4.93 Ounces!! Ultralight Survival Kit for Backpacking

[@jerrybobteasdale]

Carry it all in a drybag. Include a Ziploc bag that can contain the gear as a ditty bag. When collecting water, line the emptied dry bag with one of those oven bags. Fill that reinforced bag with water.

[@DanBecker]

Not bad! Next challenge.. winter survival kit under a pound!!

[@grimgranite]

Challenge accepted! 😅 🥶 ⛺️

[@bradbauer9984]

Define winter 😜

[@elizabethraworth64]

Brilliant Gordon and Dan ! I will put some of these together and try them out. Ironically my trail name is "go heavy". As I do carry many emergency supplies. Never needed them myself but others have. Thanks for the video.

[@grimgranite]

Thank you, I am glad this has created some inspiration for you! It sure is nice to be able to lend a hand or some gear to those in need.

[@seribas]

Hikers are carrying survival gear in abundance. Usually carrying a shelter of some kind, every hiker has a lighter, containers, cordage of some kind and almost always a knife.

[@grimgranite]

Agreed, ultralight hikers generally carry adequate shelter and survival gear as part of their primary load-out (backpack). In this video, I demonstrated that a contingency kit could be made and kept on your person or in a hip pack in case you became separated from your primary gear (backpack). It’s happened to me more once. Thanks for watching!

[@lyubomirstefanov5276]

@@grimgranite sounds horrible to be left without the backpack. How did you do without it? I hope you were safe and you had someone with you who had their gear.

[@JosephAllen-d2e]

Unless they cold soak their food. A lot of those guys don't carry a lighter.

[@RobertCrum]

Yeah, that totally works! LOL. there is NO way it will be comfortable but that is the nature of emergency survival. Good work.

[@grimgranite]

Thank you Bob! I am glad you enjoyed the video, it sure is fun to make them.

[@Oldsparkey]

Disaster strikes you lose everything , what do you always have on you , Your Knife. Canoeing or hiking I have a simple survival kit. It's a Swiss Army knife that includes a saw blade and corkscrew. The size of the particular Swiss Army Knife is a personal choice. The knife becomes a emergency fire starter system. I figure I can make do for several days. Lost or in trouble , stay where you are and have a small fire , someone will eventually find you.( One of my duties was search and rescue for the Sheriffs Dept before retiring ). The fire starting gear is incorporated in the knife. Where the toothpick or tweezers go a small Ferrous rod ( Firefly ) is there. You can even replace both them and have two Ferrous rods. In the corkscrew area there is fire tinder ( Helix Tinder ). I managed to get 2 of them in the corkscrew area and you don't have to use a whole one to start a fire. Only place I found it was at tortoise gear. Today even Amazon has them.

[@gordontyree9858]

Love the Firefly ferro rods! I put mine on my SAK Hiker pocket knife. Works great!

[@gordontyree4308]

TORTOISE GEAR IS SIMPLY AWESOME! I REPLACED ALL THE TOOTHPICKS IN ALL MY SAK’S WITH THE FIREFLY FERRO ROD. THEY WORK GREAT! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! GREAT VIDEO GORDON. THANKS AND KEEP THEM COMING!

[@shawnr6117]

Practically speaking a SOL 2p blanket would be better for your emergency shelter: two sided (orange & silver), larger & stronger and only a little bit heavier

[@grimgranite]

Agreed! Those are great. Keeping it under 5oz for the challenge made it difficult for sure and introduced some compromise into the design. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@casper3130]

Pro Tip Add dental floss to kit. It's a multiuser for flossing, fishing, stiching and with a 140 yards plus its strong enough to tie together tree limbs and cedar limbs to make a shelter. I carry 2 packs. 😊

[@jeanbecker2579]

Good one Gordon!

[@grimgranite]

Thank you!

[@J_Menocal]

Brilliant and fascinating stuff!

[@grimgranite]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@MrFeige1]

Whaaaat wow! Nice

[@Father_Retro]

Good job

[@Shihabdeenrecreationalcyclist]

what about the cutting device

[@grimgranite]

I’ve seen people include a surgical scalpel blade in small kits, perhaps that would be a good idea! I usually always carry a small knife on my person, so I didn’t include that in this kit build.

[@casper3130]

HD 5 gal trashbag, zip lock water bag, bleach powder, dental floss, paper match folder, needle, fish hook. Everything in the zip lock bag.

[@carsokk]

Great Video. Any chance you have a link or more info about the 100 lb test line that you used? Thanks again for the video.

[@grimgranite]

Thank you! Here is a link to the cord I used in the kit. It's really great stuff. amzn.to/3wTf3mn

[@ryanrivers1932]

Should've done fishing line for cordage, you could get way more length for almost no weight and it's cheap for the under 5$ mark

[@grimgranite]

Great idea! I wanted something with a lot more tensile strength, hence the micro cord. But fishing line would be a great alternate.

[@jibbyjabbatv]

Have you tried using the kit? If so, at what temperature and conditions and how did it go?

[@grimgranite]

With a fire this would keep you alive into the 20s. Wouldn’t be cozy, but it would keep you alive. The biggest thing is getting yourself up off the cold ground and making a fire. The blankets will keep you from getting wet if it’s raining and will trap heat, but you’ve also got to improve your situation with some insulation under your body too. Thanks for watching!

[@joekurtz8303]

If you can drive to a store and buy stuff and overlook the shelter your 🚘 instantly provides from the elements, is mobile, and versatile to tie your tarp to for shade or water collection, cause the next event -it'll be an urban survival 🧻and not a comfortable jaunt to nature🏕

[@markfletcher8084]

I want to survive, not win the lightest cheapest award. 😁

[@grimgranite]

I hear you, me too! Do you take part in ultralight backpacking often?

[@markfletcher8084]

@@grimgranite I use to.

[@suprememagnetic4850]

Ego is another reason or when you’re trying to prove something.

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

"Professional" hiker? Does that mean he's a guide, or did you mean "experienced" instead?

[@oldlifter530]

Makes me think

[@grimgranite]

Thinking is good, I am glad it was interesting! Thanks for watching!

[@alphabears6342]

Everything inside your house is free so you technically save $5

[@johnacord6224]

So, anyway, I started blasting.

[@dylansue3519]

It's nice but let's try to be realistic here. Backpacking comes with a weight. Even if u try to go light. 5 ounce is a joke no one would go out wth that kind of weight 😑

[@grimgranite]

Agreed! In the video I show how you can build an ultralight survival kit to compliment your existing load out for backpacking, as a contingency kit. Thanks for watching!

[@AdventureSurvivalist]

I understand the idea, chalange, ok... but never limit your self when it comes to survival kit, an altoids kit will do it, fits in a pocket, cant hurt

[@seribas]

Ok now go out and actually try to use that stuff

[@grimgranite]

I have used this type of gear for many years and I am accustomed to living with it for training and for fun. I have stayed out many, many nights under space blankets and used water tablets to sterilize hundreds of liters of water. Thanks for the comment!

[@levvisbalhare1780]

Gimme a break with this. Man up and take the lighter

[@grimgranite]

Ha, indeed I agree! I was trying to stay true to the challenge at hand which was a 5oz limit. Thanks for watching!

[@levvisbalhare1780]

@@grimgranite lol. I have to admit ,I was impressed that you pulled it off.

[@jeffrdnck7973]

I think it’s absolutely ridiculous to put a price limit on life..

[@grimgranite]

That would be ridiculous!