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DIY Survival Kit Fanny Pack - Make Your Own Gear
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Mar 12, 2025
Here is a list of what is in my kit with links: DIY Items: https://bit.ly/4hS5sjF https://bit.ly/4hLUAnB Molle Utility Pouch: https://bit.ly/4aUbq1j Shelter: SOL Emergency Blanket: https://bit.ly/42Nhqaj 550 Cord Duct Tape: https://bit.ly/4hGRa5K Navigation: Wrist Compass: https://bit.ly/40IZVVG ESEE Nav Cards: https://amzn.to/40SdKRL Signaling: ESEE Signal Mirror Reflective Armband Signal Panel
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in today's video we're going to be
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putting together a DIY survival fanny
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pack that you can build and requires no
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sewing stick
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around all right so I'm at home again um
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self-imposed got some back issues that
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I'm trying to get addressed and um
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they're going to be taking care of here
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shortly but um until I can get out in
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the field I'm kind of spending a lot of
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time in my office just messing around
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with things and one thing I wanted to do
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is um is I'm getting my gear ready for
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the spring camping season um I really
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plan to hit camping pretty hard this
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year and go to a lot of different places
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and take you guys Along on that Journey
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that's part of my goals um but I wanted
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to put together a really nice compact um
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kit that can be thrown into my larger
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backpacks um and travel with me uh when
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I go camping and out exploring I wanted
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it to be what I would consider a
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Possible's pouch uh that is a concept
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that the mountain men used to call their
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kind of go bag that had all the little
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things that they needed to service their
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rifles but also help them start a fire
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and things like that so the the modern
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concept of this pouch really came from
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my um experience watching Dave McIntyre
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um uh he won I believe the second season
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of Alone um unfortunately he has passed
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away but before he was on alone he had a
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fantastic YouTube channel where he was
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down in South America doing Ministry but
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also teaching
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survival um
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Expeditions and he would go out in the
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jungle with his team and these different
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people that he would take out there
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there and he always would take time to
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go go through his equipment and his gear
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and one thing that he had was this kind
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of E&E pouch possibles pouch whatever
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you want to call it that he always had
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with him um this is something that went
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in his larger backpacks and gear and
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then he was able to remove this and then
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take it with him if he went out
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exploring or checking out different um
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places so it's it's a minimalist kit it
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has lots of different things in it that
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can help you get through um a survival
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situation and what I like about this is
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um is that it's a very uh inexpensive
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pouch that I found on Amazon this is by
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a company called Elite uh spanker and if
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you guessed it yes it is you know one of
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the many Chinese companies that are
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producing nylon gear and selling them on
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Amazon um it's pretty wellmade I've had
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really good luck with their products the
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name is very strange I don't quite
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understand why they have that name but
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this is a utility pouch Molly utility
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pouch and as you can see on the back
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here it is set up to strap to um you
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know a chest rig plate carrier or a
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backpack and it's a Molly organization
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pouch uh but the size of it and um the
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setup of it is perfect
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um for modification and turning it into
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a really nice little possible survival P
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so it's a fairly easy modification to do
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but you are going to need some parts and
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pieces now one thing that I always like
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to um tell people when they're uh
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putting together gear is make sure you
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save and collect all those bits and
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pieces and scraps that you get over the
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years um when I come across old military
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surplus that maybe is no longer good but
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is being thrown out or I can get at a
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pretty cheap price I will cannibalize it
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for buckles
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straps um I save things that I get um
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from other pieces of
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gear uh there's all kinds of things in
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here that I I do not get rid of I just
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keep it webbing of
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course uh is a f fantastic item to have
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this is standard 1-in webbing and 1in
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webbing um is kind of the standard for
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most
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DIY uh nylon tactical gear so the
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hardware you're going to need first is
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some way of attaching a strap
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to this Molly weedding right here so
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what I like are these little Clips I
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think these are called slick clips and
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I'm going to try to put links down in
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the description so if you guys want to
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find these and purchase them you can
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what's awesome about these slick Clips
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are that they have this gate on each
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side so you can attach this to the Molly
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and then run your 1in webbing through
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the other side and and they just open up
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by applying some pressure and then you
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close
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them by squeezing them
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then you're going to need some 1in
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webbing now uh there's all different
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types of nylon webbing um different
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colors different styles this is Ranger
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Green this is a um I think this is a
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cotton blend webbing it's very
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lightweight very flexible um you can go
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with a nylon webbing that's much stiffer
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if that uh works better for you and the
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next piece of equipment you'll need are
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these little 1-in buckles
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Les so you pass the
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webbing through the
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Buckle and then what I do is to secure
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it so it is a what I would consider a no
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so
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option is you run it back through the
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buckle
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and that creates a loop and that's where
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that clip is going to go
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through so if you don't have access to a
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sewing machine you don't know how to sew
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you don't have someone who can help you
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sew this is an option I think eventually
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what I'm going to do is I'm going to
