sharp shooter..who and where are you involved with SAR if you dont mind me asking? im going to school for park and resource management/park law enforcement and this was the first semester we ran a SAR class. we ran the B-SAR course from the NPS. i was surprised at how much of the course was survival...

ive always been interested in survival...tons of online reading and manuals as a kid...then id go practice what i learned in the back forty. and id do it with just a knife and stuff id find in the woods..

with that SAR ready pack in my back i could live out there im sure! lol im still building mine...but i think ill fill a snuff can with some cotton balls soaked in mink oil...i know they would definently make an excellent fire starter and would burn long enough to start a fire..that would be a simple NO MATCH fire with the magnesium fire starter and a knife..

i hope some of the kids in my class are never faced with a survival situation...then again those are the kids that arent really in the class to be involved and dont spend much time outdoors..even the climbers and stuff...they might know all the knots and can do amazing things with rope...but i wouldnt wanna see them left in the back country alone