If you look back throughout history, the mountain men, trappers, men, and women that went west in cover wagons had more than what they carried on their backs. nonetheless, it is an extreme and interesting concept.
I think the TV series Alone is an eye-opening tutorial on remote living. Of course, gear is limited to 10 items, with no seed or tools for long-term habitation, but it does graphically illustrate the difficulties (near impossibilities) of long-term survival even by seasoned experts
I believe in the BTB (back to basic), KISS, and three use rules. I remember watching a documentary about a Canadian Indian who carried one large axe and the clothes he was wearing. He was able to make shelter, produce fire, make a trap and catch a pig, and also carb a canoe with paddles. All the gears you have are still considered luxuries, the final and best test for being prepared is the skills needed when all physical equipment is lost or stolen.
I’d add a few things if you’re really serious about living in the wilderness. Think tools. A medium to full size axe (or at least an axe head), a small draw knife, a good hoe head, a small shovel head. A pound or two of open-pollinated, heirloom vegetable seeds can feed you forever without having to spend the energy ranging over miles and mikes to forage edibles.
An axe is something that I don't need in my area, so I chose not to carry one. I thought about a shoved, my Cold Steel but I don't want the pack to way too much. Seeds aren't a bad idea.
Appreciate you being thorough and explaining why you choose each item. I’m a Kentucky boy so mine is setup a little differently but many of the same tactics. Great vid!!
Good video I have similar setup, biggest difference is cold weather sleep system, food and weapons system. I went with just vacuum sealed bags of rice, trail mix, and a bottle of multi vitamins. Ar15, and a .22 pistol.
A groundhog sleeps in a hole and are delicious... A bird sleeps in a nest, well... Not exactly. And fish travel in schools, not herds. (But they are delicious too.)
Yip , food is #1 prioty . Got seeds ? Garden tools ? One could make garden tools , but of steel ? Need soap , bucket , cleaning kit for firarms . I've got most everything needed , but time has run out for me , there is no way that I could hack it .
Holy moly... how much does that weigh? I mean, i like all of it, but how far are you gonna get? You need a smaller pack with just the necessities. In case you have to ditch that big one. Thx for the vid.
I've gone back and forth over the years over the INCH bag. While it is unrealistic.... it could also be very necessary depending on the situation. Obviously, it's an absolute last survival resort option. But I've been through several major SHTF events in my life and the reason they were was because we had no choice but to permanently bug out and leave to never return (house fire, house flood, tornado, etc). Mine is minimalist, but also "tool heavy" to be long-term sustainable and bombproof. For a full winter setup in Northern woodlands, it's hard not to hit around the 40lb mark, even being minimalist about it.
I'm a backwoods old country boy in rural southern Georgia and my backpack and equipment is pretty much the same as yours but I have a 22lr conversion cmmg for my 5.56 223 caliber AR and the reason I choose the 22 cal is I can take any game with it even deer if you place your shot in the right place like the head and I can carry one or two bricks of 22lr that's 500 rds. In one brick and that's if I'm not coming back home and staying in the wilderness for a long time and I always have a small cleaning kit for my rifle and spare parts like fireing pin cotter keys shell extractors and springs and a magnet incase I drop a part and can't see it I'm pretty sure the magnet will be glad big help and I carry salt and pepper and other seasonings in my packs other than that I have pretty much the same as yours and a bivy bag and ranger roll sleep system and tarp
Shelter, water and food. Repeat. Shelter, water and food. There are those guys... Just a knife. Can do. (I cheat, big ass butane lighter, a berry pickin' pot that I bought at Walmart to boil water, nuts... And two knives, one for cutting. One for digging.)
Really awesome video! What part of Florida do you live in? Im in orlando. If you want to make contact, let me know. We can talk survival and EDC...ect. my wife keeps telling me to reach someone with the same interest.
good thing this is mental exercise because you pack too light!... I've done it before, for 4 years, turning a cave in the mountains into a home... just for the experience 30 years ago [in my 30s] and I went there with my truck full of everything... what I would leave behind?... the radio first of all... the rifle second, [the pistol for self-def. would be enough] self-bow and arrow building skills, 50 arrowheads, and 3-5 spearheads would be enough for many years [you need 3 arrows to go hunting] also nets!... you can make traps for birds and animals, also catch fish... multiple spares for filtering water, and much more... In a real scenario, trapping, foraging and scavenging will be the daily routine... why scavenging?... because most likely I'm not the only one ''gone''... most unlucky ones are ''gone forever''... If that's not the case [seciaty's gone] then I wouldn't be running away... I did it as an experiment once already!
Well, if I don't have connivance than it all has to fit on my back (which was the point of the video). I put the items that would help ME survive for long-term in my pack.
