generic, it is not meant to answer all your questions, but rather inspire some positive action.
And try and have cash and bartering goods or some amount of precious metals.
Go Bag for single man
I will be doing a scattered series of posts, each focussing in general terms on one demographic. The aim is not to scare you or terrorise you into believing the sky is about to fall. Which is not to say that the sky is not about to fall either. These are more like notes on how I would be preparing if my situation was as described in each post. Whether this is just an exposé of my paranoid tendencies, or whether your foolish optimism will see you eaten by cannibals in the coming economic crash, only time will tell.
I presume the reality, for most, will lie somewhere in between. My personal philosophy, of course, and rather sensibly, even if I say so myself, is that if I am prepared for the marauding bands of cannibals, then if anything less that that happens, I’ll be fine.
I will probably post this introduction ahead of each of the mini Kurgan Survival Guide Posts.
Enjoy.
My take on serous SHTF situations os always pretty much the same in terms of hierarchy of needs.
1. Weapons
2. Mobility
3. Basic Survival Gear
4. Relevant maps and books on skills you don’t have
5. Medical Stuff
6. Safe Location
This assumes you’re starting out in the worst possible location. Of course, if you are already in a rural area, armed, with your family and with plenty of stocked food, community would be a much higher priority than basic survival gear, but as the title suggests, this is aimed at younger men with little to no resources.
The weapons are for defence obviously, the mobility so you can get out of dodge and to whatever you determined is the best spot for you. If you can organise yourself a bit the vehicle can also double as your mobile home, even if it’s not a winnebago.
In Africa we had a land cruiser that had an extended diesel tank installed in the back, and a wooden raised platform that allowed us to store a bunch of stuff under it and have a mattress and sleeping bags on top. We could go a couple thousand kilometres on one “tank” have food for 2-3 weeks and we’d be able to sleep 2 adults and 3 kids even in bad weather, or even one more by making the front cab another bed over the bench seat.
The difference between a single guy and a couple with no children is quite minimal and boils down to what type of woman one is with in terms of how spartan can she go.
Some power tools and a small generator as well as the basic set of good hand tools means that you can eventually build a more permanent shelter too once you find suitable land or location.
As I said, this is basic and generic, it is not meant to answer all your questions, but rather inspire some positive action.
And try and have cash and bartering goods or some amount of precious metals.
That’s it for now.
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