Right, so you have your bag now so lets start filling it!

Water.

Not only is water delicious you also need it to survive, while you may be under the (misguided) impression that you can be happy with 1ltr of water a day you would be sadly mistaken, while you may be “ok” with 1ltr a day after having done no excersise in reality (bugging out) you would be out for the count after your adrenalin runs out. You will be trying to remember if you have everything and running as fast as you can to get out of dodge, this means that you will use insane amounts of energy and as such will need to consume far more water than normal to remain fit and alert.

So lets talk options; in my previous post I discussed having a hydration bladder which is essentially a water bottle built into your bag, Very useful invention. But you want to bring along the more tradionational type of water containers simply because they tend to be far more rugged and as such will not tear. They are easier to fill up and you can give them to a friend should he not have thought about potential end of the world scenerios like you (How silly, everyone knows zombies are just waiting to take over the world).

Water bottles come in various shapes and sizes and more importantly price ranges so I will just focus on the more popular models:

• Nalgene bottles; cheap, sexy and expendable. plus they come in various sizes and flavors (read: colors).
• Military water bottles; cheap, tough and kinda sexy- you can buy them everywhere and they will treat you well, an added benefit is that they can come with a pouch with molle straps so attaching it on the outside of your rucksack is a cinch.
• Thermos; not as funky as the choices above me but when your stuck in the wild with angry squirrels wanting to devour you…you will be glad to have something comforting like hot irish coffee (or whatever tickles your fancy).

You may also want to have a big evian (or coke) bottle full of delicious water in your rucksack in case you don’t find any water along your route (always prepare for the worst so when the worst happens you can punch it in the face).

I personally have two Thermos aluminum bottles and one military bottle, however not everyone can pull off such a daring look, at then end of the day choose what is right for you.

Bic lighters

Bic lighters amongst offering fire making abilities happens to be the universal symbol for awesome, intelligent and sexy individual.

Everyone knows what they look like so I will spare you 500+ words on the magical properties of the blaze orange version (although red/pink/blaze orange is a good color simply because if you drop your Bic it will be easy to find. Something to think about).

And finally, the Multi-tool.

Swiss army knives are made by two companies, Victorinox and Wenger. Which you will choose is up to you- both are unrivaled for the price (Save perhaps Opinel & Mora) and will serve you faithfully for various task such as preparing food, opening beer bottles and sharpening a stick to fend of would be invaders. I personally carry a Wenger Ranger purely because I am a rebel and dig rooting for the underdog.

I don’t personally own a Leathermans however I will just say this-

Leatherman tools are supposedly fucking ace and are off the hook reliable with a long history of producing quality products.

A popular choice is the Leatherman wave.

Thats all for today but this week (I promise) I will work towards getting at least halfway through the list.