TERRYDONTSURF
New Member
......................Ally as fcuk tour tashe and a thousand yard stare.
ECM played havoc with my PAYG though.
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......................Ally as fcuk tour tashe and a thousand yard stare.
ECM played havoc with my PAYG though.
A grab bag is a must...
But you MUST have some basic kit on you....
Knife, fire starter (fire steel maybe).
Second hankie, yeah laugh, but I have stopped quite a few serious bleeds with one of these, every day wear having dual roles.
And thats it, dual role.
Belt, Great for using as a sling, hankie, blood pad (make sure its note a used one!).
Knife knife and knife.
Have you ever had to cut someone out of a seat belt? i have on several occasions, first time when I had no knife they died. carried one always after that.
Torch, even in daytime there are lots of places where you need to enter or escape from where there is no light. A simple small high lumen torch is invaluable.
A resuciade. I have never been succeful in recovering a victim in arrest on the street (once the electrical spark has gone, you must have a defribilator to do this), but I have managed to oxegenate them enough to keep their organs alive for donation on a numner of occasions and the taste of another person losing the battle for life in your mouth is foul.
And plastic gloves.....
Finally, yes I have a grab bag.
A colleuges family in Libya had 20 minutes to evacuate. My wife lost all her family possessions during the war in the former Yugoslavia as well, they were given 30 minutes to leave their home and get on a bus.
identify what is important, and take THAT in your grab bag, wherever the situation.
tailor the kit to the situation.
but always have a KNIFE.
Regards.
But you MUST have some basic kit on you....
Knife, fire starter (fire steel maybe).
Second hankie, yeah laugh, but I have stopped quite a few serious bleeds with one of these, every day wear having dual roles.
And thats it, dual role.
Belt, Great for using as a sling, hankie, blood pad (make sure its note a used one!).
Knife knife and knife.
Have you ever had to cut someone out of a seat belt? i have on several occasions, first time when I had no knife they died. carried one always after that.
Torch, even in daytime there are lots of places where you need to enter or escape from where there is no light. A simple small high lumen torch is invaluable.
A resuciade. I have never been succeful in recovering a victim in arrest on the street (once the electrical spark has gone, you must have a defribilator to do this), but I have managed to oxegenate them enough to keep their organs alive for donation on a numner of occasions and the taste of another person losing the battle for life in your mouth is foul.
And plastic gloves.....
Finally, yes I have a grab bag.
A colleuges family in Libya had 20 minutes to evacuate. My wife lost all her family possessions during the war in the former Yugoslavia as well, they were given 30 minutes to leave their home and get on a bus.
identify what is important, and take THAT in your grab bag, wherever the situation.
tailor the kit to the situation.
but always have a KNIFE.
Regards.
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ovalandrover
Well-Known Member
The rule in the Australian desert if you break down DO NOT TRY TO WALK OUT STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE
3extruckers
Active Member
We have a SPOT messenger which we took with us on our failed trip to Morocco.
Handy little thing, enables you to check-in with folks and if s... hit the fan, you could sit there and summon international rescue.
Would sit in the bag or clip it to your 550 paracarod belt.
I now take it everywhere in the car.
Cheers
Handy little thing, enables you to check-in with folks and if s... hit the fan, you could sit there and summon international rescue.
Would sit in the bag or clip it to your 550 paracarod belt.
I now take it everywhere in the car.
Cheers
Griffdowg
New Member
We have a SPOT messenger which we took with us on our failed trip to Morocco.
Handy little thing, enables you to check-in with folks and if s... hit the fan, you could sit there and summon international rescue.
Would sit in the bag or clip it to your 550 paracarod belt.
I now take it everywhere in the car.
Cheers
LOL, I have really enjoyed reading through this, great ideas.
However what use is an iphone or any other mobile
We found a Sat phone more useful for these very reasons.
If your having health related issues etc you can phone home (we have a friend who is a GP), vehicle issues, a mechanic etc etc. We just thought it was more user friendly that an emergency beacon thingy. The spot tracker thing is cool though, but for the money, we went with a phone.
My Dad also got taken to hospital recently with appendicitis, it was quite bad as it had seeped and gone septic. It was easy for my mum to text us and we phoned back ASAP. We were on a freight barge up the Lena River in Siberia. 1000km between towns. No reception out here! The Sat phone has been great.
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3extruckers
Active Member
Slightly OT but how did the call charges fair when using the sat phone?
Cheers
Cheers
payydg
Well-Known Member
http://www.victorinox.com/ch/produc...nerlock-111-mm/RescueTool-One-Hand/0.8623.MWN
One of these - useful for getting people out following a crash etc. probably best to keep it on you rather than in a bug out bag
One of these - useful for getting people out following a crash etc. probably best to keep it on you rather than in a bug out bag
Griffdowg
New Member
On a 12 month plan it was 1GBP/minute or 0.33GBP/SMS. Over the course of 8 months we used 380 minutes worth. This was mostly calling parents, calling the RAC regarding our carnet and calling our bank. We also sent plenty of texts
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Mcclegend
Well-Known Member
I do have a grab bag and I'll take pictures and go through if people are interested but I'm more conserved about winter kits.
I have made up winter kits that on first freeze of the year I put in both our cars. Sorry if this sounds a bit sexist or macho to the ladies but it's just how I think.
The kit in my car is so someone doesn't need to come and get me.
The kit in my ladies car is to make her comfortable until someone can get to her.
