Flying Lead wrote:Can't wait to see if someone did a MBO in the triple digit heat this weekend.
Well, I did spend last week in coastal swamps and sandhills, only to come back home to a broken air conditioner--does that count for anything
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by omega_man » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:37 pm
Well, I did spend last week in coastal swamps and sandhills, only to come back home to a broken air conditioner--does that count for anything
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Blackdog » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:06 am
Part one....
The news is flooded with strange and disturbing reports. A mad man with a world class chemistry set in his garage, monetary collapse in the Russian Autonomous Oblast or a quantum event from beyond time and space??? I can't seem to make out what these guys are talking about, what the heck is going on???
Right Click image for video.
Who knows and who cares, time to grab that bag, crank up the stereo and run like a chicken with its head cut off. Bawk bawk bawk bawk.
Right Click image for video.
On the road. Love these old houses. Firing ports??? Maybe a trend that will come into fashion again.
I get to my planned jump off point. Yikes infested, infested bad, abort abort abort.
Right Click image for video.
Just for fun here is a shot of a popular picnic and camping area down the hill that can be traveled to easily. Leave no Trace is not practiced in this neck of the woods in any way.
Back down the "main" road is a small track that I haven't been on before, I guess today is the day. My main goal for this drill is to stash my truck far enough up a rough road that Golf driving raiders won't stumble upon my old mule and pick it clean.
Right Click image for video.
The end of this road pretty much ends at this stream. Well there it is, the new plan. Follow this crick up the holler and see what we can see.
After a bit of slogging and rock hopping the holler starts to open up a bit.
And here we are getting to be above the tree line. Lets take a break, whewwwwwwwwwwww eeeeeeeeeee, getting old is not for the weak or faint of heart.
You can see the camo pouch on the pack, this is my filter. In the summer time when I know I am going to be chugging water when ever I hit some I like a filter, I like one very much thank you.
And that filter in action. In the pouch is a repair and cleaning kit for the filter, water just can't live without it.
Always kind of amused by this kind of thing. This still sees some use. You can smell live stock and horses for sure.
And in a little while I run into this, my pals love it.
Walk walk walk walk and then this. Just a nice view I guess. I do love it up here for the most part. Kind of have to keep it reeled in a bit because it is in fact "smokin hot" during the day which means I cant roam where I can't be pretty sure I am going to run into water. Really don't want to be too high above the spring zone with my beasts during the oven on time of day.
Now it is no surprise to run into working dogs, shepherds and all manner of mountain folk. The fact that working dogs up here are fed culled sheep is no surprise. (I am pretty sure that this was culled as there was a neat gut pile a little bit off and I saw a guy moving down the hill on a horse earlier). What is surprising is that the local working dogs backed off so fast when my little sweetpea (second vid) growled just a wee little bit. Really this is not the local dog park in suburbia out here so settle down out there in super safety land. For what it's worth I called fat head off the meat quite quickly as she is going to get fed later and these guys are not.
Warning:::: The following two videos contain scenes of canines being carnivores.
Right Click image for video.
Right Click image for video.
The news is flooded with strange and disturbing reports. A mad man with a world class chemistry set in his garage, monetary collapse in the Russian Autonomous Oblast or a quantum event from beyond time and space??? I can't seem to make out what these guys are talking about, what the heck is going on???
Right Click image for video.
Who knows and who cares, time to grab that bag, crank up the stereo and run like a chicken with its head cut off. Bawk bawk bawk bawk.
Right Click image for video.
On the road. Love these old houses. Firing ports??? Maybe a trend that will come into fashion again.
I get to my planned jump off point. Yikes infested, infested bad, abort abort abort.
Right Click image for video.
Just for fun here is a shot of a popular picnic and camping area down the hill that can be traveled to easily. Leave no Trace is not practiced in this neck of the woods in any way.
Back down the "main" road is a small track that I haven't been on before, I guess today is the day. My main goal for this drill is to stash my truck far enough up a rough road that Golf driving raiders won't stumble upon my old mule and pick it clean.
Right Click image for video.
The end of this road pretty much ends at this stream. Well there it is, the new plan. Follow this crick up the holler and see what we can see.
After a bit of slogging and rock hopping the holler starts to open up a bit.
And here we are getting to be above the tree line. Lets take a break, whewwwwwwwwwwww eeeeeeeeeee, getting old is not for the weak or faint of heart.
You can see the camo pouch on the pack, this is my filter. In the summer time when I know I am going to be chugging water when ever I hit some I like a filter, I like one very much thank you.
And that filter in action. In the pouch is a repair and cleaning kit for the filter, water just can't live without it.
Always kind of amused by this kind of thing. This still sees some use. You can smell live stock and horses for sure.
And in a little while I run into this, my pals love it.
Walk walk walk walk and then this. Just a nice view I guess. I do love it up here for the most part. Kind of have to keep it reeled in a bit because it is in fact "smokin hot" during the day which means I cant roam where I can't be pretty sure I am going to run into water. Really don't want to be too high above the spring zone with my beasts during the oven on time of day.
Now it is no surprise to run into working dogs, shepherds and all manner of mountain folk. The fact that working dogs up here are fed culled sheep is no surprise. (I am pretty sure that this was culled as there was a neat gut pile a little bit off and I saw a guy moving down the hill on a horse earlier). What is surprising is that the local working dogs backed off so fast when my little sweetpea (second vid) growled just a wee little bit. Really this is not the local dog park in suburbia out here so settle down out there in super safety land. For what it's worth I called fat head off the meat quite quickly as she is going to get fed later and these guys are not.
Warning:::: The following two videos contain scenes of canines being carnivores.
Right Click image for video.
Right Click image for video.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Blackdog » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:10 am
Part 2....
OK, Later on it is getting time to scout out a place to bed down. Most of the time I would just pop up a shelter where ever I might find myself. For this drill I do a little button hook back into the tree line and sit still in some bush for a while to make sure that some dangerous outlaw has not somehow managed to track me over hill and dale with out me (or my my sharp eyed security team spotting him).
After taking a bit of a break--------------errrrrrr I mean surveilling we move down into this stuff and attempt to find a place flat enough to not roll down the hill and tucked away enought that no one will stumble over us.
By now night is well on its way and time to shake a leg. Not a perfect place or set up but good enough. Not in a heat sucking draw or too exposed to the wind. It still get a little chilly up here at night, not cold but chilly all the same. Here it is at about 04:00 (got to beat the heat) just before being torn down and packed away. Tarp, net, pad and bag.
And packed. Love those Kifaru stuff sacks. Nalgene for scale. The bag I used is way more than 20 years old and still rocks. Moonstone Mountaineering I sure do miss you...RIP my friend.
By the time I get set it is quite dark. This is one reason I like to keep a alcohol stove stuffed in my wood burner, fast enough and way easy in failing light to knock out a hot dinner.
OK, like I said a way early morning departure, always nice and also safer to beat the heat as much as possible. And here for your pleasure is gratuitous early morning pretty picture of a thistle. A lot of my pics didn't turn out very well this trip. Maybe I fat fingered a setting or the light was crap. This one kind of works I guess.
So back up over the hill in an attempt to make a loop out of this walk about.
And again contact. I have learned from long experience to let these guys work it out. Scraps sometimes happen but more often than not end with little more than hurt feelings or at the most a nipped ear. I have found that my guys are much more likey to get mugged during these run ins if they are on a lead. Again this is not a dog park, this is Sparta.... oh wait I guess not, just real canine life out here.
Who are you and what do you want my ain't from around these parts friends???
Right click for video.
Right click for video.
Nice enough guy. Note his possibles bag.
Anyway, we survived that encounter, walk for a while, manage not to get terminally lost and find our way back where we started before the oven gets cranked to 50 million zillion degrees. Bonus points for the truck still being there with all the tires still on it.
And here are a few gear notes taken out of order and context::
On my pack is a external hydration pouch. It is really nice to top off when the weather is warm with out unpacking and screwing around too much. I don't find that this effects my balance in any way.
A recent addition to my pile of junk. A replacement for my old and still fully mission capable rain jacket. The difference is that this new one packs down to something less than the giant wad that the old one does. Making space is a good thing. Having a rain jacket and extra layer is also a good thing. Having a rain jacket that keeps me dry and packs small is a double plus good. Also a dromedary bag for moving larger ammounts of water around.
My last ditch fire kit. Worn around the neck. Fire steel, capsule with tinder and scraper. This one has a working micro compass on it.
A little bruch with coffee. VIA, yeah baby, make my day. For what it's worth I only made fire in my wood burner. Trying to travel fairly fast (well old guy fast anyway) and didn't really need a blaze this time out anyway.
And last but not least the obligatory sharpy and sticky picture. The Helle is kinda new. I haven't done too much with it, but I do really like the handle. Most of the scandi type knives I have fooled with seem to have pretty small handles. I don't have side show large mitts but I do have some fairly large meat hooks and this handle works pretty good for me. As a side note..... This is the Les Stroud Helle and I just want to say I have never seen Mr. Strouds TV shows and wouldn't know him it he kicked me in my package. He and Helle did turn out a nice piece of gear. The one negitive is that it will not throw a spark from a fire steel. Boo Hoo, other than that that work around I say bravo..... Nice job.
The sheath is a custom job by valhalla Custom Kydex. The sheath is a semi dangler so I can wear it at the same time as a pack hip belt. This is often a bit of a bugger and this sheath solves the problem.
The SAK from my MK 4023 version of a PSK, If I couldn't fiddle with my PSK from time to time life would be a drag.
Well thats about it. Kind of short days because of the heat this time out. I had fun...... Hope you all enjoyed..
OK, Later on it is getting time to scout out a place to bed down. Most of the time I would just pop up a shelter where ever I might find myself. For this drill I do a little button hook back into the tree line and sit still in some bush for a while to make sure that some dangerous outlaw has not somehow managed to track me over hill and dale with out me (or my my sharp eyed security team spotting him).
After taking a bit of a break--------------errrrrrr I mean surveilling we move down into this stuff and attempt to find a place flat enough to not roll down the hill and tucked away enought that no one will stumble over us.
By now night is well on its way and time to shake a leg. Not a perfect place or set up but good enough. Not in a heat sucking draw or too exposed to the wind. It still get a little chilly up here at night, not cold but chilly all the same. Here it is at about 04:00 (got to beat the heat) just before being torn down and packed away. Tarp, net, pad and bag.
And packed. Love those Kifaru stuff sacks. Nalgene for scale. The bag I used is way more than 20 years old and still rocks. Moonstone Mountaineering I sure do miss you...RIP my friend.
By the time I get set it is quite dark. This is one reason I like to keep a alcohol stove stuffed in my wood burner, fast enough and way easy in failing light to knock out a hot dinner.
OK, like I said a way early morning departure, always nice and also safer to beat the heat as much as possible. And here for your pleasure is gratuitous early morning pretty picture of a thistle. A lot of my pics didn't turn out very well this trip. Maybe I fat fingered a setting or the light was crap. This one kind of works I guess.
So back up over the hill in an attempt to make a loop out of this walk about.
And again contact. I have learned from long experience to let these guys work it out. Scraps sometimes happen but more often than not end with little more than hurt feelings or at the most a nipped ear. I have found that my guys are much more likey to get mugged during these run ins if they are on a lead. Again this is not a dog park, this is Sparta.... oh wait I guess not, just real canine life out here.
Who are you and what do you want my ain't from around these parts friends???
Right click for video.
Right click for video.
Nice enough guy. Note his possibles bag.
Anyway, we survived that encounter, walk for a while, manage not to get terminally lost and find our way back where we started before the oven gets cranked to 50 million zillion degrees. Bonus points for the truck still being there with all the tires still on it.
And here are a few gear notes taken out of order and context::
On my pack is a external hydration pouch. It is really nice to top off when the weather is warm with out unpacking and screwing around too much. I don't find that this effects my balance in any way.
A recent addition to my pile of junk. A replacement for my old and still fully mission capable rain jacket. The difference is that this new one packs down to something less than the giant wad that the old one does. Making space is a good thing. Having a rain jacket and extra layer is also a good thing. Having a rain jacket that keeps me dry and packs small is a double plus good. Also a dromedary bag for moving larger ammounts of water around.
My last ditch fire kit. Worn around the neck. Fire steel, capsule with tinder and scraper. This one has a working micro compass on it.
A little bruch with coffee. VIA, yeah baby, make my day. For what it's worth I only made fire in my wood burner. Trying to travel fairly fast (well old guy fast anyway) and didn't really need a blaze this time out anyway.
And last but not least the obligatory sharpy and sticky picture. The Helle is kinda new. I haven't done too much with it, but I do really like the handle. Most of the scandi type knives I have fooled with seem to have pretty small handles. I don't have side show large mitts but I do have some fairly large meat hooks and this handle works pretty good for me. As a side note..... This is the Les Stroud Helle and I just want to say I have never seen Mr. Strouds TV shows and wouldn't know him it he kicked me in my package. He and Helle did turn out a nice piece of gear. The one negitive is that it will not throw a spark from a fire steel. Boo Hoo, other than that that work around I say bravo..... Nice job.
The sheath is a custom job by valhalla Custom Kydex. The sheath is a semi dangler so I can wear it at the same time as a pack hip belt. This is often a bit of a bugger and this sheath solves the problem.
The SAK from my MK 4023 version of a PSK, If I couldn't fiddle with my PSK from time to time life would be a drag.
Well thats about it. Kind of short days because of the heat this time out. I had fun...... Hope you all enjoyed..
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Woods Walker » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:54 pm
It was another hot and humid trip but this wasn’t surprising given the record heat wave. Somehow I injured my foot a few weeks before. If I walk normally there isn’t any problems but any twisting is painful. I came up with a plan that might help to mitigate this. I would do a short hike in, maybe ½ mile and setup camp. From there I would take the detachable daypack for a longer hike through the hills using hiking poles for support.
Osprey Daylite attached to my Argon 85.
Water was in short supply. The heat is sucking everything dry. This stream was the best I could find.
This White Birch has seen better days. They always stand out more than other trees when fallen.
White birch sometimes means chaga. It can be used for incense, firecraft and tea. I am getting low so harvested some with the help of a stick.
Speaking of firecraft I didn’t pack any matches or lighters but did bring traditional flint and steel to start my hobo stove. I was thinking about how firesteels are sometimes incorrectly identified as traditional flint and steel by the novice or product marketing like Coghlan’s so called “flint striker“. I took my Strike Force firesteel to compare with F&S using char cloth in actual field conditions aka mosquitoes biting my sorry backside. I don’t think the char cloth component is all that primitive but that’s another topic.
Firesteel compared to traditional F&S. Granted this is old hat to many on this forum. The firesteel has yellow paracord, the chert and carbon steel is near the black char cloth.
This isn’t exactly fishing but better than nothing.
Hobo stove acting as a small scout fire. Burns off the ground and leaves no trace.
The classic hammock camp. Even in the hottest weather I will still pack a blanket. The poncho liner was mostly used as a makeshift pillow but it wouldn’t take much to get chilled even during the hottest season given the right set of circumstances.
High land scrub.
I found both White and Yellow birch. Both barks work nearly the same for tinder. I prefer chaga from White birch compared to chaga from Yellow birch despite not having any scientific proof to back this up.
Yellow Birch.
Just some flowers.
I really liked the flowering Winter green.
Some wild edibles.
The Staghorn sumac is starting to turn red and despite feeling a bit early in the season harvested some to make sumac lemonade at home.
The berry clusters.
Berries and leaves.
I removed the stems then stirred and soaked the seeds in COLD water. After that used a coffee filter to remove any of the hairs and floaters.
Here is a short video on the Staghorn sumac lemonade like drink. Don’t used poison sumac. I don’t think the two are easily confused.
Partridge berries or in this case berry.
I seen the flowering plants back home a few weeks ago so wasn’t expecting to find this single berry on the AT. It might have made it through the entire winter but that’s just speculation. There were no other berries on any of the plants so who knows?
Black Huckleberries.
These are starting to ripen. I ran into a back bear just before finding the large concentration of hucks. The bear ran off leaving the berries to me.
Blueberries growing along side and mixed in with the Black hucks.
Black berries mixed in with what looks like scrub oak leaves in the higher country.
Blackberries mixed in with blueberries.
It didn’t take long before I had a wild berry mix in a bag.
Used the blackberries, black hucks and blueberries for a tri wild berry bannock.
From foraging to fry pan.
A few kit items.
My Osprey Daylite is a nice little daypack that docks on my larger Argon 85. My foot was hurting and the heat punishing. I covering less than one mile per hour through the hills. It would have been harder with the larger pack. Took along one 70 oz Platy and two large sports drinks. All got drank by the time I got back to camp. I was a bit short on water.
Mora 746 and scandi Tiger Knapp. Two good UL knives in stainless steel.
Critters.
Given the heat I didn’t see much of anything out there. After a passing shower the newts came out and then disappeared again as the sun cooked off the moisture.
I encountered a black bear not too far from the berries but it ran off before I could take a photo. Black bears like many other critters often don’t want a conflict with people and for good reason.
