Stay Alive -- Best Survival Kits, Lists & Ideas eShort by John McCann

Author:John McCann [McCann, John D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4402-3533-7
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2012-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

A mini supplemental kit supports your EDC.

Supplemental kits

A couple of years ago I realized that even though I carry the essential elements of a survival kit every day, with redundancy, there were still certain items from component groups that I was not carrying if I did not actually carry one of my mini survival kits. Because of that, I started building what I call mini supplemental kits. These kits can be very small as they only need to carry the additional items from component groups not carried on your person. I include a small emergency water bag with purification tablets, snare wire, magnetized needles, butterfly bandages, antibiotic ointment, a backup compass and, again, some backup tinder. This kit fits almost anywhere and when I go into the field I grab and stick it in a jacket pocket.

Another supplemental kit I normally have with me when I go into the field is a brimmed hat that also has a fishing kit, braided fishing line and a firestarter built in, and a button compass cord lock on the chin strap. The hatband has been braided from parachute cord. I showed this hat in my first book and one of the most often asked questions was how to make the parachute cord hatband. So I have posted a tutorial on how to construct your own parachute cord hatband at www.SurvivalResources.com under Articles & Tips - Modifying Your Own Gear, Making a Parachute Cord Hatband.

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