Get Back Home
The “Get Back Home (GBH) Bag” is the one full of the things you might need if, say, you were stranded somewhere and had to walk back to base - or, in my case, out of the city office and back home. I’d like to keep some really basic “urban survival” gear in my daily commuter bag, and I’ve just had a Crumpler Local Identity backpack repaired (for free under Crumpler’s lifetime warranty) so it seems like a good one to design around. Following the category system I’m going to add to the Bug Out page, my GBH bag has (or will have): Essentials #1
- water - metal water bottle
- food - high-calorie trail mix
- shelter - NA
- heat - fire-lighter
- comms - ?
- medkit
- small daily carry medkit with ibuprofen, anti-histamine, band-aids, lip balm, ...
- navigation
- mini-compass on
- lights
- small CREE led torch
- red LED flasher/tail-light
- equipment
- mini Army knife
- NOTE: In NSW, under the Summary of Offences Act 1988, Section 11C: "A person must not, without reasonable excuse (proof of which lies on the person), have in his or her custody a knife in a public place or a school."
- Fisher space pen
- mini Army knife
- electronics
- USB cables (USB-C, micro-USB)
- external USB battery
- hygiene
- deodorant
- mints
- clothing
- beanie, gloves, neck gaitor, fresh socks
- gym gear
- money
- 2x $20 in different spots
- a couple of bucks in $2 and $1 coins