Even hard outings are still better than sitting home doing nothing. The ice cold Sumac lemonade drink after the trip was a great way to unwind. Hiking 10 miles through those hills with an injury was the biggest downer but I wanted to get out badly. Maybe next time I will just go care camping if hurt.
Thanks for looking.
Osprey Daylite attached to my Argon 85.
Water was in short supply. The heat is sucking everything dry. This stream was the best I could find.
This White Birch has seen better days. They always stand out more than other trees when fallen.
White birch sometimes means chaga. It can be used for incense, firecraft and tea. I am getting low so harvested some with the help of a stick.
Speaking of firecraft I didn’t pack any matches or lighters but did bring traditional flint and steel to start my hobo stove. I was thinking about how firesteels are sometimes incorrectly identified as traditional flint and steel by the novice or product marketing like Coghlan’s so called “flint striker“. I took my Strike Force firesteel to compare with F&S using char cloth in actual field conditions aka mosquitoes biting my sorry backside. I don’t think the char cloth component is all that primitive but that’s another topic.
Firesteel compared to traditional F&S. Granted this is old hat to many on this forum. The firesteel has yellow paracord, the chert and carbon steel is near the black char cloth.
This isn’t exactly fishing but better than nothing.
Hobo stove acting as a small scout fire. Burns off the ground and leaves no trace.
The classic hammock camp. Even in the hottest weather I will still pack a blanket. The poncho liner was mostly used as a makeshift pillow but it wouldn’t take much to get chilled even during the hottest season given the right set of circumstances.
High land scrub.
I found both White and Yellow birch. Both barks work nearly the same for tinder. I prefer chaga from White birch compared to chaga from Yellow birch despite not having any scientific proof to back this up.
Yellow Birch.
Just some flowers.
I really liked the flowering Winter green.
Some wild edibles.
The Staghorn sumac is starting to turn red and despite feeling a bit early in the season harvested some to make sumac lemonade at home.
The berry clusters.
Berries and leaves.
I removed the stems then stirred and soaked the seeds in COLD water. After that used a coffee filter to remove any of the hairs and floaters.
Here is a short video on the Staghorn sumac lemonade like drink. Don’t used poison sumac. I don’t think the two are easily confused.
Partridge berries or in this case berry.
I seen the flowering plants back home a few weeks ago so wasn’t expecting to find this single berry on the AT. It might have made it through the entire winter but that’s just speculation. There were no other berries on any of the plants so who knows?
Black Huckleberries.
These are starting to ripen. I ran into a back bear just before finding the large concentration of hucks. The bear ran off leaving the berries to me.
Blueberries growing along side and mixed in with the Black hucks.
Black berries mixed in with what looks like scrub oak leaves in the higher country.
Blackberries mixed in with blueberries.
It didn’t take long before I had a wild berry mix in a bag.
Used the blackberries, black hucks and blueberries for a tri wild berry bannock.
From foraging to fry pan.
A few kit items.
My Osprey Daylite is a nice little daypack that docks on my larger Argon 85. My foot was hurting and the heat punishing. I covering less than one mile per hour through the hills. It would have been harder with the larger pack. Took along one 70 oz Platy and two large sports drinks. All got drank by the time I got back to camp. I was a bit short on water.
Mora 746 and scandi Tiger Knapp. Two good UL knives in stainless steel.
Critters.
Given the heat I didn’t see much of anything out there. After a passing shower the newts came out and then disappeared again as the sun cooked off the moisture.
I encountered a black bear not too far from the berries but it ran off before I could take a photo. Black bears like many other critters often don’t want a conflict with people and for good reason.
Even hard outings are still better than sitting home doing nothing. The ice cold Sumac lemonade drink after the trip was a great way to unwind. Hiking 10 miles through those hills with an injury was the biggest downer but I wanted to get out badly. Maybe next time I will just go care camping if hurt.
Thanks for looking.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by machetedave » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:08 pm
I'm planning an urban bugout for the next week or two. It will involve wilderness camping as well as city stuff. 3 or 4 people and my dog, travel by bike and by foot. So i guess consider this me throwing my hat into the ring, if its not too late.
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My 3rd Entry to the 2012 Spring-Summer MOCK Bug Out Contest
by Medic73 » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:50 pm
2012 Spring / Summer MOCK Bug Out
Urban Bug Out – Entry 3
Friday the 13th - July 2012
By Medic73
Chapter One – Heading Back Home
I had to work out of state for my job. It was late afternoon when I finished up and I could have stayed another night in a motel, but I chose to drive back home that night. It was over 350 miles to get back home, but I would get home around dawn and have the next 4 days off, so it sounded good to me.
I grabbed some food at a Fast Food restaurant drive up window, gassed up the vehicle and headed for home. The time seemed to pass quickly by. I was listening to an oldies station on the radio that played songs from the 60s, 70’s and 80’s. Sometime after Midnight, I found a station with Coast To Coast AM with George Noory that came in pretty good.
The topic tonight was about disease outbreaks like the H5N1 Flu and the Plague. George had a guest speaker that was a so-called expert on Communicable Diseases. He spoke about a strange new disease that was affecting the central nervous system, making those that were exposed to this new disease almost comatose but then rising up and walking about as if in a trance of some kind. He said that this disease was very contagious and they really didn’t know much about it yet, but it was quickly spreading from the more populated areas on the coasts.
It wasn’t long before the strange calls started coming in, people giving their thoughts and opinions. One caller said that he had heard of this “Zombie Disease”. He said people would get the disease from others that had it when they bit you. He said, if they bite you, you’ll get sick and die, but then you’ll rise back up and walk around. You will need to feed on others just like the one that bit you, spreading the disease.
The phone calls just kept getting stranger and stranger. Even George Noory seemed to have a hard time believing where tonight’s calls were heading, but his guest just kept agreeing with the callers.
By now, I noticed that the gas tank was down just below ¼ tank. I could use a cup of coffee, so I found a truck stop and pulled in and filled the gas tank. While filling the tank, I cleaned the windshield and then I went inside, used the restroom and bought a large cup of coffee in a to-go cup.
I got back in my vehicle and headed back on the highway home. Not long after leaving the truck stop, the radio started getting really hard to hear, filled with static. I must be getting too far away to pick that station up anymore, but when I tried tuning in other AM stations, I could not find any, not even a country western station! I switched over to FM and found it quiet too.
That’s weird, I thought. I guess I’m in the middle of nowhere. Good thing I brought my CDs with me. I opened my CD case and selected some music from my collection. I started out listening to a Blue Oyster Cult CD and soon, Don’t Fear The Reaper was blaring from my speakers as I drove down the road.
By now, I had finished my cup of coffee and that CD had finished. I chose another CD to listen to, then another and another. By now I would soon be close to home. I tried to pick up one of the local radio stations as I got closer, but still could not find anything on either AM or FM. Strange, I thought. I wonder if there has been a Solar Flare or something. I grabbed one more CD from my case. This time it was The Best Of The Doors. I remember listening to Jim Morrison singing, This Is The End as I got close to town, and I hoped that this wasn’t really the end!
The highway was empty except for my vehicle. I had not seen any other vehicles in a long time, but I really didn’t think much about it. I was almost to the edge of my town when I started seeing an orange glow on the highway up ahead.
As I drove closer, I saw a construction zone with hundreds of those orange barrels with the yellow flashing lights on top of them. Hmmmm, this wasn’t here when I left home two days ago. More construction I thought. It never ends, it just moves on to the next spot. Up ahead, I could see one of those flashing Marquis Signs that were programed with different messages. It was still too far away to make out what it said, but as I drove closer to it, I could read the message.
This must be somebodies idea of a joke. First it was Coast to Coast and now this. Zombies! The construction zone was real enough though and all traffic was forced to detour off of the highway and on to a side road. Great, now this is going to take more time to get through this and get home. I think I need another cup of coffee.
By now, the sun was starting to come up and the eastern sky was already turning a light grey. I knew that there should be some convenience stores open this time of morning at the main road intersections once I got closer in to town. I turned my vehicle towards one of the main roads heading into town and drove along as the morning light grew stronger. I was getting near downtown when I finally saw a store that looked open on the corner up ahead. I pulled into the parking lot, parked my vehicle and got out, locking the door behind me. The morning sun felt good on my face after driving all night and another cup of coffee was just what I needed to get me the rest of the way home.
Chapter Two – The Store
When I walked to the door to the store, the neon sign said open, but I found the doors were locked. I saw an employee standing inside, looking out into the parking lot. He was holding a mop handle and his eyes were as big as saucers. Hey, can I get a cup of coffee? I asked through the doors.
No, I’m not unlocking the doors! You need to get out of here. It’s not safe. Get back in your vehicle and leave now! I wondered if he had just been robbed or something. It was then that I saw him looking out the window and pointing to my left. I turned and saw what had him spooked. Oh Snap, Zombies! It was more Zombies than I could count and they were walking in my direction.
I quickly turned and ran back to my vehicle. I fumbled with my keys, trying to unlock the door and then I dropped them. I reached down, found the right key and unlocked the door. I jumped inside and locked the doors and started the engine. I squealed my tires backing up and threw the transmission in drive and tore out of the parking lot.
I still remember the Zombies shuffling towards me as I made it inside my vehicle. They were less than 10 feet away when I got in and pulled away. That sight is still burned in my mind right now. I wondered if the store employee would be alright. He was inside, behind locked doors and had that metal mop handle for protection. I wondered why he hadn’t called the Police.
As I drove away, I decided that I needed to try and report this. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to call 911. “All Circuits Are Busy. “If You’d Like To Make A Call, Please Hang Up And Try Your Call Again”. I tried 3 more times and got the same message each time. I put away my cell phone and kept driving.
Chapter Three – The Urban Bug Out
It was about now that the situation finally hit me. This was real and wasn’t some sick joke. I needed to get out of town, not drive further into it. I stopped in an intersection and did a U-Turn and started driving away from the center of town and further away from my home.
I had to decide what I could do. I looked down and checked the gas gauge. By now, I was below ¼ tank again. I couldn’t get far like this, but I sure didn’t want to have to stop and fill up again if there were any Zombies around. I did have my smaller travel BOB/GHB with me. I always traveled with it unless flying. My BOB was packed with some food and water and had survival supplies in it. I also had my M-16 with the M-203 Launcher mounted on it and some extra ammo for both and I also had my .45 ACP Pistol with me.
The BOB and weapons were in the back. I needed to stop and bring them up front with me so I found a large open area where I could see, stopped my vehicle and jumped out. I grabbed the BOB and weapons and placed them in the front passenger seat. I stopped long enough to slip the pistol in my belt before I sat back in the vehicle and locked the doors. I reached over and placed a full magazine in the rifle and placed 2 more loaded mags in the center console. I leaned the rifle against the seat and center console on the passenger side and started driving again.
BOB Contents
Poncho
10x50 Binoculars
Hammock
Boonie Hat
1911 .45 ACP Pistol
M-16/203 Rifle
Orange Trail Flagging Tape
Yo-Yo Fishing Reel
2nd Poncho
Peterson’s Edible Wild Plants Guidebook
Mountain House Beef Stroganoff Meal
Topo Maps and Compass
Toilet Paper
Sheath Knife
Flashlights x2
Small First Aid Kit
Blue Hand Towel
Wire Saw
Windacator Powder
Butane Lighter
Folding Knife
Katadyn Hiker Pro Water Filtration System
P-38 Can Opener
Platypus Water Reservoir
BOB Bag with 3 Liter Hydration Bladder
Not Shown: Canteen with Canteen Cup and Ranger Stove and Rain Jacket
Ok, now what? What are my options here? I don’t have much gas, so I’d better think before just driving around aimlessly. I know, Mike’s House! If I can make it there, I should be safe. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to call Mike, but I got the same message again. I could only hope that Mike was home and was ok. I turned and started driving in his direction.
Mike lived about 35 miles from where I was. His house was located in a small neighborhood that sprung up outside of town. They were nice homes with nice yards. I wasn’t sure if I actually had enough gas to get there, but I would drive as close as I could while staying off of the more traveled roads. If/When I ran out of gas, I would have to walk the rest of the way, carrying my BOB and weapons.
I knew that I would not make it all the way to Mike’s house when the Fuel Light came on. I was still over 10 miles away as the crow flies, but I was having to drive the back roads and not cruising down the main roads to his house. It wasn’t long before the vehicle started to sputter and I knew it was over. The engine stalled and I pulled to the side of the road. I tried to start it one more time, but it would not start.
Chapter Four - Bugging Out On Foot
I looked around. I could not see anything but some woods and fields around me. There were no houses or buildings here. That’s good I told myself. Now I just need to grab the BOB and rifle and get to Mike’s place. It was still another 4 or 5 miles to get to his house.
I decided to walk quickly down the road to make the best time for now. I walked right down the middle of the road, so I had the most room off to each side in case something was hiding in the ditch or woods. I would continue to walk the roads until I started seeing houses or signs of people and then I’d get off the roads and try to find enough woods to walk through to stay hidden.
I walked along at a pretty fast pace, covering almost 2 miles in 20 minutes. Not bad carrying the BOB and rifle I thought to myself. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything like this. I’m glad I don’t have to run though. As I walked along, every once in a while I would slip the mouthpiece of my hydration bladder into my mouth and take a few sips of water. At first, the water was very warm, but quickly changed over to cool as the water from inside the bladder reached my mouth.
I could see almost a mile down the road and there were some houses up ahead. It was time to get off the road and into the woods. I crossed over the ditch at the side of the road and walked into the woods about 25 feet from the road. The woods were real thick next to the road, but once inside the woods a few more feet, the thick underbrush was gone and I could walk through the open areas below the trees.
I figured I still had a mile or two to get to Mike’s house. I knew that I would have a creek to cross to get there and I decided to cross the creek rather than go over the bridge, exposing myself. I could also stop and refill my water supply using my Katadyn Water Filter if the creek had some water in it. I learned long ago to always top your water back up whenever you had a chance because you never knew when the next time might be.
Walking through the woods took more time than walking down the road. The thick canopy of leaves overhead in the trees kept the floor of the woods pretty dark. There were also enough downed branches and rocks here and there that I had to carefully choose my steps in places while carrying the BOB.
The woods started to open up a bit and I made it to the creek and stopped and took out my binoculars to scan the other side and up and down the creek. I sure did not want any surprises while I was filtering water into my hydration bladder. Seeing nothing, I felt safe to advance to the creek and I walked down to its bank and found a dirt bank to squat on while filtering the water.
I took off my BOB, reached inside and grabbed my water filter. This is a Katadyn Hiker Pro filter. I assembled the hoses and dropped the dirty water hose down in the water of the creek. I adjusted the float to keep the weight off the silt on the bottom. I pumped it a few times to prime the filter and to clear any old water that was left inside the filter from the last time I used it.
Soon it was running clear. I slipped the clean water hose into the hydration bladder and started pumping the handle. The bladder filled more with each pump and it didn’t take long to be close to full. I replaced the lid on the hydration bladder and slipped the bladder back into its pocket in the BOB. I then pulled the dirty hose out of the creek and pumped the filter a few more times until it was running dry. I then removed the hoses from the filter and placed everything back in its bag and shoved it back down inside the BOB.
I stood up and put on my BOB and walked along the creek until I found a place where I could easily cross the creek. Once reaching the other side, I walked up that bank and into the woods a few feet before stopping to take another long look around. I wanted to make sure that I had not been seen down at the creek.
Chapter Five – Getting To Mike’s
I was getting close to Mike’s neighborhood now. Mike lived on the second street in from the main road where you turned into his neighborhood. I would have to walk past several houses and walk around the corner to get to his house.
When I got to the edge of his neighborhood, I stopped and scanned it from the woods with my binoculars. I didn’t see anything moving at all. It was strangely quiet. I could walk out across a yard and between 2 houses to get to the street, but then I would have to walk about ¼ mile down that street before I could turn the corner and get to Mike’s house.
I didn’t like being exposed like this, but I really had little choice. Mike’s house was my best shot right now, really my only shot. I took a few more sips of the cool water from my hydration bladder, took one last look around and slipped between the houses and walked to the street.
Once I made it to the street, I again took up my fast paced walking. I was almost jogging down the street, trying to make it to the corner where I could turn to get to Mike’s. I ran the last few yards to get to the corner. Mike’s house was just around the corner and I was almost there. As I rounded the corner, I could see his house. Nothing looked different, so I ran up on his porch and gently knocked on his door.
I didn’t hear anything, so after a few seconds, I knocked again, this time a little louder. This time I could hear movement inside the house. The peep hole in his front door went dark and I knew he was looking out at me. Mike, it’s me, please open up.
Mike opened the door a crack with the chain on the door and at first would not let me in. What are you doing here, he asked. I had to Bug Out on foot. Can you let me in please? Mike asked, Are you ok? You have not been bitten, have you? No, I’m fine. I had a little scare earlier this morning at a store, but nothing got close to me. Can you let me in please?
Mike said OK, closed the door and removed the chain and allowed me inside. What is going on Mike? What caused this? Mike told me that no one really knew what caused this, but the past day and a half had been bad in our area.
Before everything went off the air, the news said that the town was now being overrun with Zombies and that everyone needed to stay indoors and to Shelter In Place. They were shutting down the roads into the town and would try and quarantine everyone until they could get this thing under control. There has not been any word now since they went suddenly off the air last night.
