cnynrat
Expedition Leader
I am working on finishing up some "get home bags" that we'll carry in all our vehicles. The biggest risk we face here in SoCal is a major earthquake. Should that happen during working hours, we'd both be about 25 miles from home, and in a bad enough quake may not be able to drive home due to bridges and overpasses being out. So, I'm looking for something that could support a long walk home if need be. These would also be in our vehicles when we're traveling, so they also would serve as our emergency kits when were on the trail. To meet that requirement I'm building each bag to support two of us in case we are together when we need these.
I'm surprised how few of these lists include food items. This is one of the last things I need to do is figure out for our bags. I'd be interested in recommendations for food items for that purpose. My objectives here are to have enough ready to eat calories for two people for 3 days. That can be cold food, but I think I also want to have the ability to prepare some hot liquids in case the weather is cold. Thinking about some instant soup, tea, maybe cocoa for that purpose.
Anyway, here's my list so far:
Water
2 - 1 Qt water bottles, filled (We always have other water available in our vehicles which can be used to supplement this supply depending on the situation)
Steri-pen
Water purification tablets
32 oz Platypus (for collecting additional water when available)
Coffee filters (for pre-filtering water if necessary)
Food/Cooking
Jetboil Zip Cooking System
Spork
Emergency food bars (TBD)
Instant soup (I like Knorr)
Tea
Sleeping/Shelter
Tarp
2 - SOL Thermal Bivy
SOL 2 Person Emergency Blanket
First Aid
Adventure Medical Mountain Weekender
Quick Clot Sport
Utilities
Roll of Duct Tape
Head light + Spare batteries
Flashlight + spare batteries
Candle
Small Axe
Leatherman Tool
Knife
Bug repellant
Waterproof matches
Fire starters
50' Para cord
25' 1" tubular webbing
2 - Locking biners (not really sure why I included these)
Communications
Sharpie
Notepad
2M HT (Yaesu FT250R)
Personal Protection (Requires some special treatment given CA gun laws)
Handgun (My choice is a .38/.357 Revolver for simplicity and dependability)
Ammo
Clothing
Lightweight hiking shoes (anticipating the earthquake while at work scenario, don't want to walk home in dress shoes)
Hat
Hiking Socks
Leather/Work Gloves
A few Trash Bags
A few Ziplock bags (1 Gal)
Fleece
Light water/wind repellant jacket
Hygene/Personal
Chapstick
Hand Sanitizer
Handy Wipes
Camp suds
Pett bags
Small microfiber towel
Navigation
Compass
Map of our local area (if we're traveling, we'd have a map of that area)
I'm surprised how few of these lists include food items. This is one of the last things I need to do is figure out for our bags. I'd be interested in recommendations for food items for that purpose. My objectives here are to have enough ready to eat calories for two people for 3 days. That can be cold food, but I think I also want to have the ability to prepare some hot liquids in case the weather is cold. Thinking about some instant soup, tea, maybe cocoa for that purpose.
Anyway, here's my list so far:
Water
2 - 1 Qt water bottles, filled (We always have other water available in our vehicles which can be used to supplement this supply depending on the situation)
Steri-pen
Water purification tablets
32 oz Platypus (for collecting additional water when available)
Coffee filters (for pre-filtering water if necessary)
Food/Cooking
Jetboil Zip Cooking System
Spork
Emergency food bars (TBD)
Instant soup (I like Knorr)
Tea
Sleeping/Shelter
Tarp
2 - SOL Thermal Bivy
SOL 2 Person Emergency Blanket
First Aid
Adventure Medical Mountain Weekender
Quick Clot Sport
Utilities
Roll of Duct Tape
Head light + Spare batteries
Flashlight + spare batteries
Candle
Small Axe
Leatherman Tool
Knife
Bug repellant
Waterproof matches
Fire starters
50' Para cord
25' 1" tubular webbing
2 - Locking biners (not really sure why I included these)
Communications
Sharpie
Notepad
2M HT (Yaesu FT250R)
Personal Protection (Requires some special treatment given CA gun laws)
Handgun (My choice is a .38/.357 Revolver for simplicity and dependability)
Ammo
Clothing
Lightweight hiking shoes (anticipating the earthquake while at work scenario, don't want to walk home in dress shoes)
Hat
Hiking Socks
Leather/Work Gloves
A few Trash Bags
A few Ziplock bags (1 Gal)
Fleece
Light water/wind repellant jacket
Hygene/Personal
Chapstick
Hand Sanitizer
Handy Wipes
Camp suds
Pett bags
Small microfiber towel
Navigation
Compass
Map of our local area (if we're traveling, we'd have a map of that area)