Get home bag/ bob related question.

[VARIABLE9]

Gents - Two things. 1. Your "Bag Weight" is invalid if it does not include the water that you will carry. Water weighs... 2. While it is a somewhat useful exercise to contemplate what should or should not go into a bag, until or unless you actually ruck up and go walking for the expected distance and live out of it for the expect time, this is all just theory. About like spending hours on a gun board, but never actually shooting. And for the record - actually being faced with living out of the bag overnight will be a game changer for most - it was for me. Suddenly got interested in ultralightweight hiking stuff. Good thread.

Understood. Hence the desire to lighten it as much as possible, for food and H2O weights. I am just measing off the dry, hard equipment. You could measure it either way. I've been backpacking, camping, hiking, (and many other outdoor sports) for 30 years. I worked in the outdoor industry for 10 of those.

[PattonWasRight]

One thing I added when the light bulb went off for me, similar to needing to overnight it.

Think about how many miles you would need to cover to get home and if your only option was to walk it.

I threw one of those folding scooters in my trunk. 0 energy expended for downhills, and easier than walking flats or uphills.

Another option is a compact folding bike.

If your path home is greatly shortened by staying off roads and walking as the crow flies, then not an option.

[VARIABLE9]

One thing I added when the light bulb went off for me, similar to needing to overnight it.

Think about how many miles you would need to cover to get home and if your only option was to walk it.

I threw one of those folding scooters in my trunk. 0 energy expended for downhills, and easier than walking flats or uphills.

Another option is a compact folding bike.

If your path home is greatly shortened by staying off roads and walking as the crow flies, then not an option.

Probably not a bad idea.

[PattonWasRight]

Probably not a bad idea.

Well, for me it was a stark realization ... I'm in decent shape, but have rust in one knee and hip. Walking 25 or whatever miles in one day would be a bit of a hail Mary.

[Pilot1]

I have an Osprey day pack that I take in the plane with me packed with survival gear. It also serves as a car/get home pack. It contains a lot of the things already mentioned, but I do rotate some stuff depending on the time of year, and also terrain I will be in, or over. I keep a mini SAS Survival Guide in with it.

[Pi3]

One thing I added when the light bulb went off for me, similar to needing to overnight it.

Think about how many miles you would need to cover to get home and if your only option was to walk it.

I threw one of those folding scooters in my trunk. 0 energy expended for downhills, and easier than walking flats or uphills.

Another option is a compact folding bike.

If your path home is greatly shortened by staying off roads and walking as the crow flies, then not an option.

This. A folding bike. Where you cant ride it, you can walk with pack on rack over rear wheel. A lot of people would be going from their office to home on roads and even sidewalks in places. A small rolling suitcase with back straps might be a good get home bag. The larger the wheels the better. Also the folding 3 wheel baby buggies guys use for 3 gun.

[PattonWasRight]

This. A folding bike. Where you cant ride it, you can walk with pack on rack over rear wheel. A lot of people would be going from their office to home on roads and even sidewalks in places. A small rolling suitcase with back straps might be a good get home bag. The larger the wheels the better. Also the folding 3 wheel baby buggies guys use for 3 gun.

Yeah, I've been thinking about this, been doing some research. Seems they've come a long ways / different from what I thought they were.

Here's an example ... you can ride pretty much like a regular bike. Good point on having a rack over the wheel to take the load off.

tern-verge-x10-super-light-folding-bike-1.jpg

[Pi3]

With a BOB wheels may not help much, but in a get home bag situation something with wheels could make it much easier.

[Pi3]

Carrying luggage on a folding bike:

http://www.cyclingabout.com/carrying...on-tern-dahon/

[PattonWasRight]

Carrying luggage on a folding bike:

http://www.cyclingabout.com/carrying...on-tern-dahon/

Yeah, that's a nice set up. You could carry enough to live off of like that. From look-seeing I did, most of these bikes will fit in a sedan trunk and leave room to spare.

I do think it's realistic to expect some massive highway / road closure. Would be nice to be able to pull your car off the road and bike your way home, with your needed 'just in case" gear.