I told Mike about the highways being closed with roadblocks and what I had seen and how I had traveled to get to his house. I saw dozens of the Zombies in town and I barely got away. It’s scary out there Mike and not safe at all.
Hey, you look like crap, Mike told me. When did you sleep last? That was night before last. I drove back over 350 miles last night before getting into this nightmare. Well, you made it here and I’ve got plenty of food and water stored to last several months. We’ll be able to ride this thing out, so don’t worry. We can cover each other’s backs now. Why don’t you go crash in the guest bedroom?
I went into the bathroom, washed my face and got cleaned up. Then I headed to the spare bedroom and set my BOB on the floor, next to the bed. I took off my boots and lay down on the bed on top of the bedspread with my rifle lying next to me and was almost asleep. Mike came back to see if I needed anything. Are you OK?, he asked. I think so, just still a little shook up about all of this.
Don’t worry. You made it, you’re safe now and I’ve got your back. Go ahead and get some rest and I’ll wake you later for some food, or sooner if anything happens. Mike took my rifle off of the bed and propped it up against the wall next to my BOB. It was only then when I finally did realize that I had made it. I was safe for now. I had survived my Urban Bug Out past the flesh eating Zombies. Only now could I relax and just like that, I was asleep.
The End
Respectfully Submitted by Medic73 7/13/2012
Special Thanks go out to The Machinist for allowing me to shoot some photos at his house and to BGnad for reminding me about the Summer Zombie Walk today (Friday the 13th 2012) in Tulsa Oklahoma so I could get the Zombie Photos.
BGnad and his wife - Keeping Tulsa Oklahoma Safe From The Zombies During The Summer 2012 Friday the 13th Zombie Walk
Urban Bug Out – Entry 3
Friday the 13th - July 2012
By Medic73
Chapter One – Heading Back Home
I had to work out of state for my job. It was late afternoon when I finished up and I could have stayed another night in a motel, but I chose to drive back home that night. It was over 350 miles to get back home, but I would get home around dawn and have the next 4 days off, so it sounded good to me.
I grabbed some food at a Fast Food restaurant drive up window, gassed up the vehicle and headed for home. The time seemed to pass quickly by. I was listening to an oldies station on the radio that played songs from the 60s, 70’s and 80’s. Sometime after Midnight, I found a station with Coast To Coast AM with George Noory that came in pretty good.
The topic tonight was about disease outbreaks like the H5N1 Flu and the Plague. George had a guest speaker that was a so-called expert on Communicable Diseases. He spoke about a strange new disease that was affecting the central nervous system, making those that were exposed to this new disease almost comatose but then rising up and walking about as if in a trance of some kind. He said that this disease was very contagious and they really didn’t know much about it yet, but it was quickly spreading from the more populated areas on the coasts.
It wasn’t long before the strange calls started coming in, people giving their thoughts and opinions. One caller said that he had heard of this “Zombie Disease”. He said people would get the disease from others that had it when they bit you. He said, if they bite you, you’ll get sick and die, but then you’ll rise back up and walk around. You will need to feed on others just like the one that bit you, spreading the disease.
The phone calls just kept getting stranger and stranger. Even George Noory seemed to have a hard time believing where tonight’s calls were heading, but his guest just kept agreeing with the callers.
By now, I noticed that the gas tank was down just below ¼ tank. I could use a cup of coffee, so I found a truck stop and pulled in and filled the gas tank. While filling the tank, I cleaned the windshield and then I went inside, used the restroom and bought a large cup of coffee in a to-go cup.
I got back in my vehicle and headed back on the highway home. Not long after leaving the truck stop, the radio started getting really hard to hear, filled with static. I must be getting too far away to pick that station up anymore, but when I tried tuning in other AM stations, I could not find any, not even a country western station! I switched over to FM and found it quiet too.
That’s weird, I thought. I guess I’m in the middle of nowhere. Good thing I brought my CDs with me. I opened my CD case and selected some music from my collection. I started out listening to a Blue Oyster Cult CD and soon, Don’t Fear The Reaper was blaring from my speakers as I drove down the road.
By now, I had finished my cup of coffee and that CD had finished. I chose another CD to listen to, then another and another. By now I would soon be close to home. I tried to pick up one of the local radio stations as I got closer, but still could not find anything on either AM or FM. Strange, I thought. I wonder if there has been a Solar Flare or something. I grabbed one more CD from my case. This time it was The Best Of The Doors. I remember listening to Jim Morrison singing, This Is The End as I got close to town, and I hoped that this wasn’t really the end!
The highway was empty except for my vehicle. I had not seen any other vehicles in a long time, but I really didn’t think much about it. I was almost to the edge of my town when I started seeing an orange glow on the highway up ahead.
As I drove closer, I saw a construction zone with hundreds of those orange barrels with the yellow flashing lights on top of them. Hmmmm, this wasn’t here when I left home two days ago. More construction I thought. It never ends, it just moves on to the next spot. Up ahead, I could see one of those flashing Marquis Signs that were programed with different messages. It was still too far away to make out what it said, but as I drove closer to it, I could read the message.
This must be somebodies idea of a joke. First it was Coast to Coast and now this. Zombies! The construction zone was real enough though and all traffic was forced to detour off of the highway and on to a side road. Great, now this is going to take more time to get through this and get home. I think I need another cup of coffee.
By now, the sun was starting to come up and the eastern sky was already turning a light grey. I knew that there should be some convenience stores open this time of morning at the main road intersections once I got closer in to town. I turned my vehicle towards one of the main roads heading into town and drove along as the morning light grew stronger. I was getting near downtown when I finally saw a store that looked open on the corner up ahead. I pulled into the parking lot, parked my vehicle and got out, locking the door behind me. The morning sun felt good on my face after driving all night and another cup of coffee was just what I needed to get me the rest of the way home.
Chapter Two – The Store
When I walked to the door to the store, the neon sign said open, but I found the doors were locked. I saw an employee standing inside, looking out into the parking lot. He was holding a mop handle and his eyes were as big as saucers. Hey, can I get a cup of coffee? I asked through the doors.
No, I’m not unlocking the doors! You need to get out of here. It’s not safe. Get back in your vehicle and leave now! I wondered if he had just been robbed or something. It was then that I saw him looking out the window and pointing to my left. I turned and saw what had him spooked. Oh Snap, Zombies! It was more Zombies than I could count and they were walking in my direction.
I quickly turned and ran back to my vehicle. I fumbled with my keys, trying to unlock the door and then I dropped them. I reached down, found the right key and unlocked the door. I jumped inside and locked the doors and started the engine. I squealed my tires backing up and threw the transmission in drive and tore out of the parking lot.
I still remember the Zombies shuffling towards me as I made it inside my vehicle. They were less than 10 feet away when I got in and pulled away. That sight is still burned in my mind right now. I wondered if the store employee would be alright. He was inside, behind locked doors and had that metal mop handle for protection. I wondered why he hadn’t called the Police.
As I drove away, I decided that I needed to try and report this. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to call 911. “All Circuits Are Busy. “If You’d Like To Make A Call, Please Hang Up And Try Your Call Again”. I tried 3 more times and got the same message each time. I put away my cell phone and kept driving.
Chapter Three – The Urban Bug Out
It was about now that the situation finally hit me. This was real and wasn’t some sick joke. I needed to get out of town, not drive further into it. I stopped in an intersection and did a U-Turn and started driving away from the center of town and further away from my home.
I had to decide what I could do. I looked down and checked the gas gauge. By now, I was below ¼ tank again. I couldn’t get far like this, but I sure didn’t want to have to stop and fill up again if there were any Zombies around. I did have my smaller travel BOB/GHB with me. I always traveled with it unless flying. My BOB was packed with some food and water and had survival supplies in it. I also had my M-16 with the M-203 Launcher mounted on it and some extra ammo for both and I also had my .45 ACP Pistol with me.
The BOB and weapons were in the back. I needed to stop and bring them up front with me so I found a large open area where I could see, stopped my vehicle and jumped out. I grabbed the BOB and weapons and placed them in the front passenger seat. I stopped long enough to slip the pistol in my belt before I sat back in the vehicle and locked the doors. I reached over and placed a full magazine in the rifle and placed 2 more loaded mags in the center console. I leaned the rifle against the seat and center console on the passenger side and started driving again.
BOB Contents
Poncho
10x50 Binoculars
Hammock
Boonie Hat
1911 .45 ACP Pistol
M-16/203 Rifle
Orange Trail Flagging Tape
Yo-Yo Fishing Reel
2nd Poncho
Peterson’s Edible Wild Plants Guidebook
Mountain House Beef Stroganoff Meal
Topo Maps and Compass
Toilet Paper
Sheath Knife
Flashlights x2
Small First Aid Kit
Blue Hand Towel
Wire Saw
Windacator Powder
Butane Lighter
Folding Knife
Katadyn Hiker Pro Water Filtration System
P-38 Can Opener
Platypus Water Reservoir
BOB Bag with 3 Liter Hydration Bladder
Not Shown: Canteen with Canteen Cup and Ranger Stove and Rain Jacket
Ok, now what? What are my options here? I don’t have much gas, so I’d better think before just driving around aimlessly. I know, Mike’s House! If I can make it there, I should be safe. I grabbed my cell phone and tried to call Mike, but I got the same message again. I could only hope that Mike was home and was ok. I turned and started driving in his direction.
Mike lived about 35 miles from where I was. His house was located in a small neighborhood that sprung up outside of town. They were nice homes with nice yards. I wasn’t sure if I actually had enough gas to get there, but I would drive as close as I could while staying off of the more traveled roads. If/When I ran out of gas, I would have to walk the rest of the way, carrying my BOB and weapons.
I knew that I would not make it all the way to Mike’s house when the Fuel Light came on. I was still over 10 miles away as the crow flies, but I was having to drive the back roads and not cruising down the main roads to his house. It wasn’t long before the vehicle started to sputter and I knew it was over. The engine stalled and I pulled to the side of the road. I tried to start it one more time, but it would not start.
Chapter Four - Bugging Out On Foot
I looked around. I could not see anything but some woods and fields around me. There were no houses or buildings here. That’s good I told myself. Now I just need to grab the BOB and rifle and get to Mike’s place. It was still another 4 or 5 miles to get to his house.
I decided to walk quickly down the road to make the best time for now. I walked right down the middle of the road, so I had the most room off to each side in case something was hiding in the ditch or woods. I would continue to walk the roads until I started seeing houses or signs of people and then I’d get off the roads and try to find enough woods to walk through to stay hidden.
I walked along at a pretty fast pace, covering almost 2 miles in 20 minutes. Not bad carrying the BOB and rifle I thought to myself. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything like this. I’m glad I don’t have to run though. As I walked along, every once in a while I would slip the mouthpiece of my hydration bladder into my mouth and take a few sips of water. At first, the water was very warm, but quickly changed over to cool as the water from inside the bladder reached my mouth.
I could see almost a mile down the road and there were some houses up ahead. It was time to get off the road and into the woods. I crossed over the ditch at the side of the road and walked into the woods about 25 feet from the road. The woods were real thick next to the road, but once inside the woods a few more feet, the thick underbrush was gone and I could walk through the open areas below the trees.
I figured I still had a mile or two to get to Mike’s house. I knew that I would have a creek to cross to get there and I decided to cross the creek rather than go over the bridge, exposing myself. I could also stop and refill my water supply using my Katadyn Water Filter if the creek had some water in it. I learned long ago to always top your water back up whenever you had a chance because you never knew when the next time might be.
Walking through the woods took more time than walking down the road. The thick canopy of leaves overhead in the trees kept the floor of the woods pretty dark. There were also enough downed branches and rocks here and there that I had to carefully choose my steps in places while carrying the BOB.
The woods started to open up a bit and I made it to the creek and stopped and took out my binoculars to scan the other side and up and down the creek. I sure did not want any surprises while I was filtering water into my hydration bladder. Seeing nothing, I felt safe to advance to the creek and I walked down to its bank and found a dirt bank to squat on while filtering the water.
I took off my BOB, reached inside and grabbed my water filter. This is a Katadyn Hiker Pro filter. I assembled the hoses and dropped the dirty water hose down in the water of the creek. I adjusted the float to keep the weight off the silt on the bottom. I pumped it a few times to prime the filter and to clear any old water that was left inside the filter from the last time I used it.
Soon it was running clear. I slipped the clean water hose into the hydration bladder and started pumping the handle. The bladder filled more with each pump and it didn’t take long to be close to full. I replaced the lid on the hydration bladder and slipped the bladder back into its pocket in the BOB. I then pulled the dirty hose out of the creek and pumped the filter a few more times until it was running dry. I then removed the hoses from the filter and placed everything back in its bag and shoved it back down inside the BOB.
I stood up and put on my BOB and walked along the creek until I found a place where I could easily cross the creek. Once reaching the other side, I walked up that bank and into the woods a few feet before stopping to take another long look around. I wanted to make sure that I had not been seen down at the creek.
Chapter Five – Getting To Mike’s
I was getting close to Mike’s neighborhood now. Mike lived on the second street in from the main road where you turned into his neighborhood. I would have to walk past several houses and walk around the corner to get to his house.
When I got to the edge of his neighborhood, I stopped and scanned it from the woods with my binoculars. I didn’t see anything moving at all. It was strangely quiet. I could walk out across a yard and between 2 houses to get to the street, but then I would have to walk about ¼ mile down that street before I could turn the corner and get to Mike’s house.
I didn’t like being exposed like this, but I really had little choice. Mike’s house was my best shot right now, really my only shot. I took a few more sips of the cool water from my hydration bladder, took one last look around and slipped between the houses and walked to the street.
Once I made it to the street, I again took up my fast paced walking. I was almost jogging down the street, trying to make it to the corner where I could turn to get to Mike’s. I ran the last few yards to get to the corner. Mike’s house was just around the corner and I was almost there. As I rounded the corner, I could see his house. Nothing looked different, so I ran up on his porch and gently knocked on his door.
I didn’t hear anything, so after a few seconds, I knocked again, this time a little louder. This time I could hear movement inside the house. The peep hole in his front door went dark and I knew he was looking out at me. Mike, it’s me, please open up.
Mike opened the door a crack with the chain on the door and at first would not let me in. What are you doing here, he asked. I had to Bug Out on foot. Can you let me in please? Mike asked, Are you ok? You have not been bitten, have you? No, I’m fine. I had a little scare earlier this morning at a store, but nothing got close to me. Can you let me in please?
Mike said OK, closed the door and removed the chain and allowed me inside. What is going on Mike? What caused this? Mike told me that no one really knew what caused this, but the past day and a half had been bad in our area.
Before everything went off the air, the news said that the town was now being overrun with Zombies and that everyone needed to stay indoors and to Shelter In Place. They were shutting down the roads into the town and would try and quarantine everyone until they could get this thing under control. There has not been any word now since they went suddenly off the air last night.
I told Mike about the highways being closed with roadblocks and what I had seen and how I had traveled to get to his house. I saw dozens of the Zombies in town and I barely got away. It’s scary out there Mike and not safe at all.
Hey, you look like crap, Mike told me. When did you sleep last? That was night before last. I drove back over 350 miles last night before getting into this nightmare. Well, you made it here and I’ve got plenty of food and water stored to last several months. We’ll be able to ride this thing out, so don’t worry. We can cover each other’s backs now. Why don’t you go crash in the guest bedroom?
I went into the bathroom, washed my face and got cleaned up. Then I headed to the spare bedroom and set my BOB on the floor, next to the bed. I took off my boots and lay down on the bed on top of the bedspread with my rifle lying next to me and was almost asleep. Mike came back to see if I needed anything. Are you OK?, he asked. I think so, just still a little shook up about all of this.
Don’t worry. You made it, you’re safe now and I’ve got your back. Go ahead and get some rest and I’ll wake you later for some food, or sooner if anything happens. Mike took my rifle off of the bed and propped it up against the wall next to my BOB. It was only then when I finally did realize that I had made it. I was safe for now. I had survived my Urban Bug Out past the flesh eating Zombies. Only now could I relax and just like that, I was asleep.
The End
Respectfully Submitted by Medic73 7/13/2012
Special Thanks go out to The Machinist for allowing me to shoot some photos at his house and to BGnad for reminding me about the Summer Zombie Walk today (Friday the 13th 2012) in Tulsa Oklahoma so I could get the Zombie Photos.
BGnad and his wife - Keeping Tulsa Oklahoma Safe From The Zombies During The Summer 2012 Friday the 13th Zombie Walk
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by rsnurkle » Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:15 pm
I got the awesome opportunity to take a short survival course a number of weekends ago (Pittsburgh/SWPA people feel free to PM me for an instructor recommendation 
), which was actually my first overnighter in PA. Since this was a course, the activities are someone else's idea, but I wanted to write up my experiences and get myself warmed up for a real entry this time around.
And for the tl;dr people, here's my summary: fire braces are awesome, tarps can have doors, firewood takes time to collect, always test out your planned water filter system, and yes, you probably need more exercise.
