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Survival Test
Here's the situation: a small plane you were piloting solo had to make a emergency landing a wooded hilly region, fifty miles from civilization. You have a pretty good idea of where your at. Lets just assume no one knows where you are, and the electronics on your craft are completely inoperable, and your out of cell range. Also, you are uninjured. Luckily you have mild weather conditions. High mid 70s to low 40s at night.
Here's the fun part, you can have any gear on your person, but that gear must be currently in your house or car, and it must be able to fit in a pack you can carry. So, for all you people that have a Sat phone or jetpack your already saved
How would you do, what gear would you have, and how long would it take you to cover those fifty miles?
I'll go first....I'd like to think I would make it. I have a day pack in my garage with the following that I bring on extended trips.
I think I could get out in two days at a normal pace.......maybe
1. gallon of water, more if I could fit it.
2. Med kit (small)
3. GPS and compass
4. Three MREs
5. Med size Busse knife
6. Army Swiss knife
7. Bic lighter and matches
8. Two-three mil trash bags
9. Pancho liner
10. 100 ft of 550 para-cord
11. Signal mirror
Remember this is just a hypothetical (fun) survival test.
Here's the situation: a small plane you were piloting solo had to make a emergency landing a wooded hilly region, fifty miles from civilization. You have a pretty good idea of where your at. Lets just assume no one knows where you are, and the electronics on your craft are completely inoperable, and your out of cell range. Also, you are uninjured. Luckily you have mild weather conditions. High mid 70s to low 40s at night.
Here's the fun part, you can have any gear on your person, but that gear must be currently in your house or car, and it must be able to fit in a pack you can carry. So, for all you people that have a Sat phone or jetpack your already saved
How would you do, what gear would you have, and how long would it take you to cover those fifty miles?
I'll go first....I'd like to think I would make it. I have a day pack in my garage with the following that I bring on extended trips.
I think I could get out in two days at a normal pace.......maybe
1. gallon of water, more if I could fit it.
2. Med kit (small)
3. GPS and compass
4. Three MREs
5. Med size Busse knife
6. Army Swiss knife
7. Bic lighter and matches
8. Two-three mil trash bags
9. Pancho liner
10. 100 ft of 550 para-cord
11. Signal mirror
Remember this is just a hypothetical (fun) survival test.
