My GHB is an ongoing project for me! Here's what it looks like right now.
First a little background and some of the contents and considerations:
...I've basically looking at three possible (GHB) scenarios: (1)bugging in at the office; (2)bugging in at a friend's house between work and home; and (3)being stuck my the Jeep during the commute. As a result, I've made a 2 bag GHB set-up.
An office bug-in is highly unlikely, however, our warehouse is in an industrial manufacturing area, and the neighbourhood is bordered by a national railway and highway, and it also houses a nuclear power plant. I've got meds, FAK & hygiene, N95 masks, LED light, food, a couple of (full) water bottles, and a bunch of other little odds and ends stashed around my cubicle and the office kitchen, and think that with my EDC and the preps in my Jeep, I should be in good shape for a short bug-in before I can head home. A good friend lives around the corner, so if something should happen here, I'd likely try to make my way there, unless it's a chemical or nuclear accident, in which case I'm going to shelter in place.
Spending the night a friend's house or a local motel is much stronger possibility, in the event of something like the recent ice storm. I've got an overnight bag packed in a backpack, with two changes of clothes, a thermal under layer, toiletries, FAK, LED, enough cash for a motel room, etc. I also threw an MRE and a deck of cards in there, because I'd hate to couch surf and show-up empty handed.
Getting stuck on the road during my 63KM (one-way) commute is possible too. I always keep a small survival kit in there, along with extra hats, mitts, sweater, water, etc. I'm planning to take some short lunch-time hikes on the local trails, so my day hike pack is going to live in my Jeep along with my overnight bag and a wool blanket. It's got the basics of water, shelter, fire, food & cooking, FAK, signalling and knife/saw/headlamp/etc. in there.
The biggest thing I think I need to do right now is
remember to bring my cel phone with my every day. I do have a charger in the Jeep and at the office, but after a year of barely using it, I've already forgotten it several times over the past two months.
Outbound Yukon 35L
Shelter: paracord, jute twine, 2 nylon GI style ponchos, AMK/SOL Bivvy, garbage bags, Thermarest Z-seat
Clothes: a ziplock bag with merino wool hiking socks, liner gloves, fleece-lined buff, flo orange thinsulate hat, a fleece vest, a wool poncho liner
Sharps: Mora LMF Fireknife, BG USK, Bacho Laplander saw, Gerber pocket sharpener, Gerber Suspension multi-tool
*The BGUSK is my chopper an batonner, and the Mora is my standard go to for a day hike.
Fire Kit: hexi/wetfire/esbit cubes, bic, match safe with SA matches & cotton balls, UCO stormproof matches & striker, tea light, PJ cotton balls and Altoids tin (with char cloth, fat wood, tampons, tinderquick, gorilla tape and ranger bands)
Food & Water: Nalgene, Canteen Kit (Canteen, canteen cup, canteen stove, esbit or wetfire tabs, 750 mL MSR Seagull (which holds my fire kit), DIY windscreen for stove, plastic kuska, folding cup, Sea to Summit Spork, bandana, Bag O Chow with extra ziplock bags (ramen, tuna, instant potatoes and bacon bits, instant oatmeal, jerky, a MH meal, clif bars, chocolate, hot chocolate, coffee, tang, koolaid)
Bag O Love: Resealable breast milk bag with BIC, water filter straw, MicroPUR tabs, extra breast milk bags, snare wire, AAA flashlight, mini folding knife, Gerber micro multi-tool, fatwood and a couple of wetfire tabs.
First Aid & Hygiene: AMK .7 FAK kit with added: mylar blanet, LED, triangular bandage, maxi pads, tampons, meds, MicroPUR tabs(4) and MRE TP, Burt's Bees lip balm, baby wipes, Tylenol, Benedryl, chemical body warmers and a bunch of bandaids
Misc: Peztl e+ headlight & spare batteries(2), ice cleats, insulated thermos, carabiners
Here's a recent peak inside the day hike pack part of my GHB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pnoNOdK2yc&feature=em-upload_owner
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