Survival Gear For Camping

For camping trips into remote wilderness areas, survival gear should always be part of your planning. Some essentials may include waterproof backpacks, headlamps and flashlights as well as water purification tablets.

Your kit must also include a durable, lightweight backpacking cooking set designed to operate over an open fire and can double as shelter. A survival knife is another essential item, used for cutting rope, notching wood and being used as weapons against enemies.

Shelter

Shelter is one of the essential items you should bring when camping, providing protection from elements like wind, rain and snow.

A great survival camping backpack should feature compartments to help organize gear and provide easy access to its most essential items, while interior pockets and gear lofts help store unused gear off of the ground, freeing up floor space for sleeping.

Provide long-lasting and easy-to-prep food items as part of your camping survival kit to stay energized and strong.

Water

Water is one of the essential survival needs in any wilderness environment, making access to purified and stored water essential to survival. Having a way of purifying and storing it safely is also vitally important.

Dependent upon your excursion’s destination, you may require skills in food gathering for survival – and may require the use of a knife in doing so.

A tarp is an essential piece of survival gear that can serve many functions in an emergency situation, from sheltering your camp from rain, protecting equipment from moisture or collecting rainwater for drinking later, to acting as an early signaling device when signaling for help.

Food

Sustenance is an essential element of any survival kit, whether camping or hiking in remote areas. The ideal survival food should be lightweight, compact and calorie dense to minimize preparation requirements and maximize chances of survival.

An adequate survival food supply ensures you will have reliable energy throughout your trip. Select high-calorie, long shelf-life foods like dehydrated camping meals and rice. In addition, bring compact cooking ware that can be used over an open flame.

Light

Carrying or carrying with you a survival kit gives you peace of mind during outdoor camping trips and allows you to respond swiftly in case something unexpected comes up. It allows your mind and body to remain focused when something unexpected does arise – which helps with quick thinking and quick response times when something does go wrong.

Survival camping gear should include essential tools like a knife, fire starter, map and compass as well as long-lasting and easy-to-prep food items. Furthermore, water purification systems could prove invaluable additions.

First Aid

An appropriate first aid kit is an essential piece of survival camping gear. Make sure your kit contains tweezers for extracting splinters, whistle to signal for help when out in the backcountry and antidiarrheal/antacid medicines as necessary.

Assemble emergency equipment such as CPR and the Heimlich maneuver so you can respond swiftly in case of emergencies such as allergies, severe hypothermia, or another health crisis. CPR training and knowledge of this emergency procedure could potentially save someone’s life in times of need – such as an allergic reaction, severe hypothermia or another health crisis.

Paracord

Outdoor enthusiasts often carry paracord for camping, hiking and survival situations. One popular variety is known as 550 cord and offers up to 550 pounds of tensile strength. This kernmantle cord features seven inner strands connected by an outer mantle made up of interwoven strands.

As cord can be used for everything from tying gear to your pack to repairing broken shoelaces, it is wise to always carry at least 100 feet with you just in case of an emergency situation.

Tarp

Tarps are essential survival supplies that can serve a multitude of functions in an emergency, from providing shelter and improvised medical treatment, catching rainwater and collecting raindrops to acting as communication medium in times of power outage or civil unrest.

Experts advise bringing at least an 8’x 10′ tarp for survival camping, and Rab’s offering fits the bill perfectly: high quality silnylon fabric coated with milspec PU coating, six three-sided stakes and Dyneema guy lines; it weighs under two pounds in its stuff sack.

Blanket

A blanket is a soft piece of cloth large enough to wrap or cover an individual and can help them stay warm by trapping radiant heat that would otherwise escape through convection.

Survival blankets can serve multiple functions. Reflected sunlight can alert rescuers of your location. In an emergency, survival blankets should also be packed as essential gear.