The 'Belt Pro Survival Kit' from the Pro Survival Kit Company is no longer available. Nor even the belt without contents anymore. Does anyone know of a similar kit or a sturdy zip belt for one to assemble their own kit in?
Simple Simon

If I'm remembering correctly, wasn't it similar to this: http://www.cil.com/merchant2/merchant.mv..._Code=002-40027

However, I don't think the pocket on this one is as big. It would still hold a few vital items though. I'm already thinking about getting one to carry a Spark Lite, tinder, purification tabs and a cut down oven bag in. Hmmm....

Edit: here's another link with a betterview: http://www.eaglecreek.com/accessories/security_id/All-Terrain-Money-Belt-40441/

Make your own like otzi did <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

http://www.primitiveways.com/Iceman.html

Great read, thanks for the link.

I have the Eagle Creek and use if for international travel, or flying in the US.

Plastic buckle makes security a bit easier.

I carry a few $100 dollar bills, a twenty, a copy of my passport and a list of important numbers for the country in which I am traveling.

I am not sure how much useful gear you could comfortably put in there.

Otzi died, perhaps we should look elsewhere for survival tips...

Only jesting. We can learn alot about survival from primative man. Though this forum and Equipped.org are designed for reviewing the "gear" that we should have for a survival situation, it's important to remember that man got along just fine in the days before GoreTex, LEDs, S30V knives, and Bic lighters. The best gear is between our ears. I'd like to see more scenarios posted on the forum so we can all benfit from learning new techniques and different ways of doing things. Some things that I would like to learn better are for example, whats the best fire lay in a light rain, how many feet thick should the walls of a debris hut be, how to strip bark and make it into cord. Gear is great, but as Otzi proved it doesn't take much, and the important thing is to know how to use what you do have on you at the time.

Matt

"Otzi died.."

Actually he was killed. They found blood DNA from 4 other individuals on his body and he had an arrow in his shoulder.

I read the link too, I was just making a failed attempt at humor. Sorry, looking back it was somewhat tasteless. I just thought that it is somewhat ironic that you can learn survival tips from someone who died. We would have never gained any survival knowledge from Steven Callahan or Araon Ralston had they perished. Yet becuase Otzi died in a specific area that preserved him and his tools, we were able to learn alot about his survival techniques. Again, sorry for the bad joke. As you can tell from the rest of that post, I have immense respect for the ways of primative man and wish I knew more about those forgotten ways.

"...They found blood DNA from 4 other individuals on his body and he had an arrow in his shoulder..."

Making a big assumption that the other four DNA'a were human, and came from the same incident, it would be really interesting to be able to go back and view that encounter from above. One guy with an arrow in him, four others get close enough to bleed on him (sounds like he got in his licks on them) . Must have been one heck of a guy...

Thanks for the tips everyone. Otzi sounds a bit high tech for me, but the eagle creek stuff has a good reputation. I'll try one of their belts. Looking at the Pro Survival pocket kit it has virtually the same contents as the belt had. Does anyone know if the plastic packaging will fit a belt?