Hi all,
Ok Tf, Here is my set up for today. Just before I got out of bed and right next to my bed is my pants and my shoulder bag. At the foot of my bed is my slip on shoes and my shirt that hangs on a chair. My hat is right next to the door so I can grab it as I go out. My hat a filson packer is on my head most of the time. When in the shower it is not. LOL I sometimes even have my hat on when sleeping. I sleep out alot. I have been practcing just how much wood I need to gather for a night out in the cooler wheather we have here and I have been timing the wood burn time of some of the fires to see just how much wood I would really need to gather for a night out for the practice and for the what if I have to do it for real. I like to carry a hatchet or axe, Most times I carry both. a couple weeks back at 3:30 am I was sitting next to my fire and next to the log I was leaning on and thinking this is the life LOL I was warmed by my fire and the night sounds were awesome. I use different woods to just to see there burn time and what it really takes to have a warming fire. I read that if you get 20 logs roughly 5" thick and you put 6 on at 10pm by 1am you will be puting on the next 6 logs then by 4am you will be putting on the next 6 logs and then you have 2 logs for your breakfast cooking in a few hours. The author was William H Miller from his book in 1918. He said that if you did that it would take you through a oct. night rain or shine. He is not to far off I think it depends on the wood to.
But do that in Jan. with temps near 0 and a strong wind and and for my testing it takes 10 to 12 logs and per each time you put logs. I was putting logs on not split wood either logs on every hours or so. I did not sleep that much sitting next to that fire I dozed with my hat on LOL
I know I go off the subject some but if you build a shelter most likely you are going to build a fire to keep warm or cook with. Just something to think about. yes you break and gather wood from your surroundings and even drag wood in and burn it in half but I find that to be a pain in the butt. Plus I like to chop LOL so chopping logs up in 2 to 4 feet long and with a thickness of 5" to 10" I find really works pretty good. Hey that is me. do what you want.
Now since I live on a farm and this is where I make knives at to. after getting up and having morning worship with Kathy then we make breakfast and then I check my e-mail. I then head out for our morning walk ( with Kelly girl ) I put on my shoulder kit. Here is a couple of pics.
Here is the pic of my shouder bag. On the strap I carry a knife in a sheath that I made on it and my smaller axe 17" handle length. It is a S & N axe that I got from Brian Andrews.
Here is pic of the contents of my shoulder bag. One Item I have in there is a AMK heatsheat for shelter building.
That shoulder bag with the axe and the knife with a full canteen of water in it weighs in at 10.5 pounds.
Ok now as walk out of the house go for a walk and that is what I carry.
I am gone with Kelly Girl on the average of 2 hours in the morning with her roaming around the timber.
Now to day I had to go to town I took on the contents of my belt and what was in my pockets. I was changing into clean jeans and a clean green shirt like in the pic above. Yea I pretty much wear the same cloths. Jeans and a green or tan shirt of the same design. then my hiking boots when in the timber and on our walks or slip ons when out in the shop. Here is apic of my kit on the hook hanging on the door in the shop. When it is cold I wear my carrhart coat.
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Ok now I am away from home LOL it might be only 70 feet. but hey you said away from home right. Now lets go back to I was heading to town. In this pic I put on a chair at the foot of my bed the contents of my pockets and what was on my belt.
So when I get to town and go into the lumber yard to get some supplies I did not take my shoulder kit. I left it out in the car in the back seat with my carrhart coat with leather gloves and a warm hat (Poly pro) . It was 60 degrees here to day. So if for some reason ( the whatever thing happend I would have grabbed a tarp or a trash bag if I had the time as I was heading out the door. Of course I would try to get back to the car and my kit but if I could not ( aliens attacking maybe LOL ) I would have my belt knives and the little pouch that I carry to hold my small survival kit. In my front right pocket I carry a little red sak and a spycapsule with firesteel rod and cotton/pj mix. then my right back pocket a sharpener and comb. left back pocket my wallet and front left pocket 14" para cord and a half of a bandana and a tin of salve. for cut and chapped lips etc. I used to carry a amk heat sheet in one of my shirt pockets but now carry a bag of sunflower seeds.
I feel in my area I could find a sheltered spot of make one up.
for instance about 20 years back I was walking on long the little blue river next to the town I was in. It started to rain and I was also walking next to a rail road tracks and just happened to be near the bridge that the rail road had built. well I went under it and the rail road went over it. I was still getting rained on. I noticed that there was a 7' long 2' or so peice of tin. How it got there I do not know. But I leaned that tin up against the wall and a lean to and sat under that. I was not getting rained on then LOL.
Long post I know, But that is what I carry when I leave the house. If I go to town My shoulder bag and what is on my belt goes with me. Get on a tractor and haul hay bails my kit is with me. I got water, fak, survival kit, 1 pot with lid and 2 cups and my little saw and several bandanas etc. well you seen the contents.
Now is it exssesive, LOL for some maybe but for me it works.
To answer your ? TF once I left home today I think I was pretty well covered in the getting some type of shelter built or made up.
Bryan
)...4 "yard sized" non-biodegradable trash bags, knife, two person emergency blanket.
