Get Home Bag (GHB) - for urban environments

[Toyman321]

One thing I didn't notice on folks lists (my have missed one or two) are maps. If your batteries run out and your GPS is dead you still need to find your way home or may need to find an alternate route. I have a map marked up with ways to get home avoiding over and under passes and other alternate routes home from work.

[r3dn3ck]

1 pistol, 5 lighters, pack of smokes, 50 rounds, 2 knives, gallon water, 10 cans of sardines, 200g sugary snacks (snickers, etc...), 50' 550 cord, e-blanket, good compass, tri-ox pellets, AA batteries, FRS radio.

[swilson]

Take this for example: You live in large metropolitan city area (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, etc), and your house is surrounded by lots of smaller cities and neighborhoods.... no real wildlife around. You drive/ride to work on major freeways everyday with others, and you work in a downtown environment with thousands of other people in lots of tall office buildings.

I don't know if you've ever been to San Diego or not but there are plenty of areas where the quickest route is through an undeveloped area, like Mission Trails regional park. If the military or a natural disaster blocked one of the freeways you might find yourself hiking tens of miles through undeveloped areas in canyons and over hills. For example even walking the 52 from Miramar to east county is over ten miles, with nature on both sides.

Different items for different locations I suppose.

[11HE9]

One thing I didn't notice on folks lists (my have missed one or two) are maps. If your batteries run out and your GPS is dead you still need to find your way home or may need to find an alternate route. I have a map marked up with ways to get home avoiding over and under passes and other alternate routes home from work.

What's a GPS
















Honestly... I have never used one.

I have always had a very good sence of direction, but I do keep a map book in the trail rig just in case

[223556]

What's a GPS

Honestly... I have never used one.

I have always had a very good sence of direction, but I do keep a map book in the trail rig just in case

Global Positioning System (GPS)

[223556]

It looks like the most common itmes would be
Water
Mini IFAK of some kind
Flashlight/Chem light
High calorie type food
Multi tool/Knife
Gloves
Fire starting equipment
Handgun of any type
Extra Ammo and Mags

and last but not least, a durable low profile bag to carry it all in.
I have the mentioned items above plus a few other small items. I agree this is not the best list, everyones needs are different! But I feel this is a good start for folks to fine tune to their needs.
I carry and use a 5.11 Tactical Large Tool Kit Bag, works perfectly well.