third most important survival item?

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After the obvious knife and firestarting gear, what would you consider the most important item to have?
 
Signaling.

Flashlight, mirror, anything to get some attition. Things from nature don't glisten, Something shiny catches everyone eye.
 
All the other stuff won't be worth a damn after two or three days if you don't have any water! So I think the MOST important item is a means of purifying and carrying water.....

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
A billy pot to metal cup to boil water.

The three legged stool of survival

stout well handled blade

reliable fire starting system

cup or pot to boil water
 
If knife and firestarted are One and Two, I'd have to say that Three is a water container. (Either boilable or with Micropur tablets attached.)

Four and Five would bee paracord and an ultralight tarp.

-- FLIX
 
Water should really be number one.

Then your knife, then fire.

Although some may say fire would be number 2. I can get by without a knife, but no water...
 
ilbruche said:
Water should really be number one.

Then your knife, then fire.

Although some may say fire would be number 2. I can get by without a knife, but no water...
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I suspect it depends quite a bit on where you are. You can usually go a couple days without water and where I live water is common enough, but three seasons out of four heat loss is a real danger even over a single night. A warm fire (I can't get one started with primitive methods yet) or a good shelter to keep the wind out (easier with a knife than without) can go long way towards improving the odds.
 
Burncycle said:
A container for boiling water.
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RescueRiley said:
RB put it best cordage...and lots of it
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I dont know guys, in my area I can find fresh water or clean it pretty well and make my own rope, but a light, compass or mirror are pretty hard to come by. Finding my way around without a compass wouldn't be too bad, But in most cases its short term survival. I wanna be able to tell people where I am.
 
As is obvious, it depends on the region.

If you're going for semiarid desert, I bet you'd give up your knife and firesteel for a gallon of water and reflective tarp any day. In a temperate forest with many streams, the knife becomes a lot more important.
 
Generally one can get rough bearings without a compass, and a mirror... well, signalling can be done through other means (signal fire, etc).

As mentioned though, it depends on your situation and environment
 
I would have to say knowledege, but I'd put that 1st followed by a knife, firestarter etc !!!:thumbup:

And I always have a packet of de-hydrated water in my kit !!!:D
 
g30ff said:
I suspect it depends quite a bit on where you are. You can usually go a couple days without water and where I live water is common enough, but three seasons out of four heat loss is a real danger even over a single night. A warm fire (I can't get one started with primitive methods yet) or a good shelter to keep the wind out (easier with a knife than without) can go long way towards improving the odds.
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Thank you my friend, i was thinking about this as well.

I think your on target with this post, all the members had great ideas, but we do not know what the land around us has in the way of water, food and shelter like caves, now we know we can make lean-to's an so on, but unless we know the time of the year, and the weather for the last 1 to 3 days, we don't know what we will need, for are last tool.

I think the post was great, i know i'ed like to know the info, about the land around me, this way i may know if i need water and canteen or shelter and fire from cold.

I know most people can live around three days with out water, but try to live three days in ice-cold-weather, with no shelter, i think you may make it in the cold for a day or so, it will be up to each persons body to tell how long he or she will hold out in the cold.


As always, your friend at the post Donald S.
 
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