Craig Grabowsky's 7 "C's"...or...How prepared are you?

Ha! I see your reserved and add one of my own. I'm in the process of editing a GHB video that will fit nicely here.

Later Edit:

There is always a knife, MT, flashlight, and bandana on my person, but what follows is what's in my EDC bag. I never leave the property without this bag. For instance, my in-laws live less than two miles up the road and even for a short trip like that, the bag rides along.

I've listed what's in the bag as of today, but the vid is a couple years old and is ever so slightly different ATM. The current bag is the foliage MOBIUS pictured in the beginning if the video, but I don't like it as much as the Jumbo mainly due to some pocket issues.

Anyway.

Combustion- Three Bics, 12+ DIY fire starters, tea candles, 3 lantern candles, stormproof matches, magnesium fire starter w/ferro rod, duct tape, MRE TP

Communication- HAM Radio, work issued cell/PTT, signal mirror, whistle, LED Mini Maglite, light sticks, signal mirror on the compass, ShiningBeam modded Romisen RC-T602 X, and I think the case can be made for listing the orange AMK Heat Sheets again in this category

Consumption- (I'm including food in here as well as the means to get it) a couple each of 5 Hour Energy, Cliff Bars, Slim Jims, I wouldn't include it here, but since Craig did, a bandana

Container- 27 oz. Klean Kanteen, Sawyer bladder, 450 ml Ti cup, 2 Altoid type tins, Katadyn H2O tablets, Sawyer Mini filter

Cordage- 30' of 550, 30' of 950 Technora

Cover- AMK Heat Sheets, mylar blanket, cheap poncho

Cutting- EMT shears, EESE 3, Laplander saw, SAK classic, SAK Explorer.

First Aid Kit- IFAK/Blow Out Kit plus a boo boo kit

As for the two internal Cs, While I'm getting older and have lost some fitness due to a mobility injury, I have a physical job, am active in the outdoors, walk three miles most days, and have always had the mental toughness to see things through to their conclusion so I think I can still get id done in a pinch. Confidence in my various skills I have in spades.

Here is a video of the EDC bag.



OK, so that's the EDC bag. If I'm traveling more than 10 or 15 miles from home, my so called GHB comes along that is filled with redundancies.

Combustion- small book, MRE TP and matches, stormproof matches, tinder, Bic, ferro rod, alcohol pads, Ranger bands, 10 mil spec gel fire starters

Communication- signal mirror, 2 light sticks

Consumption- bandana, two field stripped MREs, emergency fishing kit, sail needles, sewing needles

Container- Nalgene USGI canteen, canteen cup, H2O tablets, Katadyn Hiker Pro filter, Pelican case

Cordage- 100' 550, dental floss, sewing thread

Cover- poncho, AMK Heat Sheets Emergency Bivvy, mylar blanket

Cutting- EMT shears, LM Kick, sharpener

And more medical gear. There is also a GearPods multi kit in there which is, if you believe GEARPods a stand alone survival kit in and of itself.

Here is a video of my GHB.



Just generally, I think my EDC bag is pretty squared away if we use Colonel Craig's post as the standard. If the GHB is in my clutches during a moment of need, I think I'm doing even better.

That said, there is always room for improvement.

 

Dude, that's called a campfire.

 

Ah... fire ring?





Or, if you want clean, how about a dakota pit?

 

I know... but you know how I am.

 

ModKitty - I pulled everything last weekend. everything. I managed to slim down and re-organize a lot.

Now y'all go and post this. My OCD senses are clicking and I feel the need to do it over with this list in front of me.

I also managed to misplace a black Vic huntsman that I had bouncing around as a backup. I have checked every bag and 'spot' afterwards but it is now, also, not in one place at once.

Two steps forward, one step back - Just like that cat in the Paula Abdul video.

 

I'm on a bit of a downswing myself, motivated by a renewed hatred of both backpacks and 10lb shoulder bags.

I really need to go ahead and build better vehicle kits, but I think I make the cut for edc....very Urban EDC. I think traveling outside the perimeter (I-285) into the suburbs is an adventure that requires planning.

1. Combustion - tinder tabs, bic lighter, and a ferro-rod just because it's cool. I don't use them except for grilling.
2. Communication - phone, momentary flash light.
3. Consumption - cliff bars, cash.
4. Container - little baggies and purification tablets. Usually a hydroflask as well, but it stays in the car.
5. Cordage - 75' of 750# test kevlar. Paracord is too bulky/heavy.
6. Cover - teksaks for my phone and car key, tiny poncho that I don't plan on ever using. Usually, when it rains, I swipe a trash bag if I'm carrying my laptop.
7. Cutting - utx-70 and a skeletool cx. I used to carry a JR Necker, but the need just isn't there.

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And for the additional stuff, I carry a gun, a minimal first aid kit, and a minimal trauma kit. And some duct tape and other odds and ends.

 

I just edited in a full answer into my first post (#4) so... feel free to be entertained and enlightened.

 

LOL, DP! DP! You must have been deleting it while I was trying to Like it because I got the "red" message saying I didn't have permission. Why my you ruin my fun? BTW, you deleting it doesn't change the fact that I saw it with my own two eyes.

That chick looks so happy to be safe and warm, doesn't she?

 

I'd noticed that too. The guy on the one person blanket package looks like he's baked half out
of his mind...