For how long are you ?equipped to survive? with your EDC, PSK, and/or BOB? Just trying to provoke some thought and intelligent discussion. I value most of the opinions here so I am always eager to hear them.

Here?s mine:

Although I don?t think I have ever come right out and said it, anyone that knows me around here and has read my posts and kit contents lists probably realizes that I don't really subscribe to the 72 hour survival theory. Sure I'd love to be in the "average" survival situation and only be stranded for 72 hours but I'm not preparing for it whenever I can help it. I'm preparing for at least twice that amount of time (whenever possible) if not longer. If I?m found in 3 days and have 5 days of supplies left then I'm a happy man. The more prepared I am, the more confident I am and the more confident I am, the less fear I have, the less fear I have the more likely I am to have the proper ?survival mindset? (this is the way my mind works? of course YMMV). I figure there are enough things to worry about in a survival situation without me worrying if I'm under equipped. After all I can find ways to maintain body temperature and stay hydrated with only my brain and primitive skills training and constant practice (and I do regularly practice primitive skills), but how difficult would it be or how long would it take or how much valuable energy would I have to expend? For example, I?m pretty good with fire by friction but in the right (or wrong?) situation would I freeze to death with a bow drill in my hand while making my fire since, although I can do it, it takes a lot longer than with a lighter or matches. In my mind my equipment is there to make me more confident and competent in my ability to survive and with less energy expenditure to boot. The point it is, sure I can survive a lot of situations with no equipment and can survive many situations for 10 days on a 3 day kit or maybe 30 days on a 7 day kit, or as one man recently did, 35 days with nothing (cept some plastic he found in a cave) but just the same I carry as much as possible so that I can be as efficient and effortless (conserving as much valuable energy as possible) in my survival and have the confidence to fight the fear and stay in the right mindset.

Okay so I rambled a little?. Sorry! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

So, for how long are you ?equipped to survive? with your EDC, PSK, and/or BOB?

Mine goes something like this. These are minimums. Specific situations, environments and varying ability to improvise (based on situation, environment, mindset, etc) could greatly extend these times.

EDC/Mini Pocket Kit (about half the size of an Altoids tin) = 3 days
PSK/Mini Belt Kit (a little bigger than a soup can) = 10 days
Small Backpack Kit (standard day pack size) = 30 days