GEAR, OVERVIEW
Altogether, it felt like I had snuck the kitchen sink into my pack. In part, this was me bringing a two-person tent (I didn't have my Solitaire handy at the time), 3L of water, and three stainless steel cooking containers, but also not being in shape for hauling loads greater than 10 lbs. I EDC a laptop, and use the hipbelt on my daypack all the time, but there is a big difference between my EDC load and what I have pictured here (including 3L of water). Feeling that difference is always a good lesson.
Clothing, socks, sleeping bag, sit pad (the grey CCF pad that I cut and duct-taped to fit into my EDC pack as a squishy framesheet and backup CCF option), my sleeping mat's inflater-bag, and the DIY CFV stove.
Tent, sleeping mat repair kit, assorted tent stacks, rain pants.
Gaiters, gloves, toe warmers, sunscreen, chemical water treatment, SAK (I left the Juice at home), sunscreen in a smaller drop bottle, extra cord (woven pcord and pcord guts), chemlights, compass, pj-soaked cotton balls, two birthday candles, a mirror (under compass and pj), match holder (includes match striker inside), wax paper (holy easy to carry tinder batman! why isn't wax paper in more people's kits?) firesteel, lighter, watch, super cheap folding saw, mora, sam splint, wrap for sam splint, emergency poncho, space blanket, fresnel lens, wrapped electrical tape, wrapped duct tape, sewing kit.
Hat, 1L stainless steel pot, sport jelly beans (yum, take with water), long-handled spork and knife/spatula utensils, hot chocolate, meal bar, snickers, honey in two straws, children's tasty fruit snack, petzl elite, princeton tec EOS, camera kit (weather resistant case, extra battery, extra SD cards), plastic 1L nalgene, stainless steel 1L nalgene.
EDC first aid kit (need to make a hiking specific one, =P), wetwipes in a ziploc, small notebook and pencil, paper ruler from IKEA, sharpie, bag with toilet paper etc., two garbage bags, travel towel (under garbage bags), floss, toothbrush, inhaler, eye drops, extra easy to apply bugscreen, tick key, thermometer/compass combo, bandana, 2L platypus, water filter, on the trail snacks (mango and choco/raisin/sesame stick/almond/peanut goodness), SS space saver cup, ear plugs.
THE WALK IN
How much gear did I use?
Most all of it, actually, one way or another. Did not use the backup stove or alcohol fuel I had brought; I had some snacks and trail mix left over for the hike out and ride back; I didn't use my rainjacket and the hat or gloves that live in its pockets; and I used one warmth layer only as a pillow. Our instructor provided chemlights to mark our tent sites in the dark, so I did not use either of my two backups.
Slight disappointment: Not being in awesome pack-carrying shape. The best way to be in shape for backpacking is to go backpacking, which I don't do enough of, so I expected to feel tired out and challenged by actually carrying an overnight load. However, I was seriously tired out after a 2 mile (max!) hike. Yes, at least half of it was bushwhacking, and yes, I may or may not have had a cold that weekend (awkward win: my use of the watery snot rocket technique when I realized I needed a box of tissues), but it is still humbling to understand how worn out a short amount of off-road trail can make me. Something to work on.
Potential fail: Packing a heavy pack, and because of the weight, encouraging myself NOT to max out my water carrying capacity with (potable) tap water before leaving for a camp where all water needed to be filtered. Lack of water was not an actual problem on this trip--we crossed many streams and I had a filtering system--but this was one little thing that could have been added with one other little thing and started a Problem Snowball. Especially as, with the warmer temperatures (70s-80s), I had almost finished my water supply by the time we reached camp. "Perfect timing," except we went immediately into a shelter building demonstration, and I was distracted through the presentation because I was thinking about when I could replenish my water supply. In an emergency situation, "found out the camp is washed out by a mudslide/act of Murphy" could have replaced "went immediately into demonstration" and I could have been taking on an important, stressful task with a low water supply.
Necessary win: Getting more comfortable with peeing outside. If you're male, do not laugh. Instead, think of all the effort you go to find a good place to drop trou for #2, especially if you're the kind of conservative personality who actively worries about whether your travel companions or some random hiker in the area might accidentally be able to see you. Now imagine going through that EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE A LEAK. Ok, now that you have a better idea of the problem, you can chuckle. If I'm ever responsible for a group of women in the woods, we're going to talk about this. Discussing how to poo is always covered by any self-respecting outdoors educator, but I've had about 0 dudes (including self-respecting instructors) ever acknowledge there might be some learned wisdom (rather than instinctual) part of successfully peeing in the woods, and very little discussion (if any) in mixed-gender groups. But being more comfortable about peeing outside means feeling freer to hydrate properly, which means someone doesn't pass out in the heat because they were too embarassed/uncomfortable to empty their bladder earlier in the day. So by the end I was pleased about how efficient I was getting.
LEARNING THINGS
Tarp Setup Upgrade! (win):
Two of my favorite takeways from this course involve putting doors on your standard A-frame tarp setup (DOORS! they fill that final gap in my tarp usage) and how to use a fire brace. To make the doors, instead of attaching the ridgeline directly to the very end of the tarp, you fold the tarp under itself, create a tie-out point at the new edge you created, and then pull the original edge back toward your tiepoint. Pictures and a diagram will probably explain this better:
Below is a picture of the awesome tarp-tent made from an 8x10 (or maybe 10x12?) painter's tarp.
Fire! Gathering Wood and Building Fires
This segment was a good learning experience for me, because for most of my life I've somehow avoided being person collecting the firewood ;]. Not this time!
Fail: Efficiency. My entire group was apparently very slow about collecting firewood (compared to other groups with similar numbers of people and in similiar weather conditions). We started in the late afternoon after bushwhacking in, reaching camp, setting up our tents, and going over improvised shelters. This was about the time when I started wondering if I had a cold, rather than what I had assumed were allergies, and when my brain started sloooooowing down because it just wanted to sleep. We hung in there and got enough wood for our instructor's satisfaction, but it took us a *lot* of daylight to do it. Basically my sound bite takeaway from this experience, in reponse to anything that starts, "I'll just [insert unpracticed/improvised survival technique here]" is "Not before sunset you won't." For example, I hear, "So? If I fall through the ice I'll just collect firewood, make a fire, and warm myself" and I think, "Not before sunset you won't."
Win: The fire brace. We found a stick (a fire brace) that was nice and thick compared to our kindling, and then after lighting the tinder, placed the kindling over the tinder with one end on top of said stick. When it looked like the fuel might overwhelm the growing flames, we just lifted the fire brace stick up a little to introduce air to the flame as needed. I'll try to demostrate this on video in that future entry I'm planning in my head.
Meh: Boiling water on nearly-out coals--not efficient at all, which made me impatient and a little embarassed when I realized people were waiting on me to get my dinner cooked and my unfiltered water still wasn't boiling. D=
Meh: Dinner. I had beef enchilada, which tasted fine, but I'm pretty sure I put too much water in it, though I ate it in the dark, so I had no visual complaints.
(fire safety...drown it with water!)
WATER!
Positive Mental Attitude Fail: My water filtering system. Technically it worked, but required a lot of fiddling, and being-there time.
-platy narrow necked bladder in a shallow stream (NO!)
-aquamira frontier pro (sadness)
-aquamira chlorine dioxide tablets (fine, as far as I could tell, a bit of a taste, but whatever)
Explanation: First off the narrow-necked platypus was a PITA to fill in a shallow, low-flow river. The river current wasn't strong enough to really jet into the opening and push it open for more water to follow, and with a narrow neck and shallow depth(versus wide mouth, or the ziploc type seals that some hydration bladders have) I couldn't really just dip it in and bring it back up full of water. So, I ended up able to fill about 1L of a 2L platy with about five minutes of work. Not encouraging at all. Second, I wasn't able to get any appreciable flow through the frontier pro using gravity alone*, so I ended hanging out over a precariously-balanced nalgene and squeezing my filtered water into it, another taking five minutes of constant attention and fiddling. Then add onto that the wait time for chemical treatment. Now, five minutes here and there in the woods is not a big deal at all, except if you have goals involving doing things by X time--which we did--or if you're super tired--which I was--or if you are somehow stressed out from getting into a survival situation and really want to be conserving your attention/cognitive focus as much as you do your physical energy.
Comparative awesome: borrowing someone else's Sweetwater pump filter (omg, awesome). After returning to civiliation, and noticing there was an REI sale, I immediately snagged an MSR filter to address my two main problems: efficient water pumping, and secure, no-fiddling attachment to the clean container.
* It is very possible I was using the Frontier Pro incorrectly and need to do some more product learnin'. Something to look into, because it's a nice lightweight filter to get the process started/supplement chemical treatment.
SLEEPYTIMES
Overall I was more comfortable than I usually am the first night in the woods. Probably because I was worn out, =D. I half-inflated my BA insulated aircore, put my sit pad directly under my hips, and slept on my back for most part. I only woke up twice, and I stayed nice and warm in an EMS 35*F synthetic bag. I also felt a noticeable difference in tent warmth vs outside warmth when I got up in the morning, which bodes well for stretching my tent to cold-weather use.
(rainfly left loose, because the forecast was very nice and clear, but I wanted to change in non-sweaty PJs for the night)
Win: REI Quarterdome T2 tent. Yes, it was a palace for one person and added definite weight to my pack, but being able to stand up to change clothes, and also have room to set things up for the night while in a spacious bug-free zone was amazing.
Fail: possibly having a cold or allergies sneak up on me and not having brought anything beyond my emergency allergy supply to deal with that possibility.
OVERALL COMMENTS
Getting outdoors in a structured setting that was focused on backcountry skills had a lot of benefits for me. As much as I don't really like clockwatching of the sort that we did on that trip, and would have liked to be a bit more leisurely, checking out whether my equipment (and my body) did what I needed for the group activities, and within the timeframe allowed by the group was seriously valuable. I might have been okay with my water filter system if it was just me and a whole afternoon of woodsbumming, but the faster pace and goal-oriented nature meant I got a much clearer picture of what parts of my system are the weak links. And now I get to work on replacing/upgrading those. And, as always with outdoors skills courses, getting the chance to get outdoors with more experienced people are ready and willing to share their knowledge and help you become better is awesome.
), which was actually my first overnighter in PA. Since this was a course, the activities are someone else's idea, but I wanted to write up my experiences and get myself warmed up for a real entry this time around.And for the tl;dr people, here's my summary: fire braces are awesome, tarps can have doors, firewood takes time to collect, always test out your planned water filter system, and yes, you probably need more exercise.
GEAR, OVERVIEW
Altogether, it felt like I had snuck the kitchen sink into my pack. In part, this was me bringing a two-person tent (I didn't have my Solitaire handy at the time), 3L of water, and three stainless steel cooking containers, but also not being in shape for hauling loads greater than 10 lbs. I EDC a laptop, and use the hipbelt on my daypack all the time, but there is a big difference between my EDC load and what I have pictured here (including 3L of water). Feeling that difference is always a good lesson.
Clothing, socks, sleeping bag, sit pad (the grey CCF pad that I cut and duct-taped to fit into my EDC pack as a squishy framesheet and backup CCF option), my sleeping mat's inflater-bag, and the DIY CFV stove.
Tent, sleeping mat repair kit, assorted tent stacks, rain pants.
Gaiters, gloves, toe warmers, sunscreen, chemical water treatment, SAK (I left the Juice at home), sunscreen in a smaller drop bottle, extra cord (woven pcord and pcord guts), chemlights, compass, pj-soaked cotton balls, two birthday candles, a mirror (under compass and pj), match holder (includes match striker inside), wax paper (holy easy to carry tinder batman! why isn't wax paper in more people's kits?) firesteel, lighter, watch, super cheap folding saw, mora, sam splint, wrap for sam splint, emergency poncho, space blanket, fresnel lens, wrapped electrical tape, wrapped duct tape, sewing kit.
Hat, 1L stainless steel pot, sport jelly beans (yum, take with water), long-handled spork and knife/spatula utensils, hot chocolate, meal bar, snickers, honey in two straws, children's tasty fruit snack, petzl elite, princeton tec EOS, camera kit (weather resistant case, extra battery, extra SD cards), plastic 1L nalgene, stainless steel 1L nalgene.
EDC first aid kit (need to make a hiking specific one, =P), wetwipes in a ziploc, small notebook and pencil, paper ruler from IKEA, sharpie, bag with toilet paper etc., two garbage bags, travel towel (under garbage bags), floss, toothbrush, inhaler, eye drops, extra easy to apply bugscreen, tick key, thermometer/compass combo, bandana, 2L platypus, water filter, on the trail snacks (mango and choco/raisin/sesame stick/almond/peanut goodness), SS space saver cup, ear plugs.
THE WALK IN
How much gear did I use?
Most all of it, actually, one way or another. Did not use the backup stove or alcohol fuel I had brought; I had some snacks and trail mix left over for the hike out and ride back; I didn't use my rainjacket and the hat or gloves that live in its pockets; and I used one warmth layer only as a pillow. Our instructor provided chemlights to mark our tent sites in the dark, so I did not use either of my two backups.
Slight disappointment: Not being in awesome pack-carrying shape. The best way to be in shape for backpacking is to go backpacking, which I don't do enough of, so I expected to feel tired out and challenged by actually carrying an overnight load. However, I was seriously tired out after a 2 mile (max!) hike. Yes, at least half of it was bushwhacking, and yes, I may or may not have had a cold that weekend (awkward win: my use of the watery snot rocket technique when I realized I needed a box of tissues), but it is still humbling to understand how worn out a short amount of off-road trail can make me. Something to work on.
Potential fail: Packing a heavy pack, and because of the weight, encouraging myself NOT to max out my water carrying capacity with (potable) tap water before leaving for a camp where all water needed to be filtered. Lack of water was not an actual problem on this trip--we crossed many streams and I had a filtering system--but this was one little thing that could have been added with one other little thing and started a Problem Snowball. Especially as, with the warmer temperatures (70s-80s), I had almost finished my water supply by the time we reached camp. "Perfect timing," except we went immediately into a shelter building demonstration, and I was distracted through the presentation because I was thinking about when I could replenish my water supply. In an emergency situation, "found out the camp is washed out by a mudslide/act of Murphy" could have replaced "went immediately into demonstration" and I could have been taking on an important, stressful task with a low water supply.
Necessary win: Getting more comfortable with peeing outside. If you're male, do not laugh. Instead, think of all the effort you go to find a good place to drop trou for #2, especially if you're the kind of conservative personality who actively worries about whether your travel companions or some random hiker in the area might accidentally be able to see you. Now imagine going through that EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO TAKE A LEAK. Ok, now that you have a better idea of the problem, you can chuckle. If I'm ever responsible for a group of women in the woods, we're going to talk about this. Discussing how to poo is always covered by any self-respecting outdoors educator, but I've had about 0 dudes (including self-respecting instructors) ever acknowledge there might be some learned wisdom (rather than instinctual) part of successfully peeing in the woods, and very little discussion (if any) in mixed-gender groups. But being more comfortable about peeing outside means feeling freer to hydrate properly, which means someone doesn't pass out in the heat because they were too embarassed/uncomfortable to empty their bladder earlier in the day. So by the end I was pleased about how efficient I was getting.
LEARNING THINGS
Tarp Setup Upgrade! (win):
Two of my favorite takeways from this course involve putting doors on your standard A-frame tarp setup (DOORS! they fill that final gap in my tarp usage) and how to use a fire brace. To make the doors, instead of attaching the ridgeline directly to the very end of the tarp, you fold the tarp under itself, create a tie-out point at the new edge you created, and then pull the original edge back toward your tiepoint. Pictures and a diagram will probably explain this better:
Below is a picture of the awesome tarp-tent made from an 8x10 (or maybe 10x12?) painter's tarp.
Fire! Gathering Wood and Building Fires
This segment was a good learning experience for me, because for most of my life I've somehow avoided being person collecting the firewood ;]. Not this time!
Fail: Efficiency. My entire group was apparently very slow about collecting firewood (compared to other groups with similar numbers of people and in similiar weather conditions). We started in the late afternoon after bushwhacking in, reaching camp, setting up our tents, and going over improvised shelters. This was about the time when I started wondering if I had a cold, rather than what I had assumed were allergies, and when my brain started sloooooowing down because it just wanted to sleep. We hung in there and got enough wood for our instructor's satisfaction, but it took us a *lot* of daylight to do it. Basically my sound bite takeaway from this experience, in reponse to anything that starts, "I'll just [insert unpracticed/improvised survival technique here]" is "Not before sunset you won't." For example, I hear, "So? If I fall through the ice I'll just collect firewood, make a fire, and warm myself" and I think, "Not before sunset you won't."
Win: The fire brace. We found a stick (a fire brace) that was nice and thick compared to our kindling, and then after lighting the tinder, placed the kindling over the tinder with one end on top of said stick. When it looked like the fuel might overwhelm the growing flames, we just lifted the fire brace stick up a little to introduce air to the flame as needed. I'll try to demostrate this on video in that future entry I'm planning in my head.
