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Who Or Whats Bob?
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The gear that turns you into a "Beast of Burden", or you can hire Bob to carry it for you. 
Basically a pack, ruck or bag that carries the chosen gear to get you through an emergency. Typically people make their kit up so it will last a minimum of 72 hours and contains the basic needs that will help you to stay alive and get back home or wherever. Choose your gear according to your abilities and expand on your knowledge and skill levels prior to the emergency or whatever.
The kit will need to cover shelter (including but not limited to cordage, fire making and clothing), water purification, water carry (nalgene bottle, canteen, etc.), first aid (including personal and OTC medications), orientation (maps, compass, etc.), a good knife, rescue (whistle, signal mirror, reflective/surveyors tape, pad & pen), high energy food, flashlight, cooking pot (stainless cup, kettle, canteen cup, etc.) and whatever else you feel you will need. It's not a kit that you'll want to have a lot of weight in. My heaviest ruck is right at 25# + water. Some include a firearm for protection and it's a good idea to include a fishing kit, snare kit and have the ability to fabricate primitive weapons and tools in the field, just in case you are not able to carry them with you for any reason.
Basically a pack, ruck or bag that carries the chosen gear to get you through an emergency. Typically people make their kit up so it will last a minimum of 72 hours and contains the basic needs that will help you to stay alive and get back home or wherever. Choose your gear according to your abilities and expand on your knowledge and skill levels prior to the emergency or whatever.
The kit will need to cover shelter (including but not limited to cordage, fire making and clothing), water purification, water carry (nalgene bottle, canteen, etc.), first aid (including personal and OTC medications), orientation (maps, compass, etc.), a good knife, rescue (whistle, signal mirror, reflective/surveyors tape, pad & pen), high energy food, flashlight, cooking pot (stainless cup, kettle, canteen cup, etc.) and whatever else you feel you will need. It's not a kit that you'll want to have a lot of weight in. My heaviest ruck is right at 25# + water. Some include a firearm for protection and it's a good idea to include a fishing kit, snare kit and have the ability to fabricate primitive weapons and tools in the field, just in case you are not able to carry them with you for any reason.
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A bug out bag is a 72 hour kit that you put together in a burst of paranoid organization that you end up tearing into repeatedly every time you want to go camping. That's sort of like my definition of a PSK, it is a small kit that you tear apart every time you go camping.
I now throw all of my gear in the same corner of the basement and call it my BOP (Bug-Out-Pile) In the event of the end of the world as we know it TEOTWAWKI I will shove that corner of the basement, and the stuff in the sock drawer and what's under the bed into the trunk of the car and head off into the unknown.
The great advantage to my system is that I can tear into the BOP and never feel bad about it. Mac
I now throw all of my gear in the same corner of the basement and call it my BOP (Bug-Out-Pile) In the event of the end of the world as we know it TEOTWAWKI I will shove that corner of the basement, and the stuff in the sock drawer and what's under the bed into the trunk of the car and head off into the unknown.
The great advantage to my system is that I can tear into the BOP and never feel bad about it. Mac