My get home/ walking bag

Daleo8803

Daleo8803

Move along, move along
Joined
Dec 18, 2016
Messages
1,770
Location
Rock Hill SC
Rating - 100%
9   0   0
I put this little bag together to keep in the trunk and to use when I go out walking in the woods. It has enough water, food, shelter and first aid for about 24 hrs. I'm very rarely more than a 20 min drive from my house. I keep a larger first aid kit in my trunk, as well as cold weather clothing and water if I need them for a get home situation. I don't notice the weight. The bag is a $20 bag off eBay. If I keep liking it I will buy a good one like a maxpedition.

Bag contents

First aid kit ( basic one person)
Fire( lighter, match's, fire steel)
Cheap folding knife ( I always have a knife in my pocket)
Flashlight with extra batteries
Glow sticks
SOL bivvy
Poncho
Space blanket
34oz SS water bottle ( always full)
24oz? Flat water bottle
Small cooking set ( SS cup, alcohol stove, fuel)
Hand warmers
100ft of Paracord
30ft of fire cord ( Paracord with wick in it)
Cliff bars and jerky
Probably forgetting something


I will be adding a water filter.

The main reason behind this is just in case in the woods but it will come in handy to get home too.

Any suggestions?





 
Didn't think of the compass. Good call.

Just put in a Sawyer mini. Found it in my stash :) will be adding a mag for my G19.
 
Last edited:
Maps of your area/surrounding areas. The laminated ones work great...waterproof, won't wear down like a paper map and if you write/draw on them with a marker, you can usually wipe it clean with an alcohol prep.

And along those lines, I'll toss out a bit of advice I picked up from a fellow member on here...

Print a map of the rail lines that run through your area or mark them on an existing map. If things ever get bad, they'd be great for travel. Most folks'll stick to the roads/highways when trying to get home. The tracks will most likely be less populated, a bit more secluded than the open road and most of the time, your path will be flat/level, without a bunch of steep uphill or downhill grades to contend with.
 
Last edited:
Mole skin for your feet.
Bug spray
Bug net
Sewing kit with waxed thread
8P nails, lots of things you can do with them
Magnifying glass, small say 2 to 3", no handle needed
Duct tape
 
A few feet of aluminum foil folds up pretty small. Good for a stove windscreen, sitting on if it's wet, build a fire on it if need be, etc...
 
jimmyjames8 said:
The antibacterial wet wipes are an excellent idea. I am almost obsessive about keeping my hands clean.
Click to expand...
Me myself, i'd rather keep my arse clean. I can wash my hands in stream if need to. Kinda hard to wash the arse in a moving body of water.



Sent from my SM-J320V using Tapatalk
 
Last edited:
another good one for water is this Irrigation coupler key. Though the water in landscape irrigation may be reclaimed / non-potable.
and the key is a bit heavy.

s-l225.jpg


they plug into this outlet, set into the ground, usually in a christy Box.

pd-valves_quick-coupler-h3402.jpg


the purple color cap means ( or is suposto mean) that it's reclaimed water. Some are installed that way, but the city does not supply reclaimed water and only potable water is used.
 
Last edited:
This thread has been on my mind, and I need to put together something similar..... A couple more things that could prove to be useful is a small fishing kit and a good multi tool.
 
I just happen to be going through a couple of pouches I generally have one me.

This kit (sometimes without the SAK) is always with me. If I'm flying I take the SAK out and replace it with Leatherman style PS. Mostly first aid stuff... Just some extra ideas.

IMG_20180125_102122~2.jpg

IMG_20180125_101800~2.jpg
 
Where did you get the orange and red packs of Tylenol, Alleve, Benadryl, etc? Did you make those?
Awesome idea, if you did.
 
Gun Lover said:
Where did you get the orange and red packs of Tylenol, Alleve, Benadryl, etc? Did you make those?
Awesome idea, if you did.
Click to expand...
They're just those jumbo drinking straws, cut to size, melt the ends and squish them together with a pair of pliers. Easy and waterproof too.
 
Conceptually, there are 3 types of "bags". And they generally relate to your intended destination. As mentioned here, the Get Home Bag is designed to get you home if the situation gets bad. It's particularly important if you happen to work in an urban environment wearing business attire. So, a get home bag might include a full change of clothing, especially walkable shoes. Distance from home greatly influences what and how much of it the bag contains. You are carrying limited resources to get to known better resources, at home. Bug Out Bags usually imply moving from known good resouces, home, to another set of resouces, such as a retreat, which may or may not have "better" resouces. But your home resouces are compromised or have a high potential of being compromised. If, like myself, you live in the country and you are already at your destination, the a Bug Out Bag seem less necessary, but there is always the remote chance you my have to leave your retreat. Fire or flood could be a reasons you might have to abandon your retreat. Saw that once on show about prepping. They were interviewing family at their retreat, when a forest fire turned in their direction. Camera crew and family had to pack up and leave. Then there is the INCH Bag. The, I'm Never Coming Home bag. This is a full on, I need every resouce I can carry bag. Pots and pans, etc. You are abandoning your home and resources for the great unknown. Home is lost.
 