Meh: Boiling water on nearly-out coals--not efficient at all, which made me impatient and a little embarassed when I realized people were waiting on me to get my dinner cooked and my unfiltered water still wasn't boiling. D=
Meh: Dinner. I had beef enchilada, which tasted fine, but I'm pretty sure I put too much water in it, though I ate it in the dark, so I had no visual complaints.
(fire safety...drown it with water!)
WATER!
Positive Mental Attitude Fail: My water filtering system. Technically it worked, but required a lot of fiddling, and being-there time.
-platy narrow necked bladder in a shallow stream (NO!)
-aquamira frontier pro (sadness)
-aquamira chlorine dioxide tablets (fine, as far as I could tell, a bit of a taste, but whatever)
Explanation: First off the narrow-necked platypus was a PITA to fill in a shallow, low-flow river. The river current wasn't strong enough to really jet into the opening and push it open for more water to follow, and with a narrow neck and shallow depth(versus wide mouth, or the ziploc type seals that some hydration bladders have) I couldn't really just dip it in and bring it back up full of water. So, I ended up able to fill about 1L of a 2L platy with about five minutes of work. Not encouraging at all. Second, I wasn't able to get any appreciable flow through the frontier pro using gravity alone*, so I ended hanging out over a precariously-balanced nalgene and squeezing my filtered water into it, another taking five minutes of constant attention and fiddling. Then add onto that the wait time for chemical treatment. Now, five minutes here and there in the woods is not a big deal at all, except if you have goals involving doing things by X time--which we did--or if you're super tired--which I was--or if you are somehow stressed out from getting into a survival situation and really want to be conserving your attention/cognitive focus as much as you do your physical energy.
Comparative awesome: borrowing someone else's Sweetwater pump filter (omg, awesome). After returning to civiliation, and noticing there was an REI sale, I immediately snagged an MSR filter to address my two main problems: efficient water pumping, and secure, no-fiddling attachment to the clean container.
* It is very possible I was using the Frontier Pro incorrectly and need to do some more product learnin'. Something to look into, because it's a nice lightweight filter to get the process started/supplement chemical treatment.
SLEEPYTIMES
Overall I was more comfortable than I usually am the first night in the woods. Probably because I was worn out, =D. I half-inflated my BA insulated aircore, put my sit pad directly under my hips, and slept on my back for most part. I only woke up twice, and I stayed nice and warm in an EMS 35*F synthetic bag. I also felt a noticeable difference in tent warmth vs outside warmth when I got up in the morning, which bodes well for stretching my tent to cold-weather use.
(rainfly left loose, because the forecast was very nice and clear, but I wanted to change in non-sweaty PJs for the night)
Win: REI Quarterdome T2 tent. Yes, it was a palace for one person and added definite weight to my pack, but being able to stand up to change clothes, and also have room to set things up for the night while in a spacious bug-free zone was amazing.
Fail: possibly having a cold or allergies sneak up on me and not having brought anything beyond my emergency allergy supply to deal with that possibility.
OVERALL COMMENTS
Getting outdoors in a structured setting that was focused on backcountry skills had a lot of benefits for me. As much as I don't really like clockwatching of the sort that we did on that trip, and would have liked to be a bit more leisurely, checking out whether my equipment (and my body) did what I needed for the group activities, and within the timeframe allowed by the group was seriously valuable. I might have been okay with my water filter system if it was just me and a whole afternoon of woodsbumming, but the faster pace and goal-oriented nature meant I got a much clearer picture of what parts of my system are the weak links. And now I get to work on replacing/upgrading those. And, as always with outdoors skills courses, getting the chance to get outdoors with more experienced people are ready and willing to share their knowledge and help you become better is awesome.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by 74 or more » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:14 pm
Hey guys. This is my first MBO entry and to be honest I thought it was going to be better. Shortly after we set up camp it started raining and it didn't stop till about 5am. So I didn't get to take that many pictures and I didn't get a chance to try out a lot of new gear I have. We sat under my buddy's hammock set up and smoked cigars. On top of the rain my phone was dying and since it's the only camera I have, the battery was dying even faster. We still managed to have a good time and since I was determined to post something for the MBO I’m going to show the few pictures I have.
Gear laid out
Falcon-II with a 10x4 and 12x5
Snugpak Ionosphere
Snugpak Jungle bag
Snugpak Multimat
ID siltarp 2 (also pictured is an ID multicam tarp but I didn't take it. I don't know why I have it in the picture)
ID one person ground cloth
Jetboil ZiP
MSR miniworks
Air pillow
Nalgene
Canteen cup
Fork/spoon
Paracord
Poncho
Black Diamond head lamp
Stream light stylus pro
matches
clifbar x 4
MRE
Mountain House meal
Here she is all packed up
The Ionosphere is a great tent. It kept me perfectly dry all night and there was plenty of room for me and my gear. But I’m also only 5'5 so make of that what you will. I highly recommend this tent to anyone who wants a light 1 man tent. I don't know if you can make out the rain starting to fall in one of these pictures.
Some pictures of camp
Trying to dry out some things in the morning
I always seem to bring to much food. This MRE, a couple clifbars, and some coffee, got me through the day and breakfast
Some scenery from the trail
There were a bunch of trees down like this from a big storm we had here a little while ago
We brought a couple pints of whiskey for moral. Even though I was pissed it was raining it was nice to sit under the tarp, listen to the rain, have a drink, smoke a cigar, and not worry about anything.
The Makers is mine
I know it's not much but I hope you guys like it. Thanks for looking.
Gear laid out
Falcon-II with a 10x4 and 12x5
Snugpak Ionosphere
Snugpak Jungle bag
Snugpak Multimat
ID siltarp 2 (also pictured is an ID multicam tarp but I didn't take it. I don't know why I have it in the picture)
ID one person ground cloth
Jetboil ZiP
MSR miniworks
Air pillow
Nalgene
Canteen cup
Fork/spoon
Paracord
Poncho
Black Diamond head lamp
Stream light stylus pro
matches
clifbar x 4
MRE
Mountain House meal
Here she is all packed up
The Ionosphere is a great tent. It kept me perfectly dry all night and there was plenty of room for me and my gear. But I’m also only 5'5 so make of that what you will. I highly recommend this tent to anyone who wants a light 1 man tent. I don't know if you can make out the rain starting to fall in one of these pictures.
Some pictures of camp
Trying to dry out some things in the morning
I always seem to bring to much food. This MRE, a couple clifbars, and some coffee, got me through the day and breakfast
Some scenery from the trail
There were a bunch of trees down like this from a big storm we had here a little while ago
We brought a couple pints of whiskey for moral. Even though I was pissed it was raining it was nice to sit under the tarp, listen to the rain, have a drink, smoke a cigar, and not worry about anything.
The Makers is mine
I know it's not much but I hope you guys like it. Thanks for looking.
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"If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go" -Mark Twain
My EDC/GHB
"There is no bad Bourbon, only better Bourbon"
"If I cannot smoke cigars in heaven, I shall not go" -Mark Twain
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Dogan » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:59 pm
Blackdog wrote:Just for fun here is a shot of a popular picnic and camping area down the hill that can be traveled to easily. Leave no Trace is not practiced in this neck of the woods in any way.
I used to work at a state park, and this, sadly, does not surprise me in the least.
Reserved for my entry (which will likely just be an overnight adventure into the backwoods), which will come not too long after my new pack arrives.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by scurvy » Sun Jul 22, 2012 3:13 pm
summer 2012 bug out, huckleberry wilderness Mt Hood Oregon.
gear list:
clockwise from top, bag/bivy, hatchet, thermarest, fak, listerine,
pot/stove, nalgene w dry food inside, coffee mug w coffee singles, leatherman, film container with petrolium soaked cotton, knife, headlamp,
poncho, platy bag, sack with extra socks/longjohns/wool cap.
center: fly reel, flys, tippet.
not shown: fly rod in tube for walking stick, a couple beers, a nice vino, and a hoodie for night comfort.
well summer has hit the Oregon cascades, scorching tempatures in the high 70s and low 80s.....
so I decided to head for the hills and enjoy the heat.
Left a little late in the day and found a few other folks camping in the area.
Spent a little time scouting around and found a sutible spot through the woods, down a cliff, across a stream, and through a nettle patch.
It felt like home.
Gathered some rocks for the fire and a good pile of wood. On my second wood run I walked up on a deer, I was looking down for wood, it was occupied I guess, and we noticed each other at about 20 feet between us. We had a little stand off for about 30 seconds and as I tried to get my camera out of my pocket it decided to trot into a thicket.
the deadfall wood was a little damp and it took me two tries with extensive prep and cotton/pj, but I got it lit and some coals going.
the night view of the river and the little stream in my camp:
terrible photo, this was my view frm the bivy. what you cant see is the trees perfectly framing the big dipper. Wish I'd had a real camera reather than a little digital.
couple shots of camp, down river with the last nights fire still smoldering:
and upstream after replenishing with dead fall:
as I was getting some coffee water I noticed this. Something had came out of the river in the night and left a wet trail across the rocks. I'm betting it was another deer.
followed the wet trail and, yep....
made some coffee and carved out a spoon. spent about an hour on it mostly sanding with some sandpaper I keep in my FAK.
not too shabby...
I was going to make some tongs to help adjust the long fire as the wood burned down and thought this chunk would work well:
as I began to split my "tong-chunk" I immeadiatly got the very strong scent of 'Pine-Sol', Hmmmmmmmmm
yep, there it was, Oregon fat wood (pitch wood?), not six feet from my fire, I could of used this the night before.
gave it a couple feathers and it lit right up.
did some fishing, and found this tree that the woodpeckers apparently like:
closer:
found this old chunk of knot by the river and took it back to camp:
after a little hollowing out I present you with:
the bushcraft beer cozy:
did pretty well fishing by numbers caught. small trout, some REALLY small:
my food entry:
Lunch,a fine pasta in cheese sauce with extra meats and cheeses added:
prepping the ingredients:
and a good meal needs a good wine drank out of a glass of course... I smelled the bottle cap, very nice.
that's it for the photos, but when I got home I noticed something strange about the third one I posted above.
zoomed in on the suspicious spots:
elves? aliens? bits of ash coming off the fire caught in the flash?
elves. . . . I'm thinking elves.
thanks for looking.
gear list:
clockwise from top, bag/bivy, hatchet, thermarest, fak, listerine,
pot/stove, nalgene w dry food inside, coffee mug w coffee singles, leatherman, film container with petrolium soaked cotton, knife, headlamp,
poncho, platy bag, sack with extra socks/longjohns/wool cap.
center: fly reel, flys, tippet.
not shown: fly rod in tube for walking stick, a couple beers, a nice vino, and a hoodie for night comfort.
well summer has hit the Oregon cascades, scorching tempatures in the high 70s and low 80s.....
so I decided to head for the hills and enjoy the heat.
Left a little late in the day and found a few other folks camping in the area.
Spent a little time scouting around and found a sutible spot through the woods, down a cliff, across a stream, and through a nettle patch.
It felt like home.
Gathered some rocks for the fire and a good pile of wood. On my second wood run I walked up on a deer, I was looking down for wood, it was occupied I guess, and we noticed each other at about 20 feet between us. We had a little stand off for about 30 seconds and as I tried to get my camera out of my pocket it decided to trot into a thicket.
the deadfall wood was a little damp and it took me two tries with extensive prep and cotton/pj, but I got it lit and some coals going.
the night view of the river and the little stream in my camp:
terrible photo, this was my view frm the bivy. what you cant see is the trees perfectly framing the big dipper. Wish I'd had a real camera reather than a little digital.
couple shots of camp, down river with the last nights fire still smoldering:
and upstream after replenishing with dead fall:
as I was getting some coffee water I noticed this. Something had came out of the river in the night and left a wet trail across the rocks. I'm betting it was another deer.
followed the wet trail and, yep....
made some coffee and carved out a spoon. spent about an hour on it mostly sanding with some sandpaper I keep in my FAK.
not too shabby...
I was going to make some tongs to help adjust the long fire as the wood burned down and thought this chunk would work well:
as I began to split my "tong-chunk" I immeadiatly got the very strong scent of 'Pine-Sol', Hmmmmmmmmm
yep, there it was, Oregon fat wood (pitch wood?), not six feet from my fire, I could of used this the night before.
gave it a couple feathers and it lit right up.
did some fishing, and found this tree that the woodpeckers apparently like:
closer:
found this old chunk of knot by the river and took it back to camp:
after a little hollowing out I present you with:
the bushcraft beer cozy:
did pretty well fishing by numbers caught. small trout, some REALLY small:
my food entry:
Lunch,a fine pasta in cheese sauce with extra meats and cheeses added:
prepping the ingredients:
and a good meal needs a good wine drank out of a glass of course... I smelled the bottle cap, very nice.
that's it for the photos, but when I got home I noticed something strange about the third one I posted above.
zoomed in on the suspicious spots:
elves? aliens? bits of ash coming off the fire caught in the flash?
elves. . . . I'm thinking elves.
thanks for looking.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Woods Walker » Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:46 am
After a long heat wave I was lucky enough to have a few days of warm but lower temps and humidity. I was also lucky in that my uncle who is undergoing cancer treatment had some time off. He won’t allow anything to stand in the way of the outdoors. The lower country consisted of fields, rivers and roads. That’s often the reality of the Appalachian trail. It’s not all about overlooks and lean-to shelters.
These cornfields are coming along just fine.
Heading up into the hills. It was cooler but ran out of water after 6 hours hike. Not a drop to find anyplace before our camp. I really wanted a drink but hiked on. There were some nice overlooks showing farther south of the AT from Lion’s head to Jug end.
During the hike in we gathered some resources for the camp. Lots of White and Yellow birch trees. Bark was on the ground for the taking. Big sections like this has uses beyond tinder but only wanted some for campfire.
I was thirsty so decided a Staghorn Sumac lemonade might be just the thing around the campfire but more on that later.
Harvested some Chaga using a stick. You don’t read about the stick in Backpacker or find them on sale at REI but it is one of my favorite woodland tools. Extremely UL as I toss it out after use and free cuz yea just pick up another. LOL!
Watching my step on an overlook.
The hills were hard and we took our time. I couldn’t wait to hit the shelter area for water and was kinda disappointed to hear the water was down a very steep incline. We decided to setup camp near the water. Normally I setup camp first then get water and wood but need dictated order of operations.
The lean-to area is in the woods for sure but our camping spot was far enough away from hikers who tend to turn in early. We mucked around doing bushcraft and cooking till 2:30 am. I took the opportunity to do a Bushclass lesson. In this case a Twig bundle fire. These are a bit like the T.V dinner of campfires. Fast and mobile. The twig bundle fire was moved to a fire ring to ignite a standard campfire. I did little prep work beyond some birch bark and a beg of sticks inside the fire ring depending totally on the bundle to get things going. It worked out great.
Bushclass lesson: The Twig Bundle Fire.
With our campfire assured it was time to properly quench that thirst. The fireside Staghorn sumac lemonade came out perfect. Tastes just like Kool-Aid but better IMO. The water source was very low but guessing spring feed as it was cold enough fog over the canteens.
The traditional bannock, in this case turkey pepperoni.
I didn’t pack a lighter or matches so used the firesteel to light my canister stove. Yet another use for a firesteel.
Crawled out of the hammock late at 9 am all hung over from a sumac and bannock binge. I took the large 10x12, my uncle had the standard rainfly. I always pack the larger tarp if camping with company so people can hang out under if the weather should turn.
I was packing both my Altoids PSK and old school fire kit. The fire kit was used for the twig bundle fire and the PSK is part of my EDC.
Here is a video of the contents.
A daylight view of the water. Not much but it was surprisingly cold and clear.
The deep sides of the gully with the water flowing through the bottom.
Nice lean-to.
Some other plants, trees and fungus.
Both white and purple clover were found in the lower country. I occasionally nibble on the flowers. Sometimes sweet other times not so much. Edible just the same.
Queens Ann’s lace aka wild carrot. Like the clover these grow in fields and their margins.
The root if young is edible turning woody as the plant grows. It smells like carrot. This plant can resemble Hemlock which is DEADLY and can KILL a person so make 100% sure you have the correct ID and the root smells like carrot. If you have ANY question of the ID don’t mess with this.
Hoof fungus. This is also called false tinder fungus. Despite being called false there is nothing fake about how long this stuff can hold a coal.
One of the largest living American Chestnut trees I have ever seen in New England. Darn shame even this tree has the blight. My father remembers when the American Chestnut stood tall but living memory of this is getting harder to find.
Both the wild blueberries and hucks in the area were shriveled up like raisins from the record heat wave. Foraging is a game of chance. These were about the best around.
Only one good blackberry. Are they kidding me. LOL!
Jewel weed. Works great for poison ivy and bug bites. I don’t have scientific proof but it sure seems that way to me and use it all the time. Just crush it up and apply to the area. When it comes the treatment of poison ivy do this ASAP.
Jewel weed flower.
Partridge berries. Not tops on my list but edible and will persist well into winter.
Some kinda Crab Apple? Not sure but looks like one.
Just some more flowers.
That’s about it for this trip. We covered maybe 13 miles during the overnighter. Not a bad accomplishment for my uncle given his age and heath issues. I bet there are lots of kids 50 years younger who couldn’t pull that off so he has my respect. I did have a bug fly into then crawl up my ear. It was creepy to hear something flapping inside my head. Not sure if we ever got it out but that was a nasty painful experience. Thanks for looking.
