Essential Survival Gear

A Pro's Guide to Your Most Practical and Portable Survival Kit

James Morgan Ayres

• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781493015283
• Subtopic: Sport & Exercise Science

Disasters strike every day, but despite the best laid plans you may find yourself in one with only the clothes on your back and without a well packed first-aid kit. In Essential Survival Gear, J. Morgan Ayres explains in detail what you need to have when a dire emergency occurs, wherever you are, whoever you are. Ayres—a former Green Beret, martial arts master, and wilderness and urban survivalist—explains his four-layer concept (clothing, day bag, backpack, basic equipment and luxuries) and profiles and provides photos of a broad range of gear, with recommendations on what works best in what scenario—from cityscapes to wilderness and everywhere in between—and how to use it.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Chapter One An Approach to Survival Gear and Survival
• Chapter Two The Layering System of Survival Gear
• Chapter Three First Layer, Clothing
• Chapter Four First Layer, Tools
• Chapter Five Second Layer, the Ready Bag
• Chapter Six Ready Bag Tools
• Chapter Seven Ready Bags in Use
• Chapter Eight Third Layer, the Rucksack
• Chapter Nine Rucksack Tools
• Chapter Ten Fourth Layer, Base Camp and Base Camp Gear
• Chapter Eleven Backpacking Gear and Practices versus Survival Gear and Practices
• Chapter Twelve Military Clothing and Gear
• Chapter Thirteen Expedient and Improvised Gear
• Chapter Fourteen Hunting and Gathering
• Chapter Fifteen Various Items
• Some Closing Thoughts From the Bronze Age to the Internet, and Back
• Acknowledgments
• Directory of Gear Manufacturers and Suppliers
• Suggested Reading
• About the Author