Redundancy

There are two things you must balance when preparing for wilderness survival. The first is mobility, the second is, well, preparedness. That's why they call it "prepping". There are many good blogs out there on everything from bush-craft to surviving a zombie apocalypse (it's called Walmart folks, but that's another post altogether). As you read up on preparing for survival, you will come to value things like bottles of bleach and soft-splints. The question quickly becomes, how much? I mean, if your stash looks like the back room at Cabelas, it probably isn't mobile enough to do you much good. So, of course, you probably have things pared down; maybe you even have that one bugout bag that will serve you if everything else goes to total shit. Good. But. You see, some redundancy is good. There are a few items that are absolutely essential, and having extras is good. Fire starting implements are always good. So are water tabs. This is why I recommend weapons with storage space. You can always stash an extra flint or tinder.