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Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: John Travis - Open Road Kit
From: bmwrdr@aol.com (BMWrdr)
Date: 3 Feb 1997 16:13:28 GMT

To those of you who have been following the John Travis series and have
sent email - thanks for the comments.  John is moving from Santa Fe NM to
Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles, and will be changing his orientation from
the more traditional open space, wild west survival comments to ones more
applicable to the 95% of the American population that live in cities.

Those of you who have read John's comments know that he is not a big fan
of 'squad combat tactics' as a means to survive.  Rather he is a firm
believer of of "knowing when to hold 'em, and knowing when to fold 'em,
knowing when to walk away and knowing when to run."  John spent many years
on the low end of socio economic stick, but managed to travel the world,
working at a variety of jobs and always doing his best to blend with the
population.

What follows is a list of stuff that John keeps packed in the back of his
car, add to it money, food, and water, and the weaponry of your choice and
it will take you anywhere for far longer than 3-days.  Please excuse the
funny order of things, but it was a multi-column chart and didnt translate
to email well.  

Next article will be what you should be able to do before you lay out
$30,000 for the right survival vehicle and $1,000 for that assault rifle
that will really 'save you.'  Of course you already know John will tell
you to do neither.  

Always be prepared to walk out . . . . 
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OPEN ROAD EQUIPMENT CHECK OFF LIST
CLOTHES IN A SUITCASE OR DUFFLE BAG OR BACK PACK
__ 01 Dressy windbreaker, serves as Sport Coat has two strong inner
pockets
__ 02 Grey wash trouser, dacron and cotton, or dacron and wool
__ 03 One wash n wear blue and white stripe dress shirt, long sleeve
__ 04 Tan LLBean trouser, dacron and cotton, full cut 
__ 05 Two Nordstrom cotton knit golf shirts, navy blue and french blue
__ 06 Navy blue watch shirt, or heavy sweater, or down vest with stuff bag
__ 07 Dark short rain coat, Patagonia
__ 08 Swiss type ski hat, and white or navy lawn bowler hat
__ 09 Red bandana, folding black umbrella, and folding suitcase trolly
cart
__ 10 Three pair black dress socks, two pair running socks
__ 11 One pair of Patagonia "baggies" shorts (XL)
__ 12 One pair of pajamas-plain color with collar-or-navy blue sweat
suit-or-tights
__ 13 Adjustable canvas belt and black knit tie
__ 14 Three pair of JC Penny underwear shorts, Royal Comfort, full  cut,
navy (38W)
__ 15 One pair of running or walking shores, grey or black in color
__ 16 Tank style swim suit, swim goggles
__ 17 Navy blue dickey and wool mittens with nylon or silk liners with
fingers

CAMP GEAR DITTY BAG 1 -- SHAVING TEN ESSENTIALS
__ 01 Three inch knife
__ 01 Tooth brush/holder 
__ 01 Area map/compass
__ 02 Sleeping bag 
__ 02 Tooth paste 
__ 02 Water purify tabs
__ 03 Ground cloth 
__ 03 Soap and dish 
__ 03 Flashlight
__ 04 Small tent 
__ 04 Razor and blades 
__ 04 Candle/fire starter
__ 05 Light/batteries/blubs 
__ 05 Shaving lather 
__ 05 Waterproof matches
__ 06 Pack straps 
__ 06 Mirror 
__ 06 Xtra food/water bottles
__ 07 Nylon cord 
__ 07 Small towel/wash cloth 
__ 07 Pockt knife
__ 08 Plastic bags 
__ 08 Hair brush 
__ 08 Xtra  clothing
__ 09 Cup 
__ 09 Skin lotins 
__ 09 First aid kit/Cutters
__ 10 Fanny pack 
__ 10 Wax earplugs 
__ 10 Sunglasses
__ 11 Ditty bags (2) 
__ 11 Shampoo and Detergent 
__ 12 Laundry bag 
__ 12 Clearasil and Sun Block OTHER MAYBE EQUIPMENT
__ 13 Pillow 
__ 13 Deoderant
 __ 01 Stove/pot/bowl/spoon

DITTY BAG 2 -- ACCESSORIES MAP CASE OR SHOULDER BAG
__ 01 First Aid Kit 
__ 01 Passport Wallet and passport shot 
  salt tabs, aspirin, vitamins   record, driver license, pilots license,
  bandaids, H2O2   Visa card, and any travel tickets
__ 02 medicine 
__ 02 Daily log and 6" ruler
__ 03 Scissors/tweezers 
__ 03 Resume, work records, seamans log
__ 04 Pack repair kit
 __ 04 Safty pins and Army can opener
__ 05  Rubber bands 
__ 05 Suit case or backpack, and luggage cart
__ 06 Dental floss and adhesive tape 
__ 06 World map and local map
__ 07 Nail clippers 
__ 07 Black marker pen, yellow highlighter
__ 08 Chap sticks and Kleenex 
__ 08 Drip dry hangers (2)
__ 09 Prescription glasses (2 pair) 
__ 09 Felt tip writing pen and pencil/eraser
__ 10 Extra pencil leads 
__ 10 Map case or shoulder bag or fanny pack
__ 11 Matches (6 books) match safe 
__ 11 Camera 35 mm, six rolls film/slides
__ 12 Pill bottle, contents assorted 
__ 12 World Guide Book and a novel
__ 13 Extra shoe laces 
__ 13 Money and Traveler Checks
__ 14 Sewing needle, large
__ 14 Change purse and extra batteries
__ 15 Eyeglass repair kit and whistle 
__ 15 Caculator and magnifying glass
__ 16 Wrist watch (Casio, plastic) 
__ 16 Compass

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