These cornfields are coming along just fine.
Heading up into the hills. It was cooler but ran out of water after 6 hours hike. Not a drop to find anyplace before our camp. I really wanted a drink but hiked on. There were some nice overlooks showing farther south of the AT from Lion’s head to Jug end.
During the hike in we gathered some resources for the camp. Lots of White and Yellow birch trees. Bark was on the ground for the taking. Big sections like this has uses beyond tinder but only wanted some for campfire.
I was thirsty so decided a Staghorn Sumac lemonade might be just the thing around the campfire but more on that later.
Harvested some Chaga using a stick. You don’t read about the stick in Backpacker or find them on sale at REI but it is one of my favorite woodland tools. Extremely UL as I toss it out after use and free cuz yea just pick up another. LOL!
Watching my step on an overlook.
The hills were hard and we took our time. I couldn’t wait to hit the shelter area for water and was kinda disappointed to hear the water was down a very steep incline. We decided to setup camp near the water. Normally I setup camp first then get water and wood but need dictated order of operations.
The lean-to area is in the woods for sure but our camping spot was far enough away from hikers who tend to turn in early. We mucked around doing bushcraft and cooking till 2:30 am. I took the opportunity to do a Bushclass lesson. In this case a Twig bundle fire. These are a bit like the T.V dinner of campfires. Fast and mobile. The twig bundle fire was moved to a fire ring to ignite a standard campfire. I did little prep work beyond some birch bark and a beg of sticks inside the fire ring depending totally on the bundle to get things going. It worked out great.
Bushclass lesson: The Twig Bundle Fire.
With our campfire assured it was time to properly quench that thirst. The fireside Staghorn sumac lemonade came out perfect. Tastes just like Kool-Aid but better IMO. The water source was very low but guessing spring feed as it was cold enough fog over the canteens.
The traditional bannock, in this case turkey pepperoni.
I didn’t pack a lighter or matches so used the firesteel to light my canister stove. Yet another use for a firesteel.
Crawled out of the hammock late at 9 am all hung over from a sumac and bannock binge. I took the large 10x12, my uncle had the standard rainfly. I always pack the larger tarp if camping with company so people can hang out under if the weather should turn.
I was packing both my Altoids PSK and old school fire kit. The fire kit was used for the twig bundle fire and the PSK is part of my EDC.
Here is a video of the contents.
A daylight view of the water. Not much but it was surprisingly cold and clear.
The deep sides of the gully with the water flowing through the bottom.
Nice lean-to.
Some other plants, trees and fungus.
Both white and purple clover were found in the lower country. I occasionally nibble on the flowers. Sometimes sweet other times not so much. Edible just the same.
Queens Ann’s lace aka wild carrot. Like the clover these grow in fields and their margins.
The root if young is edible turning woody as the plant grows. It smells like carrot. This plant can resemble Hemlock which is DEADLY and can KILL a person so make 100% sure you have the correct ID and the root smells like carrot. If you have ANY question of the ID don’t mess with this.
Hoof fungus. This is also called false tinder fungus. Despite being called false there is nothing fake about how long this stuff can hold a coal.
One of the largest living American Chestnut trees I have ever seen in New England. Darn shame even this tree has the blight. My father remembers when the American Chestnut stood tall but living memory of this is getting harder to find.
Both the wild blueberries and hucks in the area were shriveled up like raisins from the record heat wave. Foraging is a game of chance. These were about the best around.
Only one good blackberry. Are they kidding me. LOL!
Jewel weed. Works great for poison ivy and bug bites. I don’t have scientific proof but it sure seems that way to me and use it all the time. Just crush it up and apply to the area. When it comes the treatment of poison ivy do this ASAP.
Jewel weed flower.
Partridge berries. Not tops on my list but edible and will persist well into winter.
Some kinda Crab Apple? Not sure but looks like one.
Just some more flowers.
That’s about it for this trip. We covered maybe 13 miles during the overnighter. Not a bad accomplishment for my uncle given his age and heath issues. I bet there are lots of kids 50 years younger who couldn’t pull that off so he has my respect. I did have a bug fly into then crawl up my ear. It was creepy to hear something flapping inside my head. Not sure if we ever got it out but that was a nasty painful experience. Thanks for looking.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by TacAir » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:23 pm
It was a bright and sunny day, nobody expected any trouble, even if the signs were already out there.
Yes, we had warnings - but nobody paid attention when the "authorities" said it was a prank....
First, it was in Spokane -
As we prepared to watch the Olympics, the cable signal was interrupted by the EBS hash, the crawler said "Zombies in South Anchorage! Run for your lif...." A joke right?
Just the same, we lit up the PSB scanner, and all we could copy was bursts of static, a sure sign of DES encryption. Getting weird. I switched over to the local DoD trunked net - and heard - "Lock down, Lock down! All gates on lockdown..."
That was all it took, called my daughter and told her to meet us at Rendezvous Location X7, minus 1. Couldn't get one son, left a voice mail to contact me on 2M simplex if cells were out. Youngest was on duty, guarding the base as it turned out.
We threw the GHB into the car and headed for location X7 - 1. Met the daughter, transferred everyone into one vehicle, traffic would be a mess, at best - and then split for local BIL. If things calmed down, we could go home later...
Hit the first roadblock and Zombie screening within minutes....
Yes, those are real Army guys carrying real weapons
We were able to make past the roadblock to Bunker Complex X-ray where we picked up BOV version 2.2 and headed for our Seekrit Hideout...
Made it to Seekrit Hideout 1
BTW- this would have been a 45 min bike ride, should it be necessary. Ya, I do have pretty scenery locally.
We set up camp and then doled out chores. The Kinder and I would get firewood and get the evening cook fire started - without matches! First task was go into the woods and gather duff, tinder, kindling and some firewood. Using the Say - See - Do method of teaching, we soon had bedroll bags brimming with fire making stuff. Ensured we had a couple of good sized flat rocks in there as well.
Fire lesson - have all parts ready. Tinder, and small sticks, first bits of real firewood in pit, other stuff right at hand.
Fire lesson - scrape shiny metal into pile and strike spark after spark for photo op. After failing to get any photos of the sparks, we just started the fire.
Ferorod worked as advertised -
After spark catches, blow to encourage the fire to grow. (Now I remember why I hate cooking fires!)
Fire! Proof that opposable thumbs work...
Next task - Build 'Art' tripod to hold cookpot for SMBO "Hollywood" photo posting. Took some time to find the odd shaped limbs for 'Art'.
Someone on the board made a comment about having a bag that they could "throw out the window" and have everything they needed to book out. So, low cost, throw bag now in progress. Also as primer for folks starting out that massive bucks and fancy gear isn't needed.
(Throw bag) Yukon ruck, start
Not sure I'll keep the heavy rope, but for now, it can be used for 'straps' to carry the ruck. I have a set of ALICE straps and belt, used on the prototype (Steven Stone) that will likely wind up on this at some point.
Yukon ruck, front detail
Yukon ruck, back detail
Yukon ruck, rope removed. Pretty innocuous - just a six dollar, folded blue tarp, 8 x 10 - something you might see in the back of a rig. No big deal.
Yukon ruck, open, 1st layer. The tarp is folded in thirds and again in thirds.
Shown are some large nails for tent pegs, some purpose made tent pegs and a set of replacement tent poles (Formerly seen as NVIS mast on Field Day post). Also a cook kit - more on that in a bit.
Yukon ruck, (Yes, that is on one of the nearly mythical Italian wool) blanket folded back to show knife and a pair of 1L Nalgene bottles. Blanket is folded to set in the middle of all 3 folds - each way.
Under all of that paracord is a pilot survival knife
Yukon ruck, blanket folded fully back to show polypro sleeping gear. Blanket was folded in thirds, then in half.
Yukon ruck, polypro moved to show skivvy 'roll'. Not rolled, if rolled, it makes a lump.
Yukon ruck, inside of blanket is a polypro throw.
You saw this before in my poncho liner post I've found over the years that a wool blanket is tons warmer with some kind of shell - the throw is very light.
Mess kit details - full kit. Pretty exciting, eh?
Kit with top removed - you can see funky shaped cup on top - and 10 feet of paracord.
Kit with cup removed, showing contents - it all fits!
Showing just burner and spoons. One is the Swedish mess kit utensil set, the other a soup spoon picked up at a yard sale. Gives me a cooking spoon & a eating spoon.
Cook kit, full contents
The plastic bag is a MRE packet - with coffee, creamer, sugar and MRE book of matches. The square bottle is ETOH. Mag fire starter as back up. The can lid is the home-made Trangia snuffer. Works just fine.
Bedroll platform, stowed
Bedroll platform deployed. This 'system' is two (55 gal) plastic bags, and a sun-shield for autos (large). In cold weather, the bags can be filled with leaves for more insulation, or the same in the summer for a softer bed. The bags provide a water proof ground cover and are multifunctional. The sunshade is made from Refletrix type material, proving insulation from shoulders to ankles. I have carried this same sunshade on board aircraft for sleeping in the Seattle terminal for when Alaska Airlines is late (as always). Works great.
Bedroll scenic shot
(Eat your heart out....)
So, in summary.
Teaching moment for the grand-kinder. A chance to check out some repackaged kit, and a systems integration run. Still trying to get the sleeping platform in the Yukon ruck, will take some origami, no doubt.
Oh, the Hollywood shot -
Cook pot hanging from a carved up stick - seems to be a virtual requirement in these contests. Used the water to make a cuppa.
Flat rock and log cooking of noodles - the kids love the Ramen and it isn't that bad for a dinner starch choice.
Cooking over a fire is neat and all - I have several Dutch ovens, for baking cakes AND pies - even cobblers and such. But for a fast meal, I'd rather stick with the Trangia stove used in the cook system.
We didn't bother with berries, the snow didn't all melt until mid June, and July has set historical records for both cold and wet.
The Army guys? They were real enough, screening the JBER Open House - was also this weekend so we killed a few birds with one stone. The F-22 part of the show was the highlight. Biggest disappointment? The V-22 was a no show! Huh? Dude, read my books, I'm a big fan of the Dash 22.
Stayed nice that night, no rain - the sleeping platforms worked great. Got up and ate a cold breakfast - hit the airshow and returned for dinner. Total time out of AO 48 hr. Distance traveled on foot, not much!
(Ninja edit)
Took the ATS-909 with me on this trip. Even sitting in a hole by the lake, I copied Radio NZ, the BBC, Spain, France, and a ton EU stations.
What I got a kick out of was sitting in my chair, sipping some tea and getting so-called "armchair copy" of VKs (OZ), ZLs (New Zealand) and a ton of W6/K6 (Calif) on 20M sideband. I did use the roll up antenna that came with the rig. Left the antenna lying on the ground.
Thanks for reading.
Yes, we had warnings - but nobody paid attention when the "authorities" said it was a prank....
First, it was in Spokane -
As we prepared to watch the Olympics, the cable signal was interrupted by the EBS hash, the crawler said "Zombies in South Anchorage! Run for your lif...." A joke right?
Just the same, we lit up the PSB scanner, and all we could copy was bursts of static, a sure sign of DES encryption. Getting weird. I switched over to the local DoD trunked net - and heard - "Lock down, Lock down! All gates on lockdown..."
That was all it took, called my daughter and told her to meet us at Rendezvous Location X7, minus 1. Couldn't get one son, left a voice mail to contact me on 2M simplex if cells were out. Youngest was on duty, guarding the base as it turned out.
We threw the GHB into the car and headed for location X7 - 1. Met the daughter, transferred everyone into one vehicle, traffic would be a mess, at best - and then split for local BIL. If things calmed down, we could go home later...
Hit the first roadblock and Zombie screening within minutes....
Yes, those are real Army guys carrying real weapons
We were able to make past the roadblock to Bunker Complex X-ray where we picked up BOV version 2.2 and headed for our Seekrit Hideout...
Made it to Seekrit Hideout 1
BTW- this would have been a 45 min bike ride, should it be necessary. Ya, I do have pretty scenery locally.We set up camp and then doled out chores. The Kinder and I would get firewood and get the evening cook fire started - without matches! First task was go into the woods and gather duff, tinder, kindling and some firewood. Using the Say - See - Do method of teaching, we soon had bedroll bags brimming with fire making stuff. Ensured we had a couple of good sized flat rocks in there as well.
Fire lesson - have all parts ready. Tinder, and small sticks, first bits of real firewood in pit, other stuff right at hand.
Fire lesson - scrape shiny metal into pile and strike spark after spark for photo op. After failing to get any photos of the sparks, we just started the fire.
Ferorod worked as advertised -
After spark catches, blow to encourage the fire to grow. (Now I remember why I hate cooking fires!)
Fire! Proof that opposable thumbs work...
Next task - Build 'Art' tripod to hold cookpot for SMBO "Hollywood" photo posting. Took some time to find the odd shaped limbs for 'Art'.
Someone on the board made a comment about having a bag that they could "throw out the window" and have everything they needed to book out. So, low cost, throw bag now in progress. Also as primer for folks starting out that massive bucks and fancy gear isn't needed.
(Throw bag) Yukon ruck, start
Not sure I'll keep the heavy rope, but for now, it can be used for 'straps' to carry the ruck. I have a set of ALICE straps and belt, used on the prototype (Steven Stone) that will likely wind up on this at some point.
Yukon ruck, front detail
Yukon ruck, back detail
Yukon ruck, rope removed. Pretty innocuous - just a six dollar, folded blue tarp, 8 x 10 - something you might see in the back of a rig. No big deal.
Yukon ruck, open, 1st layer. The tarp is folded in thirds and again in thirds.
Shown are some large nails for tent pegs, some purpose made tent pegs and a set of replacement tent poles (Formerly seen as NVIS mast on Field Day post). Also a cook kit - more on that in a bit.
Yukon ruck, (Yes, that is on one of the nearly mythical Italian wool) blanket folded back to show knife and a pair of 1L Nalgene bottles. Blanket is folded to set in the middle of all 3 folds - each way.
Under all of that paracord is a pilot survival knife
Yukon ruck, blanket folded fully back to show polypro sleeping gear. Blanket was folded in thirds, then in half.
Yukon ruck, polypro moved to show skivvy 'roll'. Not rolled, if rolled, it makes a lump.
Yukon ruck, inside of blanket is a polypro throw.
You saw this before in my poncho liner post I've found over the years that a wool blanket is tons warmer with some kind of shell - the throw is very light.
Mess kit details - full kit. Pretty exciting, eh?
Kit with top removed - you can see funky shaped cup on top - and 10 feet of paracord.
Kit with cup removed, showing contents - it all fits!
Showing just burner and spoons. One is the Swedish mess kit utensil set, the other a soup spoon picked up at a yard sale. Gives me a cooking spoon & a eating spoon.
Cook kit, full contents
The plastic bag is a MRE packet - with coffee, creamer, sugar and MRE book of matches. The square bottle is ETOH. Mag fire starter as back up. The can lid is the home-made Trangia snuffer. Works just fine.
Bedroll platform, stowed
Bedroll platform deployed. This 'system' is two (55 gal) plastic bags, and a sun-shield for autos (large). In cold weather, the bags can be filled with leaves for more insulation, or the same in the summer for a softer bed. The bags provide a water proof ground cover and are multifunctional. The sunshade is made from Refletrix type material, proving insulation from shoulders to ankles. I have carried this same sunshade on board aircraft for sleeping in the Seattle terminal for when Alaska Airlines is late (as always). Works great.
Bedroll scenic shot
(Eat your heart out....)
So, in summary.
Teaching moment for the grand-kinder. A chance to check out some repackaged kit, and a systems integration run. Still trying to get the sleeping platform in the Yukon ruck, will take some origami, no doubt.
Oh, the Hollywood shot -
Cook pot hanging from a carved up stick - seems to be a virtual requirement in these contests. Used the water to make a cuppa.
Flat rock and log cooking of noodles - the kids love the Ramen and it isn't that bad for a dinner starch choice.
Cooking over a fire is neat and all - I have several Dutch ovens, for baking cakes AND pies - even cobblers and such. But for a fast meal, I'd rather stick with the Trangia stove used in the cook system.
We didn't bother with berries, the snow didn't all melt until mid June, and July has set historical records for both cold and wet.
The Army guys? They were real enough, screening the JBER Open House - was also this weekend so we killed a few birds with one stone. The F-22 part of the show was the highlight. Biggest disappointment? The V-22 was a no show! Huh? Dude, read my books, I'm a big fan of the Dash 22.
Stayed nice that night, no rain - the sleeping platforms worked great. Got up and ate a cold breakfast - hit the airshow and returned for dinner. Total time out of AO 48 hr. Distance traveled on foot, not much!
(Ninja edit)
Took the ATS-909 with me on this trip. Even sitting in a hole by the lake, I copied Radio NZ, the BBC, Spain, France, and a ton EU stations.
What I got a kick out of was sitting in my chair, sipping some tea and getting so-called "armchair copy" of VKs (OZ), ZLs (New Zealand) and a ton of W6/K6 (Calif) on 20M sideband. I did use the roll up antenna that came with the rig. Left the antenna lying on the ground.
