HuckleberryFun wrote: Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:55 pm
Someone talked on social media about the new stove he got to put in his go bag. I left a comment giving my take on it.
Copied from the Prepping For Liberals FB page:
I don’t have a stove in my go bag, just cold rations. The weight and space it takes can be better used, IMHO. To me, a go bag means a “run for your life” bag which implies you aren’t going to have time to stop and cook. I treat the go bag just like the patrol packs I used in the Army: “pack light freeze at night.”
I have a separate, larger, sustainment ruck that does have a stove (and other nice to have things) sufficient for 7 days. The go-bag zips into the sustainment ruck so they can become one unit, or detached once camp is made for going out to forage or scout.
That’s what works for me. Try your load out for yourself on some day hikes and see if it works for you.
Oh... back to "serious" prepping discussion?
So many ideas about go-bags, get-home-bags, etc. I think it really depends on your travel habits, experiences, and location. When I used to drive 35 miles each way into the heart of the city, I did take an extremely light "Esbit Ultralight Emergency Folding Camp Stove" and some Mt Hagan coffee packets during snow/ice emergencies. I had to be at work (and stay there for days sometimes) while others were cozy at home.
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt