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According to SafetyKitsPlus.com, “Survival odds increase significantly when packing a personal survival kit.”

Many people, including hikers, campers, hunters, and many other outdoor enthusiasts, understand the benefits when they carry a personal survival kit with them. It is a method of safety they rely on … to always be prepared if an emergency arises. They understand the kit they carry with them may save their life one day.

Unfortunately, a sad reality is there are those out there that either overlook the reality of the need for such a kit, or are unaware of the need due to their urban surroundings. Are you one of them?

I personally hope not … or … let’s take this opportunity to change that.

A few days ago, I shared with you one of my personal survival kits, which, as an update, I got my compass and snare wire. It is very easy to put together, and fits unrestrictively in a pocket … which is great when you are just going for a hike for a couple of hours.

Don’t get caught in the outdoors without having some sort of survival kit with you. You may not be able to live to regret it.

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I am an avid promotor of Leave No Trace principles, however some common sense needs to be put into place when you are in a survival situation.

Think about it, if you attempt to restore the environment around you to it’s natural state, you have just hidden any traces that will help search rescuers from finding you.

Now, don’t get me wrong here. It is important to remember to minimize any impact you can to the environment. If you follow the initial rule when you realize you are lost, meaning stop where you are, then you can keep your impact to the area low, and rescuers can find you easier. Do everything you need to, short of starting a forest fire (remember Rodeo-Chedeski?) in order to be found, but do it within a resonable area around you.

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If you have a small container that can easily fit in your pocket, you can build yourself a personal pocket survival kit.

In Feburary, I read an article titled “Lessons Learned - So Near, Yet So Far” by Chris Kavanagh. In his survival experience, he reported that he had two pocket kits with him - one for first aid and the second for survival items. Each of these kits were built using tobacco tins.

Well, I don’t use tobacco, and wasn’t about to pay for it. I did, however, notice that the Altoids Naturally Sours candy tins were perfect for what I wanted to use them for. They fit easily in either the front or back pockets. Another feature is the empty tin make a good steel cup for either drinking or boiling water in. One requirement I wanted vs what the article expressed, is I wanted the contents of my kit to fit within one tin, rather than two.

Here is what I put in mine:

1 Knuckle Bandage
2 Flexible Strip Band-Aids already medicated
2 Alcohol wipes
2 Tinder-Quik tabs
1 Paper Clip
2ft Electrical Tape
2 Mini Candles
6 Match Sticks with Striker Board (board glued to undersid of lid)
2 Fish hooks
6 Fishing Weights
2ft. Jute Twine
3 Safety Pins
2 Sewing Needles
1 Exacto #11 blade
1 Moleskin - cut to diameter of tin
1 Signal Mirror - super glued to bottom of tin
10ft. Outdoor Strength Thread
12ft. 25lb. Test Fishing Line
2 6d Nails
16″ x 16″ Aluminum Foil
4 Tabs Potable Aqua
4 Tabs P.A. Plus
4 Tabs Excedrine for Migraine
1 $5 Bill
6ft. First Aid tape
1 Cotton Ball
6ft. Snare Wire

… and I still have room!

I still need to add a Spark-Lite, a button compass, and a whistle … but will have that done before the week is through.

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Survival first aid kit for wilderness travel
Wilderness survival first aid kit. Make sure you carry the survival first aid kit that match your wilderness trip plan.

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In February of this year, I attended a basic Wilderness Survival overview course at the University of Scouting - Grand Canyon Council. In there, we made our own cotton ball tinder.

Parts List:

Directions:
Liberally smother the outside of the cotton balls with the petroleum jelly. You do not need to soak the cotton ball all the way through. Stuff the smothered cotton balls in the empty film cannister and seal it up.

Cotton balls take roughly 30 seconds to a minute to burn. Smothering them with the petroleum jelly adds an additional 2 to 4 minutes to the burn time, which is helpful when you are trying to get a fire going with less than dry materials.

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