The Camping Survival Plan

Your camping gear is the starting point for your survival plan.

History is a magnificent tool for understanding the present but it is also great at foretelling the future. If there is one thing you can accurately say about history it is that it will repeat. Peace and war, feast and famine, prosperity and depression, all cycle as random eddies in the river of time. Thus it is prudent to consider that a desperate situation is not only possible but, if we believe history, quite likely. This realization mandates developing a mentality and a plan that prepares us for the ability to simply survive.

 

What happens if your community has five fire trucks and your house becomes the sixth fire burning? Unless you are willing to fight the fire you are just plan out of luck.

 

So self sufficiency is the way we must learn to think in order to survive.

Survival at Home

Perhaps you have seen the movie "Contagion" where a really bad and untreatable virus spreads throughout the world. Much of what is enacted in the movie is, in fact, how governments would handle such a situation. Schools and businesses would be simply closed and you might even find yourself restricted to your own residence. ( This was written long before the corona virus pandemic. )

 

Having accesss to our basic services at home including the refer and freezer is a hugh survival advantage. However, even with electricity, water and such there is still significant preparation required. We have witnessed what happens when supply chains are inaccessable or break down and we end up at the mercy of government emergency services.

 

Here is a recent video for preparing an In-Home food stash:

 

Head for the hills.

What happens when the governments' survival resources run out or are stretched beyond the limit of their capabilities? Desperate people do desperate things. If conditions deteriorate to this point, we may need to "get out of Dodge", so to speak. If law enforcement breaks down and communication disappears it might be time to consider leaving your home in order to get away from the masses.

 

Here is where us campers have a decided advantage over the standard population. In a minimal sense we have to configure for survival every time we just go camping. Whether you are setting up for a weekend trip or a two week camping vacation you will have had to addressed these basic survival needs:

• water
• food
• protection from the elements

 

Thus all you have to do is add a food and water stash to your basic camping equipment inventory and you have the core of a survival plan put together.

 

Choose a couple of good spots to locate your survival camp away from metropolitan areas as these places will likely be chaotic. Again, desperate people do desperate things so get away from the masses.

Gather the tribe.

Plan where your family and selected friends will be when things start falling apart. They can meet you there where you can pool resources and efforts. The wolf pack mentality is very useful when in the survival mode.

 

Setup your survival base camp in familiar out of the way spot near water ( have a purifier) and natural food sources. Having the means, knowledge and ability to protect yourself and your loved ones may be essential to your collective survival.

 

It's also important for us human beings to play.Therefore have a look at and practice the daytime activities and nightime entertainment suggestions on these web pages too.

 

In the mean time:

Consider learning the following skills:

• how to identify and prepare natural foods in your area.
• how to start a fire without matches.
• how to hunt and fish.
• how to shoot and defend yourself.

 

I know it's ugly to think about but remember what history has taught us about the dark side of human nature.

Go Camping!

It's great survival practice! ;-)