Thanks for the link for the Personal Outdoor Plan PDF. Paul Kirtley's Blog has some interesting information as well.

http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/dartmoor-survival-knife/

The Wilkinson Sword derived Dartmoor CSK185 Survival knife article was an interesting read as well describing Ray Mears 'Rambo' inspired design from the late 1980s. A blast from the past...

Agreed on the first sheet. The information should be on 1 sheet and concise. The time it takes to fill out all the nitty details will disuade anybody from taking a trip in the first place! Or throw out the plan and not fill it out at all.

BTW, don't forget to make a boot print on the back side of the sheet so trackers know who to look for.

An attached sweaty sock as well.....

Personally, I think the major contribution is some new potential ETS acronyms!

Obviously we have "POP", meaning Personal Outdoor Plan, but what about:

"PIP", meaning Personal Indoor Plan
"PUP", meaning Personal Urban Plan

etcetera.

I expect to see a vast array of new work for Blast as the ETS community unleashes its typical unbounded clever creativity!

What fun! Personal Emergency Plan.... Personal Activity Plan....

Well, I guess, no matter what you do, leave information with someone ("the responsible person") before you go out.

I participate in searches as a SAR team member and more often than not, the family or reporting person has little knowledge of where the missing person was going to go.

Blake

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before heading off on the canoe trips,two week solos,i make up a trip plan with a map of my path and expected camp sites along with photos of me and my tent and canoe and other gear,PFD,packs,tarp along with the car plate number and canoe landing parking lot .one is left at home with my wife on the dinning room table and another with a close friend who i have canoe tripped this way with before.the one on the table is left not only for her but in case something happens to her,a thought the is more of a worry that a problem out on the lakes.if the EMS show up or the police go to the house they know where to look for me.

A really excellent idea. One slight modification I suggest is hanging it on the front door of the fridge, clearly marked with something like "Emergency Information" or some such. Don't know about your area, but the EMS folks here tell be that is the first place they look in an emergency. You might ask the local LEO's/EMS folks where they would look to find emergency information in such a scenario. I would hate to see them walk past the dining room table just because they are not used to looking there.

CANOEDOGS - including photos is a great idea.

"Often" SAR find a few pieces of equipment and are felt wondering who it belongs to.

I guess clearly labelling your equipment would help too.

We got a visit every night on our fishing trip this weekend because we didn't check-in when we docked. THAT'S the kind of person you want to file your plan with!