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take this Buckle off and I'm going to
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actually have my wife who is very good
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with sewing has a nice sewing machine SE
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a loop on the end of this that'll be
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much more secure and it'll be less
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Hardware the next piece of gear you're
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going to need is a fast Tex Buckle this
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is going to be your ability to take this
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thing on and off easily like a fanny
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pack and you just need a 1-in
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buckle these can be cannibalized from
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all kinds of different packs or you can
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order them on Amazon or find them at you
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know fabric stores whatever need another
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one of these buckles so this end is the
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end
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that is the adjustment and as you can
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see when you pass it through it does not
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come loose it locks on itself but if
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you open it up or move the
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Buckle it's
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adjustable so this is very secure one
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thing you probably want to do and that's
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something that I need to do is probably
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sew the end of this to create a tab or
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wrap it with duct tape to create a tab
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that way it doesn't easily pass through
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here in case it gets too
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loose then you need another one of these
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slider buckles because this is going to
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create a loop here that the webbing is
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going to pass
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through on the female end of this Buckle
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so that just has one
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bar and your webbing goes around there
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comes through that buckle and that
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secures it so that is the no
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so way to make a waist
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strap now of course with this Molly you
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don't have to make a waist strap if you
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don't want to you can actually take this
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Molly and not thread it through button
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it and then just pass it through your
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pant belt but I don't like a lot of
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things on my belt because that means I
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have to take my belt on and off to get
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stuff on and off I much prefer a quick
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release Buckle system or strap that I
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can wear around my waist and take it on
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and off as I need
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all right so the front of the pouch has
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um the the Molly webbing or Pal's
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webbing on the front you can actually
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attach more stuff to the front of this
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but it's also a velcro field so you can
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put patches on it and on the bottom you
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have elastic retainers which um actually
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fits a cat tourniquet perfectly um very
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secure when the pouch is loaded up
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that's not going to go anywhere so
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that's a nice uh addition to the pouch
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then you have a front zipper pocket
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and then this thing opens all the way
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down about halfway so you can actually
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get into this thing and there is
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organization built in this pouch so
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let's just go through some of these
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items that I consider you know my kind
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of grab and go items we have a backup
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headlamp um I've I've shown this
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headlamp um in several of my videos I
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have a lot of these and I have them
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stashed and all kinds of different kits
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but it's a little petzel Elite
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uh it's very lightweight has an
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emergency strobe also has a red light
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feature to preserve that night
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vision and then it doesn't take out much
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room because it has a very thin small
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strap as a survival you're going to need
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some type of cover and some kind of
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insulating layer to protect you so a
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survival blanket uh is a great way to go
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this one's from so and it's a much
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bigger one than uh the standard smaller
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ones that you get which is I have one of
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these too this is like a little
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one but this can actually be used
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as uh a shelter so you can set this up
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as a tarp um cover yourself up and this
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will um actually protect one to two
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people so it's a really uh convenient
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small package uh emergency uh shelter
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system this is the Contour feather it's
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a really cool little knife um I love how
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this thing just fits in your hand it
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even has a whistle built into the handle
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but the cool thing about this is it
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actually has a surface on the spine for
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striking a Ferro rod and it has a
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builtin Ferro Rod right
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there and then also has a pull through
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sharpener ceramic rods not those aren't
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always the best but for you know some
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emergency touchups of your little backup
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blade it's a cool little feature and
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then it has a very nice sturdy metal
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clip on the back so you can clip this
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onto something or run some paracord
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through it and use this as a neck knife
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but for a backup knife I think this is a
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pretty good option as you can see in the
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pouch there is elastic webbing sewn into
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the back different layers and different
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sizes so you can put a variety of items
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back there and then it has a little mesh
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slip pocket right here to kind of help
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organize some longer skinnier items so
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in the bottom I have a hunk of 550
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cord I've got some um
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wax uh dental dam that I use for uh fire
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starting so little emergency fire
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starters right there then I have an
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emergency saw wire saw this is actually
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the um military issue one that comes in
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the aircraft uh survival kit pilot
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survival kits it's a much better wire
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saw than the
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standard uh cheap ones that you get in
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the the survival kits this is a little
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bit more upgrated it actually has some
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teeth to it it will cut and it has
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paracord Loops built into it for
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pulling and I have some tape flat pack
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this is uh this is more like a AER style
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tape it is a cloth-based tape um High VI
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orange uh so I can use this to uh tape
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up my
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shelter and make
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repairs um but it's very strong stuff I
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don't know where I got this at I've had
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this for years it goes in all my kits
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um but any kind of duct tape would work
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this is a small Frontier emergency water
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filter this is the type that you
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actually put the little tube on and then
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you're sticking this into the water the
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dirty water and then drinking directly
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from it so it is a quick way of getting
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a drink of water and and still being
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safe doesn't take up a lot of room very
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lightweight but I have other means of
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filtering more water and I'll show you
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that here in a minute and then of course
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a big lighter with some duct tape
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wrapped around it got to have that
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very invaluable piece of equipment um I
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have these in all my kits little fire
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Bellows so basically this allows you to
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stick this down into uh your pile of
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Tinder and blow into it and that gets
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the fire going much quicker uh really
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great
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for fires that are uh maybe built with
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wet wood um you're having trouble
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getting it started a fire bells can uh
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usually get help that situation out and
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then in here I've got a few items so
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this is a piece of reflective material
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that's been sewn into an armband that
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way I can use this to actually uh signal
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or Mark gear at night so if someone's
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looking for me this will reflect back to
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them uh this is another piece of
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military surplus this is a signal panel
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marker um made by specially products uh
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in in PA it's a very lightweight piece
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of material that's been sealed in this
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bag these come in the aircraft survival
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kits as
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well and then this is my larger water
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purification
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kit but I have Aqua tabs so these are
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going to be dropped into a bag of dirty
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water and then you let them set for I
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think about an hour maybe
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less I also
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have this little
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a piece of plastic material that is a
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funnel that fits a coffee
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filter and that allows me to pour dirty
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water in a container and filter out all
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the the chunky stuff now this piece of
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equipment um unfortunately I don't think
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they sell these anymore uh the people
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who had these uh their store closed down
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and uh they're no longer available but
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maybe this is something you could
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potentially uh make or fashion yourself
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but even if you don't have this plastic
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uh kind of funnel definitely these are
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readily available in a grocery stores
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you should have these in your pantry
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anyway so get yourself a couple coffee
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filters and throw them in your kit to
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make a water purification kit and then
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the one thing that I do like to have are
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these whirl bags they take up very
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little room
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they're pretty sturdy and they're great
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for treating
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water put your dirty water in there drop
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a tab in and now you've got uh clean
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water after it has a chance to
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activate and the front pouch uh
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navigation you're still going to want
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some type of navigation that you don't
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have to rely on your phone so a wrist
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Compass this is a stto wrist Compass
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actually these are pretty accurate and
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they work very well um then a small
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signal mirror this one is from
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Essie and it's actually got a piece of
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uh protective material that's sticky
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that you just peel that off and then the
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the the mirror is ready to be used but
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that helps protect and it comes in this
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little uh myar sleeve then another great
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item from SC knives is this um WR and
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Rain
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notebook but it also has your grid
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readers for
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maps it has different ways of uh how to
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navigate it kind of shows you how to
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read a too map if that's something that
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you need some refreshing on but it has
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just uh a variety of map tools and then
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in here you've got
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you're writing the r notes that you can
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take and then with something like this a
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pencil is much preferred over a pen
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because this is something that you can
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of course sharpen with your knife and
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you don't have to worry about the ink
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running out and then I keep it just in
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this little pouch to protect
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everything and then uh of course some
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kind of magnifying glass for you know uh
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pulling out splinters or reading Maps
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even starting a
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fire and then uh some knot cards these
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are great reminders that you know if you
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are in a situation you're trying to tie
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up a knot and you're having trouble
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functioning thinking clearly because of
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course you're excited or upset um maybe
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you're cold and tired this can help and
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uh they're just nice to have because if
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you're with other folks you can always
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hand off your hunk of paracord and give
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them this not cardem practice so it's a
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great lightweight item to have in your
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kit this kit we have all the bases
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covered we've got shelter we have some
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first aid with that tourniquet and that
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tape we have fire
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making we have um tools we have repair
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items we have signaling we have uh
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navigation we have lighting
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and all in a very
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compact easy to carry kit that you can
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take anywhere and you can put together
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yourself and it's not going to cost you
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a ton of money I hope you found this
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um hopefully going to be getting out
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here soon after I get these back issues
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addressed and uh once that happens
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happens I plan to be hitting the trail
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and camping quite a bit this year and
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I'm going to be taking you guys on all
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those trips with me um and this kit is
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definitely going to be going with me
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because it is so Compact and um there's
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no reason not to have these Essentials
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with you no matter where you
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go um I will have links for everything
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these items um please check out my
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