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2015-01-17

Survival kit - must have, never use

Imagine you're walking across Canada and suddenly, by mistake, you lost your backpack with all the equipment. Will you cry? How can you find yourself in a difficult situation? The backup plan is always the survival kit - something small, like a box with all you need to survive, get to the civilisation or indicate the position to be rescued. Here I present you my survival kit.

  • WATER
    • Water tabs - 20 pcs to purify 20l of water
  • FIRE
    • Stormproof matches & striker - few pcs to start fire very quickly
    • tampon - source of cotton
    • Fresnel lens - like a magnifying glass, to start fire using sun
    • kindling - used to start fire in a difficult conditions
    • alcohol swabs - they ignite easily
  • NAVIGATION
    • Button compass - only a few grams, at least it points north
  • SIGNALISATION
    • Mirror - sun reflection
    • whistle - 120dB, you can hear it from at least 1,5km
    • green beacon - 24h of green light, really usefull at night to indicate position
  • OTHER
    • Knife - card knife, very light and sharp
    • paracord
    • Everything in a nice box
Universal Survival
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