(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.)
While trawling through the SurvivalBlog archives I came across a 2015 two-part article:
- Six Prepping Principles Derived from One Year as an Expat- Part 1, by G.L.
- Six Prepping Principles Derived from One Year as an Expat- Part 2, by G.L.
I really liked his approach to layering. To that, I added researching “carry-on only travelling”, backpacking, and general bug out bag/survival kit principles. I put this reading and learning together to make a “civilization-centric” approach to bugging out.
Fair warning: This is simply my thought experiment. Thankfully I haven’t been in this position. Yet. Hopefully, I never will be but if I ever am, having at least thought through it will increase my family’s odds of making it out intact. Feel free to disagree and critique and change, that’s the only possible benefit this has to us. When there is not much to be done at least we can think, run a “what-if” scenario, and then decide what to act on in real life.
I’m focusing mainly on being carry-on centric and the German preparedness expert that I found recently agrees. If I am in a refugee situation I have no idea how I will be traveling (bus, plane, smart car) and no idea how far I will have to travel on foot. I need to be able to carry it on my back with ease. In civilization, planes have the most restrictions on carry-on and my goal is to make it so I can get on an airplane, no checking no gate checking, no security issues. Make it easy on those around you, not difficult.Continue reading“Bugging Out Between Civilizations – Part 2, by N.C.”