Last edited:
A couple things I keep for GP usage ... a tube a gel crazy glue, zip ties, a couple safety pins and paper clips ... you’d be surprised what they can do with other stuff in a bag.
 
BurnedOutGeek said:
They're just those jumbo drinking straws, cut to size, melt the ends and squish them together with a pair of pliers. Easy and waterproof too.
Click to expand...

If you have and use a foodsaver you can make them from scrap/short ends of foodsaver bags too. But if you don't the straws are a great trick.
 
IMG_20180128_155910.jpg IMG_20180128_155928.jpg IMG_20180128_155945.jpg IMG_20180128_155954.jpg IMG_20180128_160115.jpg IMG_20180128_160747.jpg IMG_20180128_161758.jpg IMG_20180128_160841.jpg IMG_20180128_161736.jpg IMG_20180128_161930.jpg

So I recently acquired this Maxpedition Malaga from a fellow forum member. It is my second Malaga. I use the other to carry my personal laptop and electronics around when we travel.

This one I set up specifically to leave in the trunk of my car. I am on the road at times for work and that may take me anywhere from Charlotte to Blowing Rock to Henderson to Atlantic Beach. Most often Charlotte though.

My thought process behind packing the bag was worst case scenario I have to hike home. It's 2 hours by car. It'll be a couple days or more by foot depending on how bad things get. Let's face it though, IF I have to walk, things are bad....

You can see each compartment packed and unpacked. A basic inventory:

Front zip pouch:
Paracord, 50ft.

Fold out front pocket:
First aid and trauma supplies.
Everything from boo-boos to clotting sponges and a tourniquet.

Main inner pocket:
Shelter, food and water.
Stove and fuel can nested in Stanley pot
Water filtration and chlorine tabs nested in Stanley water bottle.
Tarp, SOL poncho, emergency blanket, shemagh
Mora Bushcraft
Victorinox folder
Compass
Bathing wipes
Food bars
Headlamp
Extra magazine.

Some items nest nicely inside of others. My water bottle is a Stanley 2 piece with the bottom single wall stainless and the upper part plastic. That means I can boil water in the bottom half if needed. I also have a Sawyer squeeze system nested inside so hopefully I won't have to boil.

Top pouch:
Lighter (wrapped in gorilla tape)
Batteries (AA and AAA)
Carmex
Leatherman Wave
Stormproof matches
Tylenol travel bottle (Wrapped in gorilla tape)
Lens cloth (I wear glasses)


Now this bag will stay in the car. It may move from my car to the minivan if we take a family vacation but when we get back it goes right back. I'll rotate the food out every few months and may replace some items seasonally. I also keep a change of clothes and broken in hiking boots in a waterproof tote in my trunk. If SHTF catches me in a suit and tie I'll hopefully have time to change before I head out on foot.

I also keep very basic emergency stuff in my work laptop bag which I would cannibalize and combine with this before abandoning my vehicle.
 
IMG_20180128_161908.jpg

Oh and I could only add 10 images to one post so I couldn't show the 2AA Innova flashlight in the torch lair on the front t of the bag.

And the smiley face I'm told adds -50 tactical/non grey man points to this bag making it totally non threatening....lol
 
Remember this is his GET HOME bag (maybe 24 hours) and no something meant for days in the woods so remember a couple little sayings ...

First ... The Rules Of 3’s ...
You can survive in general (might not be pleasant) ...
3 minutes without air ...
3 hours without shelter (in more hostile weather) ...
3 days without water ...
3 weeks without food.

And ... Ounces make pounds and pounds make pain.

I’m more a minimalist with a GHB and more about maximizing movement. My thoughts are getting home ASAFP to my family ... not setting up camp.
 
NCFubar said:
Remember this is his GET HOME bag (maybe 24 hours) and no something meant for days in the woods so remember a couple little sayings ...

First ... The Rules Of 3’s ...
You can survive in general (might not be pleasant) ...
3 minutes without air ...
3 hours without shelter (in more hostile weather) ...
3 days without water ...
3 weeks without food.

And ... Ounces make pounds and pounds make pain.

I’m more a minimalist with a GHB and more about maximizing movement. My thoughts are getting home ASAFP to my family ... not setting up camp.
Click to expand...

I generally agree with that. However with the distances involved for me these days I expect several days to transpire between any event that puts me on foot, and actually arriving home. I'm also not above abandoning anything in that bag that doesn't prove useful at the time it happens in order to speed up my trip.
 
rantingredneck said:
I generally agree with that. However with the distances involved for me these days I expect several days to transpire between any event that puts me on foot, and actually arriving home. I'm also not above abandoning anything in that bag that doesn't prove useful at the time it happens in order to speed up my trip.
Click to expand...

It might be worthwhile to reach out to any members you feel comfortable with and plan a few get home stops. 2 hours by car could be more than 2 days on foot if things are that bad. A friendly pit stop for food, water, sleep and information would be really helpful.
 
CZfool68 said:
It might be worthwhile to reach out to any members you feel comfortable with and plan a few get home stops. 2 hours by car could be more than 2 days on foot if things are that bad. A friendly pit stop for food, water, sleep and information would be really helpful.
Click to expand...
Also if it's a really tits up situation you'll move at night and lay up during the day.

Sent from my SM-J320V using Tapatalk
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom