Custom made survival pack items?

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karmakille

This'll be the third time I've asked this question because I keep getting list after list of basic survival items. I already have a backpack with basic elements of survival. I also have a lot of 'handy items" that I have come to enjoy carrying with me (i.e. candle, glue, nails, needle and thread, etc) that aren't necessary for survival.

I wanted to see if anybody could suggest any more handy items they have come to discover is quite a luxury when they need it. Just some straight up good ideas is all.

Some good ideas from my other answered questions include: toilet paper, several yards of duct tape wrapped around nails, a few nips of alcohol

Please don't bother answering this if you are going to copy and paste a list from another site. Thanks
now these suggestions are fantastic!

Answer
If you are using a backpacking backpack.... you can wrap duck tape around the frame.

For parachute cord, I have woven 40 feet of it into a size 38 belt for myself using a Cobra Stitch and 2 buckles I cannibalized from some old equipment. If I wanted more cord, I could add a King Cobra Stitch.

I also have a wrist band made of 10 feet of cord and 2 cannibalized buckles... If I had been thinking, I could have woven a watch into it. I plan on adding a dog tag to it, when I learn my blood type.

That parachute cord is great stuff... The belt has a strength in excess of 1100 pounds. If you unravel it into the 14 strands inside the sheath, you could get more than 500 feet of fishing line, capable is catching small fish. If you needed more strength, for bigger fish, you could keep it in 7 strands, with half the length.

The belt would make a great tourniquet.

The cord can be used for snares.

You can floss with it, thus keeping dental hygiene up.

It can be used for hoisting things into trees.

It can be used from some basic climbing... the cord can support 550lbs.

It can aid in constructing a shelter.

It can be a clothes line.



It is super stuff. I always wear the wrist band, and I wear the belt on backpacking trips. I always have at least 10 feet of cord with me.

My passion is horses, yet I'm kinda if-y about them?

Kyle

I've always love horses, but I've never had the luxury of owning one. I've always begged my parents for horse riding lessons, but we were always unfortunate. Never really had much money,and finally when I was about 10, she paid for me to go to horse camp. The horses there were kind of sketchy. They weren't very well trained, and they weren't sound. I was there for about two weeks and I was very relaxed with them, I'd seen some people get bucked off and bit, but never bothered me because I trusted the horse I was on. The third week I as there I had to change horses. I was comfortable at first, but I noticed him getting very frustrated with me. He wanted to do what he wanted to do. At that point I didnt know how to ride a horse that's galloping. I guess he got mad at me and he took off. He just starting running and tried to buck me off but I stayed on. Then he stopped and tried to bite my legs and was very upset with me. Somebody caught him and calmed down but I was very shaken up. I was a very small girl at the time and he was a very huge horse. I kept thinking about the fact that he was a very strong horse and he could have easily hurt me very badly or even kill me. I never came back because I felt scared. Ever since then I've been slightly afraid of them. I will gladly go up and pet a horse just because I still love them but there I'm always thinking in the back of my head that this horse can kill me if it wants to. I've been through ALOT here lately and I watched a documentary about Buck Brannaman the other night and he was amazing. It made me realize that I want to be with horses for the rest of my life and I want to make a career out of them. What careers involve horses besides horse trainer? Oh and how can I over come my fear of horses? I understand that if you are scared of a horse they will feel it too an be scared of you, I dont want to be afraid anymore.
I'm 18. I need to find out what I want to do with my life.

Answer
Hey! I have been riding horses all my life and now own and pay for 3 of my own horses and I am your age :)

I had a horrible accident in January 2010 on my horse Penini. I was told that the field had been cleared for all ice and so I took Penini out to the paddock to let him gallop and get all his energy out especially it being winter he was full of energy. Penini slipped of a large piece of ice went out of all fours and rolleD with me on his bag through the paddock and he couldn't catch his balance. I broke my nose and my left cheekbone along with my wrist, my four fingers,my 2 ribs and my right ankle and was knocked unconcious and rushed to the ER. I couldn't get on him for months I was absouletely petrified of him I didn't go up to the barn because how much fear I had of my 16hh sweetheart saddle bred Penini I had panick attacks on the way to the barn and couldn't go when my mom finally wouldn't let the panick attacks stop me from going I was forced by my mom to ride him and I help onto the saddle horn for dear life and had her hold onto his reins and walk him and I hyperventalating during the ride. It took months to get me to trot a line and I finally got up to canter a lap around the arena I broke down, from all the fear and pain I had felt for months.

I am back to jumping and running barrels and just riding for the love of riding... It takes time but it will get better I promise you just take your time with riding and you will get there I promise you take it slow and you will get through it, I promise you nobody said riding was easy, they just said it would be worth it! Start with western there is a horn to hold on to and it is extra support and comfort

Happy Riding! Xxxxx

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