Items in both kits
Shovel, (plastic or aluminium take down show shovel) £9.99 (b and q)
Small tarp 1.5m by 2m (wilko) £1.99
Painters plastic sheet 2m by 2m £0.99 (b and q)
50ft b and q rope £3.99
3 x chemical lights (army surplus) £0.50 each (2 red, 1 green)
2 x fleece blankets (pound stretcher) £1.99 each
2 x chaffing fuel cans (cash n carry) (box of 12 - £8.99 + vat) (3 hour burn time)
750 ml metal water bottle (texico garage offer) £3.99
Metal braking tray (wilko) £0.10
1 x 3 hr crackle type log - lakes home centre - £1.99
Fire kit - matches, fire steel, lighter, tinder, night lights. - found around house - £FOC
Warm gloves
Hat
Socks
Thermal travel mug - wool worths closing down sale - £0.10
2 x space blankets - mountain warehouse £1.99
Small pair of scissors - tesco - £1.00
Wind up led torch - halfords - £4.99
Her has these in over the above,
Extra real wool blanket - home knitted - £FOC
Poncho - mountain warehouse - free with something.
Extra wool socks - no idea where these come from but they were free.
DofE bivvy bag - mountain warehouse - £4.99
2 x wet meals ready to eat warm or cold. (DofE approved range)
Tea, coffee, biscuits.
Tracker bars.
Fluffy slippers and muc boots
Mine has
Snow board mitts - sic and the wrong - £19.99
protein power, milk powder - in the house £FOC
Hot chocolate sachets - taken from last time in hotel - £FOC
Honey sachets - taken from last hotel - £FOC
Peanut butter - can't remember where I got these but they were from a hotel - £FOC
Snow boots - bought for me in Norway - £f'ing expensive
Buff - some shop in keswick - £expensive
Survival tin, compass, wire saw, etc - eBay - £8.99. (Knife removed)
The cars already have first aid kit, life hammer and the usual stuff. I don't let the cars drop below half full in winter either. There are no knives in the kits, just scissors and the seatbelt cutter on the life hammer.(this was deliberate).
I have made up winter kits that on first freeze of the year I put in both our cars. Sorry if this sounds a bit sexist or macho to the ladies but it's just how I think.
The kit in my car is so someone doesn't need to come and get me.
The kit in my ladies car is to make her comfortable until someone can get to her.
Items in both kits
Shovel, (plastic or aluminium take down show shovel) £9.99 (b and q)
Small tarp 1.5m by 2m (wilko) £1.99
Painters plastic sheet 2m by 2m £0.99 (b and q)
50ft b and q rope £3.99
3 x chemical lights (army surplus) £0.50 each (2 red, 1 green)
2 x fleece blankets (pound stretcher) £1.99 each
2 x chaffing fuel cans (cash n carry) (box of 12 - £8.99 + vat) (3 hour burn time)
750 ml metal water bottle (texico garage offer) £3.99
Metal braking tray (wilko) £0.10
1 x 3 hr crackle type log - lakes home centre - £1.99
Fire kit - matches, fire steel, lighter, tinder, night lights. - found around house - £FOC
Warm gloves
Hat
Socks
Thermal travel mug - wool worths closing down sale - £0.10
2 x space blankets - mountain warehouse £1.99
Small pair of scissors - tesco - £1.00
Wind up led torch - halfords - £4.99
Her has these in over the above,
Extra real wool blanket - home knitted - £FOC
Poncho - mountain warehouse - free with something.
Extra wool socks - no idea where these come from but they were free.
DofE bivvy bag - mountain warehouse - £4.99
2 x wet meals ready to eat warm or cold. (DofE approved range)
Tea, coffee, biscuits.
Tracker bars.
Fluffy slippers and muc boots
Mine has
Snow board mitts - sic and the wrong - £19.99
protein power, milk powder - in the house £FOC
Hot chocolate sachets - taken from last time in hotel - £FOC
Honey sachets - taken from last hotel - £FOC
Peanut butter - can't remember where I got these but they were from a hotel - £FOC
Snow boots - bought for me in Norway - £f'ing expensive
Buff - some shop in keswick - £expensive
Survival tin, compass, wire saw, etc - eBay - £8.99. (Knife removed)
The cars already have first aid kit, life hammer and the usual stuff. I don't let the cars drop below half full in winter either. There are no knives in the kits, just scissors and the seatbelt cutter on the life hammer.(this was deliberate).
ging360
Active Member
You could use one of those big dry bags , make sure there is still a lot of air maybe even some flotation tubes inside then strap it to the out side of the vehicle probably roof rack would be best then add into the securing rope system a couple of the automatic life raft release cutters. When the vehicles roof submerges to a depth passed 1m I think the cutters would active and the bag would float free. Therefore your only worry is retreeval of the baggage from the waters surface. No ideas for if there was a vehicle fire though.
dstainton
Well-Known Member
Wool, Wool, Wool, everything you need (for clothes) as it retains 70% of its thermal insulating value even when wet. Be sure to include wool hats if its cold as most heat loss is through head. An axe, A high lift jack, which with proper attachments can be used to pull, as well as lift. A proper steel shovel. A winch with snatch block. Fuel filter, Brake and hydraulic fluid for clutch, Set of appropriate wrenches, screw drivers, extra fan belt, and tire inflator canister. 25 liters of drinkable water and extra fuel ;If the list seems long and heavy its because it is. I hunt isolated roads in northern BC Canada mostly with one other person but no other vehicles. If you can't get unstuck or fix what's broke it could be awhile until you are found. An emergency candle for lighting inside vehicle will help keep you warm(er). Plus of course "TELL SOMEONE WHERE YOU ARE GOING...........
