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03/04/2010 03:38PM
The topic of PFD knife got me thinking about the other items in my PFD. I know we have discussed this in the past, but I thought I’d bring it up again.
Besides yourself, what else is in your PFD?
My PFD is a Extrasport RetroGlide Sabre. It has lots of pockets. I feel that my Ditch Kit needs to always be in the PFD and can not be too bulky or heavy. In mine there is the knife discussed in another thread, a whistle, a black plastic garbage bag, and a Survival Kit in a Sardine Can.
I don’t know if mine is good, bad, or indifferent, but that is what it is.
Besides yourself, what else is in your PFD?
My PFD is a Extrasport RetroGlide Sabre. It has lots of pockets. I feel that my Ditch Kit needs to always be in the PFD and can not be too bulky or heavy. In mine there is the knife discussed in another thread, a whistle, a black plastic garbage bag, and a Survival Kit in a Sardine Can.
I don’t know if mine is good, bad, or indifferent, but that is what it is.
Bannock
03/04/2010 04:19PM
3 flares
2 smokes
1 signal mirror (my Coast Guard rescue-pilot bro-in-law says these are more reliable than smoke and flares....when the sun's out)
1 lighter
4 paraffin soaked fire starters
1 magnesium/steel fire starter
1 space blanket
Plus a whistle and knife attached to my PFD
2 smokes
1 signal mirror (my Coast Guard rescue-pilot bro-in-law says these are more reliable than smoke and flares....when the sun's out)
1 lighter
4 paraffin soaked fire starters
1 magnesium/steel fire starter
1 space blanket
Plus a whistle and knife attached to my PFD
"A man that don't lie....ain't got nothin' to say"
03/04/2010 06:26PM
Left to right top down; idiot straps, compass, whistle, safety pins, space blanket, Motrin, gauze roll, gauze pad, tape, antibiotic ointment, Diphen, lifeboat matches, striker, 50 ft. nylon 80lb test cord, recharge and tag for lifevest, multitool, knife. And the camera I shot this with.
The vest is a hybrid inflatable, foam sandwich, air bladder.
butthead
The vest is a hybrid inflatable, foam sandwich, air bladder.
butthead
"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin
03/04/2010 07:37PM
granola bar wrapper
several mono bird's nests
couple of chewed up gulp grubs
cigarette butts (in my past)
piece of gum from the 90's
wet matches
birch bark for night's fire
some rocks to bring home
compass
permit
survival kit is kept in my tackle pack...
several mono bird's nests
couple of chewed up gulp grubs
cigarette butts (in my past)
piece of gum from the 90's
wet matches
birch bark for night's fire
some rocks to bring home
compass
permit
survival kit is kept in my tackle pack...
03/05/2010 12:10AM
i have a kit that i'm re-doing with a cup and bottle from a Swiss Army canteen.the bottle is cut up and put into the cup reversed to make a water proof container.i have been posting on the Equipped To Survive site and when i finish the kit in the next few weeks i'll post here as well as ETS.i assume if i make it to shore with the gear i'm ok.if i loose the canoe i'll have to camp where ever i come ashore and hang in there until help arrives and hot food and drink will really help.
it's just a level trail thru the woods.
03/05/2010 10:07AM
this is the kit i'm going to re-do the "food side" on by putting the inverted/cut canteen into the cup rather than using just the zip-lock and duct tape.someone has done this at the outdoor site"woodsmonkey".the photo is my old kit.
the food side
the shelter making gear in the other pocket
i assume in the very remote chance of having to use this i'll be close to shore and need shelter and warm food.a Spot or PLB is on my list of gear buys but i'm still thinking that one over.the Q and BW are busy enough that someone would come by or a big smokey fire would attract attention.
the food side
the shelter making gear in the other pocket
i assume in the very remote chance of having to use this i'll be close to shore and need shelter and warm food.a Spot or PLB is on my list of gear buys but i'm still thinking that one over.the Q and BW are busy enough that someone would come by or a big smokey fire would attract attention.
it's just a level trail thru the woods.
03/07/2010 07:10PM
Knife on vest, Leatherman on belt. Lighter, small bottle of bug dope and a match safe in pocket of vest. Carabiner on vest. Match safe with Vaseline soaked cotton balls in pocket. Fire steel and compass around neck. If paddling whitewater, prussiks around back yoke of vest. Nothing else carried on vest or person.
"With an ax, you can build a life. With a stove, you can boil water. That is if nothing breaks and you don't run out of fuel." -Samuel Hearne
03/08/2010 06:54AM
I have a pfd that does not have much in the way of pockets, so a few years ago I grabbed an old kelty fanny pack and kitted it out as a ditch kit. I ALWAYS wear it when paddling in the BW.
CAR KEYS; wallet; (2) ponchos; (1) reflective blanket: firestarter; ace bandage; antibiotic cream; leatherman tool; 50' para cord; iodine tablets; pak-towel; misc band-aids; kleenex; three rolls of lifesaver candy; and a five-foot strip of peel-n-stick metal duct tape.
humm?
"Opening a bottle of wine in a canoe is a desirable, but irrational act."
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