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jontte said:
seems I have to make my way to the library :)
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If you have been reading bloody Norse Mythology again I'll have a fit. ALAS BABYLON is one of the greatest novels ever written, Along with Down to a Sunless Sea by David Graham, and of course Earth Abides, you need abusing with the rough end of a Pineapple non stop until you have read them.:)
 
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Thanks for all the great advice, lots to think about. For now I'll stick with what I have, well, because it's what I have but definitely working on a plan for what would be the best upgrade (or downgrade depending on how you look at it).
 
Looking weak or strong has more to do with your looks than your backpack. Most mean biker or gangsta types do not carry a backpack. A backpack, any backpack, can make you a target.

I used to think it silly when people would say stay away from tactical packs, after all, there are many being used in my city. However, there is a difference between using one as a daypack and dressing up 100% tactical. Tactical means tactics anyway, and tough just means, "I'll come back with more of my gang".

My attitude has changed because if I was a cop and you looked like you were a gun guy and had a backpack I'd search you first over the college kid with a daypack. That being said, in SHTF situations where people are starving, you don't want any pack (civy or tactical) to look like you are ready to camp out because campers have food. You want more of a daypack look to you. If you are in a rural area as opposed to city then you can be a bit safer with camping type look.
 
Well, as a lady myself, I don't carry anything tacticool or remotely military. Instead I have gone for civilian type bags. . My GHB is a small 20L Regatta Daysack that is big enough to hold everything I need. Round here we get a lot of DoE outdoor hiker types so I would fit right in I do not have a BOB as such, as I can't see me ever running off to the hills. I do have a larger nondescript trolleybag that contains stuff for evacuation that can sustain us if the need arises.
I think the thing to do is take a look around you at the types of people you live with, and what they carry and take your cue from them.
 
SheilaT said:
Well, as a lady myself, I don't carry anything tacticool or remotely military. Instead I have gone for civilian type bags. . My GHB is a small 20L Regatta Daysack that is big enough to hold everything I need. Round here we get a lot of DoE outdoor hiker types so I would fit right in I do not have a BOB as such, as I can't see me ever running off to the hills. I do have a larger nondescript trolleybag that contains stuff for evacuation that can sustain us if the need arises.
I think the thing to do is take a look around you at the types of people you live with, and what they carry and take your cue from them.
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Good analogy for a gray woman prepper.
 
BTW recently read an article by a single lady living in London who keeps her bug out gear in one of those very solid Antler wheeled suitcases, she just looks like any other traveller in London but she has all she needs in this hard shell wheeled suitcase. I thought it rather natty.
 
SheilaT, yes too many people think BOBs are run to the hills bags. Bugging out was a military term for when an area got to hostile to Americans. It has nothing to do with camping in the woods per say, it is about getting out of an area back to friendly areas.

In the case of us civies, most would be going to a friends/relatives house or a motel/hotel. The vast majority of North Americans live in cities or subburbs. Pack your bag to meet your needs as to the location you are going to and the length of time to get there.
 
I live in the boonies and if I get caught away from home at most we are talking 20 miles,if the truck is down and I'm a foot yeah the damned dog is with me 20 miles to him is a walk in the park but me not so much,,a knife one shotgun and a fanny pack with ammo and a water bottle some matches and I am headed east,,maybe I should put a bike in the back of that old truck
 
grayghost668 said:
I live in the boonies and if I get caught away from home at most we are talking 20 miles,if the truck is down and I'm a foot yeah the damned dog is with me 20 miles to him is a walk in the park but me not so much,,a knife one shotgun and a fanny pack with ammo and a water bottle some matches and I am headed east,,maybe I should put a bike in the back of that old truck
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You may find one of those cheap folding bikes you could stash in your vehicle in the post christmas sales.
 
grayghost668 said:
I live in the boonies and if I get caught away from home at most we are talking 20 miles,if the truck is down and I'm a foot yeah the damned dog is with me 20 miles to him is a walk in the park but me not so much,,a knife one shotgun and a fanny pack with ammo and a water bottle some matches and I am headed east,,maybe I should put a bike in the back of that old truck
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I'm sure I could hike twenty miles still, but would probably pay for it for a few days! I'm driving up to Asheville today. About a three hour trip each way at 60 mph. That wouldn't be walkable in a day. Here's to not breaking down. I do have a pretty good emergency kit just in case.
 
if I got caught away from home we are talking mostly 10 miles, once a month we do a "big" shop and that's 25 miles away. I carry a GHB in the car(permanently) what you would call a fanny pad I think, we call it a "bum"(as in butt) bag!!
 
the furthest im normally from home,is approximately 55 miles.give or take a mile or 2..which means i'd need a good riding bicycle or motorcycle....in which a motorcycle is out of the queston,when it comes to the car.so i'd probally go with a older bike,that i can rebuild and repair them myself.,seeing how i use to repair and rebuild my own bikes when i was a kid,up into my teens..
 
jimLE said:
the furthest im normally from home,is approximately 55 miles.give or take a mile or 2..which means i'd need a good riding bicycle or motorcycle....in which a motorcycle is out of the queston,when it comes to the car.so i'd probally go with a older bike,that i can rebuild and repair them myself.,seeing how i use to repair and rebuild my own bikes when i was a kid,up into my teens..
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What about one of those newer designs of electrically powered bicycles that will do bout 30 miles per charge and come with two quick change LI batteries?
Remember that even this cheap little Honda Monkey / Scooter type bikes have a range of over 200 miles on 1.5 gallon of petrol at 30 MPH
 
sounds good.but im thinking along the lines of saving space when it comes to the vehicle.on acount i dont thing there's a way of installing a bicycle rack for one.to me that means a fold up bike..
 
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