thanks for the links plan9, i tried your hallowed Search tool. the first things that caught my easily gained attention up upon entering "backpack" were Take 3, gaza drama, and something about a battle bra but after a bit i found it for myself, there just wasn't much point in saying "found it guys!" but i appreciate the links all the same.
Hektore, that crypto stuff sounds like a nasty bug to catch, too bad iodine wont work on it. i like the boiling idea but it seems like quite a hassle just to get some clean water, but i guess tediously obtained water is better than diseased water. i couldn't find a definitive "yes" to whether or not UV kills the crypto cysts. if not, i'm curious as how i should filter it out. most of the time my water will be in a camelback (for longer than the 240 minutes stated in the posted abstract). so maybe the trick will be to wait 6 hours after iodine application to make sure that my water doesn't have any life in it. how hard would it be to Mcgyver myself a still for pure H2O?
i ended up getting this:
BDS Tactical Three Day Pack
i also invested in a boyscout handbook just to start getting smart instead of having a bunch of cool stuff and having no idea how to use it. the SAS handbook seems to have alot of useful information too, but i only have it on pdf. any suggestions for cheap yet invaluable literature i can find on amazon or something like that?
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i'm not worried about survival in the event of societal collapse (for now). my more immediate needs fall under the "if people come looking for me, i'm capable and willing to leave and survive for at least a month"needs