Thanks for reading.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by omega_man » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:05 pm
My third entry is just a simple overnighter in the same AO as my previous two and included a nice 3 mile-ish hike; but, with a twist--my future 16 year old brother-in-law (FBIL) was with us. I guess any good survival training requires a test of patience 
Hitting the Trail:
FBIL was carrying a TAG sniper pack (probably just because it is multi-cam) with: USMC combat tent, GI isomat, fleece sleeping bag, goretex gear, canteen/cup, and some spare socks/clothes. All in all, not a bad load-out:
FML:
The campsite we wanted was occupied, so a quick 1 mile hike turned to 3 as we continued up-river with no luck and eventually doubled back to near the trailhead where, thankfully, the last decent off-trail/near water was empty. Mr. "I can carry 100lbs" must have been having an off-day. Me, I was happy to see the trees alit with warblers and chickadees:
Setting up camp:
-USMC tent back in action (with gratuitous background scenery):
- Omega_nest, REI Quarterdome. The inside pics show my fan and LED light that run off of a Joos Orange solar charger. I've been nothing but impressed with the Joos.
-Thanfully, there was some decent Eastern Hemlock deadfall all around. Breaking branches and collecting sticks yielded a good batch of wood. One trunk was small enough for me to use the Laplander folding saw and collect some solid fuel. Now, on this trip I brought along my Ontario RAT-5. I wanted something sturdy to split wood with in case everything was soaked (refer to my first entry where I killed a Mora, may you RIP). Everything was nice and dry, but I still wanted to split wood. The RAT-5 made quick work of everything! I'm seriously reconsidering making this my primary blade again. But, the Mora is still king of wood carving.
-Some heavy clouds started rolling in and I could hear some thunder off in the distance. I checked the NOAA station on my 2-way Midland to see if adverse weather was heading our way. We ended up only getting a light sprinkle, but I still went to work building a "shelter area" with my British basha shelter in case we all had to wait out some rain. I also wanted a dry area for the firewood. The hammock was a big hit with FBIL, too.
-I also lashed together a tripod and fashioned a pot-hanging stick (all the rage these days ):
Fire time:
-I haven't done a potassium permanganate (KMnO4) fire in awhile, so I decided now would be a good time to demonstrate a new and "cool" skill to FBIL. I keep the KMnO4 and glycerine in separate vials in my FAK.
FAK:
Vials (pill bottle is my PJ cottonball container w/match striker glued on):
I've found the best way to start this is to fluff a PJ cottonball and add a small pile of KMnO4:
A drop or 2 of glycerine:
Then close up the cottonball and rub the 2 compounds into each other. Once you see smoke, it's fixin' to ignite:
Place on tinder bundles and wait for flame:
Add more sticks, Then, voila! Fire:
I also showed FBIL how to do the same with a ferro rod and striker.
I tried to make a figure 4 deadfall trap; but chose sticks that were too big, which would have a required a ginormous rock. But, the point was to show FBIL how to carve notches and such, so effort wasn't wasted:
Dinner was hotdogs cooked over the fire, and it was fucking awesome. Dessert was s'mores. Omega_woman just threw a pack of frozen dogs (ahem, Nathan's) in her gear. This fed us and the dog. The hotdogs were kept fresh in Regular Guy's "bushcraft refrigerator"
Bushcraft fridge:
Yum!!! I want you in my mouth!
Moar Pics:
Cool bug:
And 2 tired campers, mission accomplished:
Thanks!
Hitting the Trail:
FBIL was carrying a TAG sniper pack (probably just because it is multi-cam) with: USMC combat tent, GI isomat, fleece sleeping bag, goretex gear, canteen/cup, and some spare socks/clothes. All in all, not a bad load-out:
FML:
The campsite we wanted was occupied, so a quick 1 mile hike turned to 3 as we continued up-river with no luck and eventually doubled back to near the trailhead where, thankfully, the last decent off-trail/near water was empty. Mr. "I can carry 100lbs" must have been having an off-day. Me, I was happy to see the trees alit with warblers and chickadees:
Setting up camp:
-USMC tent back in action (with gratuitous background scenery):
- Omega_nest, REI Quarterdome. The inside pics show my fan and LED light that run off of a Joos Orange solar charger. I've been nothing but impressed with the Joos.
-Thanfully, there was some decent Eastern Hemlock deadfall all around. Breaking branches and collecting sticks yielded a good batch of wood. One trunk was small enough for me to use the Laplander folding saw and collect some solid fuel. Now, on this trip I brought along my Ontario RAT-5. I wanted something sturdy to split wood with in case everything was soaked (refer to my first entry where I killed a Mora, may you RIP). Everything was nice and dry, but I still wanted to split wood. The RAT-5 made quick work of everything! I'm seriously reconsidering making this my primary blade again. But, the Mora is still king of wood carving.
-Some heavy clouds started rolling in and I could hear some thunder off in the distance. I checked the NOAA station on my 2-way Midland to see if adverse weather was heading our way. We ended up only getting a light sprinkle, but I still went to work building a "shelter area" with my British basha shelter in case we all had to wait out some rain. I also wanted a dry area for the firewood. The hammock was a big hit with FBIL, too.
-I also lashed together a tripod and fashioned a pot-hanging stick (all the rage these days
):Fire time:
-I haven't done a potassium permanganate (KMnO4) fire in awhile, so I decided now would be a good time to demonstrate a new and "cool" skill to FBIL. I keep the KMnO4 and glycerine in separate vials in my FAK.
FAK:
Vials (pill bottle is my PJ cottonball container w/match striker glued on):
I've found the best way to start this is to fluff a PJ cottonball and add a small pile of KMnO4:
A drop or 2 of glycerine:
Then close up the cottonball and rub the 2 compounds into each other. Once you see smoke, it's fixin' to ignite:
Place on tinder bundles and wait for flame:
Add more sticks, Then, voila! Fire:
I also showed FBIL how to do the same with a ferro rod and striker.
I tried to make a figure 4 deadfall trap; but chose sticks that were too big, which would have a required a ginormous rock. But, the point was to show FBIL how to carve notches and such, so effort wasn't wasted:
Dinner was hotdogs cooked over the fire, and it was fucking awesome. Dessert was s'mores. Omega_woman just threw a pack of frozen dogs (ahem, Nathan's) in her gear. This fed us and the dog. The hotdogs were kept fresh in Regular Guy's "bushcraft refrigerator"
Bushcraft fridge:
Yum!!! I want you in my mouth!
Moar Pics:
Cool bug:
And 2 tired campers, mission accomplished:
Thanks!
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by shrimpwd » Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:36 pm
1530: arrival at MBOL (found the pack for $2)
Time to get a drink. It’s hot.
Glad I have this rag. (and the rest of the shirt)
Good, I have some tools I can use.
I’ll start with these so that I can make a shelter.
I only need half of the drop cloth.
These mosquitos are terrible!
Easier carry and use of my duct tape and twine.
My knife needed a sheath.
1630: shelter set
A few of these for ground cover.
I fit, barely.
1700: gathered firewood
Time for more hydration.
Inventory time.
2 liters water remaining, oatmeal, flour, 2 packs ramen (I left 3 more at home), pretzels.
Baking loaf pan, 3 pack of lighters, clip on flashlight, pliers, 2 spoons, tea candles, trash bags, half of a drop cloth, roll of toilet paper (wrapped in a dollar tree bag), 3 extra paring knives (not shown, duh. It was a 4-pack)
Twin sheet and down blanket ($1 and $2 finds at thrift store)
Inventory done. Time for a fire.
Two tea candles, a bit of twine, some wood, and whoosh!
Time to restock my water. Found a nice little stream (garden hose) nearby, and added some to my pan.
While I waited for the water to boil, I gathered an empty bottle, cut it in half, added in another piece of the cotton shirt in the top.
I poked a few holes in the cap for water to flow out.
The water still isn’t boiling.
Ah! Wild animal! (If this were truly a wild animal, I’m sure I could have caught it with a stick. But not today)
The water needs a better stand to get to a boil. Here we go.
And a rolling boil.
Preparing the empty bottle.
Filter in place
Glad I filtered. I didn’t want lumps in my water.
Nearly 2 cups of water boiled and filtered. I can continue this as long as I need more clean water.
Now to think about food. I added one part oats,
Two parts flour.
A flavor packet from a pack of ramen,
Two parts water, stirred,
Set it on the fire to bake.
While I waited, I prepared for the night. Placing the batteries in the flashlight will help, while I can still see.
Clipped to my hat, for no-hands use. Not the brightest, but for $1…
Chicken oat bannock complete! Yum! (a bit salty, perhaps next time ½ a flavor packet)
Hope you enjoyed my 200-minute budget bug out. Total cost of all gear was about $20. I tried to show what I would need to bug out for an extended period, even though I did not have time to spend a weekend out.
Time to get a drink. It’s hot.
Glad I have this rag. (and the rest of the shirt)
Good, I have some tools I can use.
I’ll start with these so that I can make a shelter.
I only need half of the drop cloth.
These mosquitos are terrible!
Easier carry and use of my duct tape and twine.
My knife needed a sheath.
1630: shelter set
A few of these for ground cover.
I fit, barely.
1700: gathered firewood
Time for more hydration.
Inventory time.
2 liters water remaining, oatmeal, flour, 2 packs ramen (I left 3 more at home), pretzels.
Baking loaf pan, 3 pack of lighters, clip on flashlight, pliers, 2 spoons, tea candles, trash bags, half of a drop cloth, roll of toilet paper (wrapped in a dollar tree bag), 3 extra paring knives (not shown, duh. It was a 4-pack)
Twin sheet and down blanket ($1 and $2 finds at thrift store)
Inventory done. Time for a fire.
Two tea candles, a bit of twine, some wood, and whoosh!
Time to restock my water. Found a nice little stream (garden hose) nearby, and added some to my pan.
While I waited for the water to boil, I gathered an empty bottle, cut it in half, added in another piece of the cotton shirt in the top.
I poked a few holes in the cap for water to flow out.
The water still isn’t boiling.
Ah! Wild animal! (If this were truly a wild animal, I’m sure I could have caught it with a stick. But not today)
The water needs a better stand to get to a boil. Here we go.
And a rolling boil.
Preparing the empty bottle.
Filter in place
Glad I filtered. I didn’t want lumps in my water.
Nearly 2 cups of water boiled and filtered. I can continue this as long as I need more clean water.
Now to think about food. I added one part oats,
Two parts flour.
A flavor packet from a pack of ramen,
Two parts water, stirred,
Set it on the fire to bake.
While I waited, I prepared for the night. Placing the batteries in the flashlight will help, while I can still see.
Clipped to my hat, for no-hands use. Not the brightest, but for $1…
Chicken oat bannock complete! Yum! (a bit salty, perhaps next time ½ a flavor packet)
Hope you enjoyed my 200-minute budget bug out. Total cost of all gear was about $20. I tried to show what I would need to bug out for an extended period, even though I did not have time to spend a weekend out.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by 0122358 » Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:14 pm
So although it wasnt much of a "bug out" heres my outing that i took a couple of weeks ago. It took me this long to get this written due to not being able to find my camera cord. 
It says my pics are too big so just click on the links
I took my BOB seen here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=97718
Anyway it was a to night, three day hike into the Olympic National Forest.
Heres a map of the area:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... 1/1548.jpg
And sattilite "recon" photos of the area:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... etrail.png
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... edTree.png
My buddy Mack and I finally left and were on the road after a few mishaps and a few return trips into town at about 1030. Its about a two hour drive up there so i wanted to leave with plenty of time to make the hike.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/079.jpg
A couple views of the mountains.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/080.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/083.jpg
A view from up above
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/086.jpg
Finally after another hour of backroad driving we make it to the trailhead.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/088.jpg
Starting up the trail.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/089.jpg
Right before this picture was taken, we ran into a gentleman who was heading home and had gotten there at 630AM. He told us he had seen no other hikers. Of course the first thing i noticed when he walked up was his 1911. His holster was unsnapped, but seeing Mack and i were carrying shotguns, i dont blame him. We chatted for a minute or two then went our sperate ways. Nice guy.
A shot of me all ninja'd out.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/090.jpg
Stopping for a map check
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/092.jpg
A half hour later, still climbing up hill. Rest break.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/093.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/095.jpg
At this point i realized that i need to hike more with heavy loads...it was kickin my ass.
Finally the trail levels out...next to a cliff...with a 300 foot drop into a raging river.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/096.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/097.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/152.jpg
Rollng into Camp Wounded Tree. So called becuase every tree has been scared by bullet holes and shotgun pellets.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/100.jpg
After a quick lunch break, we had to cross this log. I took my pack across first, then my shotgun and web gear. It was a little unerving.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/101.jpg
After I set up my camp. We found a already made fire pit and a bunch of fire wood.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/102.jpg
Mack's camp site.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/107.jpg
I hooked my ALICE back to a caribiner, than wrapped it around a branch. That way i have easy acess to my gear at chest level.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/104.jpg
Listening to my little radio
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/105.jpg
We even have our own 25 yard shooting range.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/106.jpg
Getting a fire ready. I took a maxipad and slit it down the middle...pretty much a giant cotton ball that burns for 2-3 minutes.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/108.jpg
Sucsess...my first ever fire ive built totally by myself...
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/110.jpg
Boiling water for apple cider
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/111.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/112.jpg
The next morning, looking out my tent.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/115.jpg
Mack sleeping like a log.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/116.jpg
Cooking breakfast, Mocha and cinnamon scone
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/117.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/118.jpg
Patrolling the area for contact.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/121.jpg
That ravine from ealier
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/122.jpg
Cooking lunch. MRE chicken soup for me, cup o noodle for Mack.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/123.jpg
Doing some shooting. My shotgun kicks like a mule...even with birdhot.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/124.jpg
Cutting wood for the fire that night using my Sawvivor and batoning with my KaBar
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/126.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/128.jpg
I got hungry so we each cooked Corned Beef Hash in our canteen cups.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/129.jpg
I rebuilt the fire pit so it had a reflectror and then got my wood organized.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/131.jpg
Boiling water from the river to put in my canteens.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/132.jpg
My camp the second night...the first night i realized my tent was on an incline so i kept rolling in my sleep
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/133.jpg
What i woke upto the next moring...thankfully it didnt rain.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/134.jpg
Doc Torr was right...MRE french toast is the shit...
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/136.jpg
My sleeping gear
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/135.jpg
Doing some more shooting.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/137.jpg
Doing dishes in the river
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/145.jpg
I never realized how awsome a bandanna is...I used it more than any other piece of kit i took next to my stove and shotty. I bathed with it, grabbed hot stuff with it and washed dishes with it.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/142.jpg
Doing more exploring..and the reason we have to cross the log...the bridge got washed away in 06'
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/141.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/140.jpg
After lunch...Hot apple pie...Spiced apples and Vanilla pound cake heated in an MRE heater than mixed. yum!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/144.jpg
Packing up and getting ready to leave.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/146.jpg
After crossing the log again, we stopped for lunch at Wounded Tree again.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/149.jpg
Hiking out. My pack felt so much light with out 20 pounds of 12 gauge, food and water
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/150.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/151.jpg
Back at the truck YAY!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/155.jpg
It took us an hour and a half to hike in, but only 45 mins to hike out...go figure.
The long road home...it was a great trip.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/160.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/161.jpg
Overall i learned a lot...
Shotguns kick hard.
The Medium alice pack loaded with 60 pounds sucks...i need to lighten my load
I can leave my mosquito netting, shovel and a a few other items at home...
I need to pick up a few more items and next time im bring my AR15...its lighter.
It says my pics are too big so just click on the linksI took my BOB seen here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=97718
Anyway it was a to night, three day hike into the Olympic National Forest.
Heres a map of the area:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... 1/1548.jpg
And sattilite "recon" photos of the area:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... etrail.png
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... edTree.png
My buddy Mack and I finally left and were on the road after a few mishaps and a few return trips into town at about 1030. Its about a two hour drive up there so i wanted to leave with plenty of time to make the hike.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/079.jpg
A couple views of the mountains.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/080.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/083.jpg
A view from up above
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/086.jpg
Finally after another hour of backroad driving we make it to the trailhead.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/088.jpg
Starting up the trail.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/089.jpg
Right before this picture was taken, we ran into a gentleman who was heading home and had gotten there at 630AM. He told us he had seen no other hikers. Of course the first thing i noticed when he walked up was his 1911. His holster was unsnapped, but seeing Mack and i were carrying shotguns, i dont blame him. We chatted for a minute or two then went our sperate ways. Nice guy.
A shot of me all ninja'd out.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/090.jpg
Stopping for a map check
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/092.jpg
A half hour later, still climbing up hill. Rest break.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/093.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/095.jpg
At this point i realized that i need to hike more with heavy loads...it was kickin my ass.
