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basic bug-out bag is “Survival Prepping 101.” No matter where you have to traverse to reach your safe space? How critical might you
you are or what you do, keeping some rudimentary survival expect things to become? Will you ride, walk or both? Think through the
gear in a package that is easy to grab and go is the fi rst step on possibilities and plan accordingly.
a greater journey toward self-reliance. A Mississippi cotton farmer and a Manhattan investment banker have utterly
A However, the size, contents and design of your bug-out dissimilar needs when it comes to survival. If you are on the coast, the primary
bag should be as unique as your fi ngerprint. This is one case wherein one size concern is likely storms. If you live in a large urban center, civil unrest might be
defi nitely does not fi t all. your biggest headache. Rural areas could su er from a breakdown of trans-
The military called it “METT-T” back in the Dark Ages when I wore the portation that provides the goods and services we all take for granted. Each
uniform—mission, enemy, troops, terrain and time. As it applies to survival scenario is unique and demands di erent gear and equipment.
prepping, this reflects the situation: Will your area of operations be urban The fi rst question to answer is whether you think you will need to carry your
or rural? What potential threats might you conceivably face? How many bag long distances or just to your vehicle. This one question drives everything
friends and family members will be in your party? What sort of area will else. What you choose and how you pack it all stems from this.

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