Finally the trail levels out...next to a cliff...with a 300 foot drop into a raging river.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/096.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/097.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/152.jpg
Rollng into Camp Wounded Tree. So called becuase every tree has been scared by bullet holes and shotgun pellets.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/100.jpg
After a quick lunch break, we had to cross this log. I took my pack across first, then my shotgun and web gear. It was a little unerving.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/101.jpg
After I set up my camp. We found a already made fire pit and a bunch of fire wood.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/102.jpg
Mack's camp site.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/107.jpg
I hooked my ALICE back to a caribiner, than wrapped it around a branch. That way i have easy acess to my gear at chest level.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/104.jpg
Listening to my little radio
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/105.jpg
We even have our own 25 yard shooting range.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/106.jpg
Getting a fire ready. I took a maxipad and slit it down the middle...pretty much a giant cotton ball that burns for 2-3 minutes.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/108.jpg
Sucsess...my first ever fire ive built totally by myself...
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/110.jpg
Boiling water for apple cider
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/111.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/112.jpg
The next morning, looking out my tent.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/115.jpg
Mack sleeping like a log.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/116.jpg
Cooking breakfast, Mocha and cinnamon scone
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/117.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/118.jpg
Patrolling the area for contact.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/121.jpg
That ravine from ealier
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/122.jpg
Cooking lunch. MRE chicken soup for me, cup o noodle for Mack.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/123.jpg
Doing some shooting. My shotgun kicks like a mule...even with birdhot.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/124.jpg
Cutting wood for the fire that night using my Sawvivor and batoning with my KaBar
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/126.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/128.jpg
I got hungry so we each cooked Corned Beef Hash in our canteen cups.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/129.jpg
I rebuilt the fire pit so it had a reflectror and then got my wood organized.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/131.jpg
Boiling water from the river to put in my canteens.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/132.jpg
My camp the second night...the first night i realized my tent was on an incline so i kept rolling in my sleep
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/133.jpg
What i woke upto the next moring...thankfully it didnt rain.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/134.jpg
Doc Torr was right...MRE french toast is the shit...
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/136.jpg
My sleeping gear
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/135.jpg
Doing some more shooting.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/137.jpg
Doing dishes in the river
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/145.jpg
I never realized how awsome a bandanna is...I used it more than any other piece of kit i took next to my stove and shotty. I bathed with it, grabbed hot stuff with it and washed dishes with it.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/142.jpg
Doing more exploring..and the reason we have to cross the log...the bridge got washed away in 06'
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/141.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/140.jpg
After lunch...Hot apple pie...Spiced apples and Vanilla pound cake heated in an MRE heater than mixed. yum!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/144.jpg
Packing up and getting ready to leave.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/146.jpg
After crossing the log again, we stopped for lunch at Wounded Tree again.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/149.jpg
Hiking out. My pack felt so much light with out 20 pounds of 12 gauge, food and water
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/150.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/151.jpg
Back at the truck YAY!
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/155.jpg
It took us an hour and a half to hike in, but only 45 mins to hike out...go figure.
The long road home...it was a great trip.
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/160.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... O1/161.jpg
Overall i learned a lot...
Shotguns kick hard.
The Medium alice pack loaded with 60 pounds sucks...i need to lighten my load
I can leave my mosquito netting, shovel and a a few other items at home...
I need to pick up a few more items and next time im bring my AR15...its lighter.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Flying Lead » Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:15 pm
Great looking trips guys!
Very nice scenery.
Very nice scenery.
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BobtheBreaker wrote:I disagree, more dumb people should camp in bear country. And they should protect their food by keeping it in their sleeping bags.
1911nufsaid wrote:I'm not implying you, or anyone on the forum for that matter, is a 'end of world' nut job.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by scurvy » Mon Aug 06, 2012 2:19 pm
time is running out for any last minute entries. I've got my notebook out and am going through each one so far and trying to 'judge' them.... hate that part.
any way, thought I'd squeeze in one last entry from me,
just an over nighter/BBQ/pig a palooza on a friends property.
Warning: CONTAINS PHOTOS OF FOOD WITH A FACE
if you don't like that sort of thing, don't look at it.
the campfire/lounging area:
the view framed up nicely:
the food part (not to be included in NINJA ELBOW's side contest, just for fun)
the pit, 4 ft deep, lined with foil to create a massive reflector:
dinner, 104 pounds of dinner, notice the minimal amount of charcoal. just a small pile in each corner and one in the middle, the reflector did the rest.
5 hours later and it's time to eat.
If you've ever seen a pack of hyenas attack a carcass, well. . . you can imagine what happened here.
after food and libations, a little entertainment to round off the night.
thanks for lookin, I'll have my contest results ready on friday.
other judges, good luck with your scoring, I'll contact you later this week.
any way, thought I'd squeeze in one last entry from me,
just an over nighter/BBQ/pig a palooza on a friends property.
Warning: CONTAINS PHOTOS OF FOOD WITH A FACE
if you don't like that sort of thing, don't look at it.
the campfire/lounging area:
the view framed up nicely:
the food part (not to be included in NINJA ELBOW's side contest, just for fun)
the pit, 4 ft deep, lined with foil to create a massive reflector:
dinner, 104 pounds of dinner, notice the minimal amount of charcoal. just a small pile in each corner and one in the middle, the reflector did the rest.
5 hours later and it's time to eat.
If you've ever seen a pack of hyenas attack a carcass, well. . . you can imagine what happened here.
after food and libations, a little entertainment to round off the night.
thanks for lookin, I'll have my contest results ready on friday.
other judges, good luck with your scoring, I'll contact you later this week.
Jimmy ~~sCuRvY~~
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Flying Lead » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:13 pm
Pork tatoos? That's a new one. 
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BobtheBreaker wrote:I disagree, more dumb people should camp in bear country. And they should protect their food by keeping it in their sleeping bags.
1911nufsaid wrote:I'm not implying you, or anyone on the forum for that matter, is a 'end of world' nut job.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by Rebel Pariah » Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:06 pm
this is a combo entry between Corrsk, and myself Eriequiet
(the edit function isn't working with me right now so be patient please )
we went somewhere in ohio?... I was delirious for 3\4 of the drive so I not entirely sure where the hell we were
( I have delayed sleep phase syndrome, and due to scheduling the only option was for me to not sleep)
the drive was about 4hours and 30 minutes away for me, 3 hours and 30 minutes away for corrsk... the gps said it would be 4 hours and 30 minutes but we shaved an hour off that
trip was 5 miles in, with some serious elevation changes... something like 2-300 feet
not sure why the youtube codes wont work
[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/1JS7WNun0N8[/YouTube]
here is our trip in, in high speed, I decided to play around with a little action camera I got off craigslist... decided I want to buy a good one... probably a countourHD... the go pro has great video but looks like a small square turd... its got to look sexy
so in retro spect I should have taken my camera and gone picture crazy...
as a result we are lacking the visual spectacle of many of the other entries
so this was the first trip that I really got to break in my new aquamire frontier pro (military adapter)
not only is it lighter and smaller than my first need deluxe, I am able to use it many more ways that before,
option one, I can drink directly from a grey water source, using the filter as a survival straw
the second option is that I can drink from the bite valve of the filter, and fill almost all kinds of pop bottles that are easily foraged in todays litter filled world,...Mountain dew bottle was foraged along the trip and filtered water from it was drank
Third option, I also keep 2x 2 liter roll up platy bags for use with collecting grey water, since I don't see the need to have more than 5 liters of clean water on hand at a time ( 2 gi canteens to filter into, 3 liter hydration bladder )
these platy bags can be filled with grey water and drank from directly ( also water treatment can be performed inside of bag, or in combo to filter)
Forth option, I can also screw one of these platy bags of grey water onto the filter and gravity filter into my canteen while I am working around camp ( read setting up camp, gathering firewood, cooking... etc), balencing can be a trick,... normally I would attach the straw onto the other end to help guide the water into the canteen,... but while showing various set up options to corrsk I inadvertently, exposed it to grey water, before I intended to, and didn't have time to let bleach sit on the straw to purify it,this picture is from the first day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fR84QC6iDw
this is a video of my water filter gravity filtering off a 2L platy bag, it is worth noting that this is unusually fast... typically it is a fast drip, NOT a trickle
on average I would take a guess at 30 minutes for a quart of water using this methond
speaking of purifying water, it is worth nothing that when possible I intend to also chemically treat my water, either via aquamira tabs, or with a eye dropper filled with bleach.... but I did drink water through this filter without chemical treating to become comfortable with it....
as someone who recently had a bout of giardia.... it is worth nothing that major symptoms don't usually show up for a few days... so if you have to bite the bullet and drink unclean water... at least in regards to giardia\crypto, from what I have read\experienced you have a bit of time to get back to civilization before shit goes south in your gut... any trained medical people feel free to interject
Fifth option, I have a quick link adapter on my 3L platy bag so that if shit is serious and I have no time to stop and filter water, I can connect my filter directly to my hydration bladder, and simply fill my hydration bladder with grey water and filter on the go....
it is worth noting that doing so will contaminate the bladder until it can be reliably cleaned... so this is to be reserved as an ace in the hole...
obviously the hydration bladder would be in my pack, and not carried in my hand, but you get the idea....
Sixth option, is I can gravity filter using the hydration tubing for maximum pressure on the filter... the exponentially decreases the time it takes to filter water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79x-tOsORY
this is a video of my water filter gravity filtering off my 3L platy bag used as my hydration bladder, using the hydration tube to obtain 3 feet of pressure before the filter... it is worth nothing that it is unusually SLOW in this video, usually it would fill a 1 quart GI canteen in less than a minute
on average I would say about 2 minutes for this method
I also decided to bust out my sterno folding stove which makes a great folding hobo stove, my biggest complaint with it is that after you use it, it is completely filthy and I don't want to toss it in my bag and get everything sooty... I have since fount a pencil holder that covers it perfectly
heres our camp setup,
Corrsk is in the YELLOW... not lime green tent,
Eriequiet is rocking the usgi bivy and summerbag,
Corrsk was cold during the night... Erie was sweating for most of it
we did camp right along the river, but the sky was clear and we had no real fear of flooding in this moment but it was something we gave thought to, I kept my pack up on higher ground and if need be it would only take a few seconds to toss my sleep system up there...
we chose to sleep on the rocks because it was smoothing and more comfortable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9rTZjDErk
my kabar cutlass was a companion as usual, and also as usual it tore through anything that stood in its path with little effort
most of the wood in our area was wet during our bug out, there was some dry stuff to be found but it was a serious pain...
the first fire I made I used a PJCB with my blastmatch, inside my sterno stove to boil some water in my GI cup for a mountain house meal... (as soon as I poured the boiling water in the MH meal, I passed the fuck out for a solid hour)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUsBxkHpYl4
I recently found at Walmart a double pack of mini road flares for 10$, I figured it would be a good time to make a fire with one of these to make sure that it would work, like the theory did in my head...
the idea being if EVERYTHING it wet, something like a road flare should be able to have enough heat to help dry out the wood and get a self sustaining fire going in a true life or death emergency... OR to make a fire VERY quickly when time is of the essence
I also took along a full sized road flare of questionable age... possibly older than I am...
was unable to get said flare to self ignite, we were subsequently able to use the micro road flare to light the full size...
the full sized road flare burned for approximately 1 minute, the micro burned for well over 5 minutes...
(the edit function isn't working with me right now so be patient please )
we went somewhere in ohio?... I was delirious for 3\4 of the drive so I not entirely sure where the hell we were
( I have delayed sleep phase syndrome, and due to scheduling the only option was for me to not sleep)
the drive was about 4hours and 30 minutes away for me, 3 hours and 30 minutes away for corrsk... the gps said it would be 4 hours and 30 minutes but we shaved an hour off that
trip was 5 miles in, with some serious elevation changes... something like 2-300 feet
not sure why the youtube codes wont work
[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/1JS7WNun0N8[/YouTube]
here is our trip in, in high speed, I decided to play around with a little action camera I got off craigslist... decided I want to buy a good one... probably a countourHD... the go pro has great video but looks like a small square turd... its got to look sexy
so in retro spect I should have taken my camera and gone picture crazy...
as a result we are lacking the visual spectacle of many of the other entries so this was the first trip that I really got to break in my new aquamire frontier pro (military adapter)
not only is it lighter and smaller than my first need deluxe, I am able to use it many more ways that before,
option one, I can drink directly from a grey water source, using the filter as a survival straw
the second option is that I can drink from the bite valve of the filter, and fill almost all kinds of pop bottles that are easily foraged in todays litter filled world,...Mountain dew bottle was foraged along the trip and filtered water from it was drank
Third option, I also keep 2x 2 liter roll up platy bags for use with collecting grey water, since I don't see the need to have more than 5 liters of clean water on hand at a time ( 2 gi canteens to filter into, 3 liter hydration bladder )
these platy bags can be filled with grey water and drank from directly ( also water treatment can be performed inside of bag, or in combo to filter)
Forth option, I can also screw one of these platy bags of grey water onto the filter and gravity filter into my canteen while I am working around camp ( read setting up camp, gathering firewood, cooking... etc), balencing can be a trick,... normally I would attach the straw onto the other end to help guide the water into the canteen,... but while showing various set up options to corrsk I inadvertently, exposed it to grey water, before I intended to, and didn't have time to let bleach sit on the straw to purify it,this picture is from the first day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fR84QC6iDw
this is a video of my water filter gravity filtering off a 2L platy bag, it is worth noting that this is unusually fast... typically it is a fast drip, NOT a trickle
on average I would take a guess at 30 minutes for a quart of water using this methond
speaking of purifying water, it is worth nothing that when possible I intend to also chemically treat my water, either via aquamira tabs, or with a eye dropper filled with bleach.... but I did drink water through this filter without chemical treating to become comfortable with it....
as someone who recently had a bout of giardia.... it is worth nothing that major symptoms don't usually show up for a few days... so if you have to bite the bullet and drink unclean water... at least in regards to giardia\crypto, from what I have read\experienced you have a bit of time to get back to civilization before shit goes south in your gut... any trained medical people feel free to interject
Fifth option, I have a quick link adapter on my 3L platy bag so that if shit is serious and I have no time to stop and filter water, I can connect my filter directly to my hydration bladder, and simply fill my hydration bladder with grey water and filter on the go....
it is worth noting that doing so will contaminate the bladder until it can be reliably cleaned... so this is to be reserved as an ace in the hole...
obviously the hydration bladder would be in my pack, and not carried in my hand, but you get the idea....
Sixth option, is I can gravity filter using the hydration tubing for maximum pressure on the filter... the exponentially decreases the time it takes to filter water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79x-tOsORY
this is a video of my water filter gravity filtering off my 3L platy bag used as my hydration bladder, using the hydration tube to obtain 3 feet of pressure before the filter... it is worth nothing that it is unusually SLOW in this video, usually it would fill a 1 quart GI canteen in less than a minute
on average I would say about 2 minutes for this method
I also decided to bust out my sterno folding stove which makes a great folding hobo stove, my biggest complaint with it is that after you use it, it is completely filthy and I don't want to toss it in my bag and get everything sooty... I have since fount a pencil holder that covers it perfectly
heres our camp setup,
Corrsk is in the YELLOW... not lime green tent,
Eriequiet is rocking the usgi bivy and summerbag,
Corrsk was cold during the night... Erie was sweating for most of it
we did camp right along the river, but the sky was clear and we had no real fear of flooding in this moment but it was something we gave thought to, I kept my pack up on higher ground and if need be it would only take a few seconds to toss my sleep system up there...
we chose to sleep on the rocks because it was smoothing and more comfortable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9rTZjDErk
my kabar cutlass was a companion as usual, and also as usual it tore through anything that stood in its path with little effort
most of the wood in our area was wet during our bug out, there was some dry stuff to be found but it was a serious pain...
the first fire I made I used a PJCB with my blastmatch, inside my sterno stove to boil some water in my GI cup for a mountain house meal... (as soon as I poured the boiling water in the MH meal, I passed the fuck out for a solid hour)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUsBxkHpYl4
I recently found at Walmart a double pack of mini road flares for 10$, I figured it would be a good time to make a fire with one of these to make sure that it would work, like the theory did in my head...
the idea being if EVERYTHING it wet, something like a road flare should be able to have enough heat to help dry out the wood and get a self sustaining fire going in a true life or death emergency... OR to make a fire VERY quickly when time is of the essence
I also took along a full sized road flare of questionable age... possibly older than I am...
was unable to get said flare to self ignite, we were subsequently able to use the micro road flare to light the full size...
the full sized road flare burned for approximately 1 minute, the micro burned for well over 5 minutes...
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I never fit in. That's my role in life, to be the outcast.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by scurvy » Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:01 am
Flying Lead wrote:Pork tatoos? That's a new one.
just trying to be innovative and show some skills,
always good to add presentation right?
scores being tallied...... I'm hoping for friday evening for the posting of the winners.
thank you every one for your trips, efforts and photos.
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out Entry thread
by the_alias » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:40 am
Locked for judging
General MBO chatter thread is here for you guys to talk! viewtopic.php?f=14&t=92938&start=336
Well done to all!
General MBO chatter thread is here for you guys to talk! viewtopic.php?f=14&t=92938&start=336
Well done to all!
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Re: The 2012 Spring/Summer mock bug out WINNERS ANNOUNCED
by Woods Walker » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:49 am
The contest is over so this thread wil be returned to a standard topic.
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