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Kit List

Be sure to bring all the kit listed.

If you need to buy anything, our shop or any outdoor shop, a chemist, and a fishing tackle shop should cover all your needs. Ultimately, survival is all about improvisation and adaptability.

  • Rucksack
  • Warm Clothing (sufficient for the period), hat and gloves
  • Waterproof Clothing
  • Knife (supplied by us on all Basic Courses)
  • 30m Para Cord or String (para cord is much better)
  • Water Bottle and Metal Mug
  • Torch (a head torch is best) + 2 sets of spare btys
  • Insect Repellent
  • Poncho or Groundsheet (a good size is approx 220cm wide x 250cm long)
  • Mess Tin, Knife, Fork, and Spoon
  • 4 Season Sleeping Bag and Roll Mat
  • Sturdy footwear
  • Notebook and pencil
  • Personal toiletries (inc toilet paper!)
  • 1 pair work gloves
  • whistle

Survival Tin including the following:

  • Matches or Lighter
  • Small Amount of Cotton Wool
  • Wire Saw
  • Magnesium Block and Flint Striker
  • Needles & Thread
  • Surgical or Razor Blades x 2
  • Candle (small candle or tea light)
  • Fish Hooks and Line (just a few hooks, weights, and about 20 metres of 20lb line)
  • Snare x 2
  • Condom (ideal as a makeshift water carrier)
  • Button Compass (Silva do a very good one)
  • Snare Wire
  • Small First Aid Kit (to include a selection of plasters, pain killers, antihistamine tablets, tweezers, potassium permanganate and water sterilizing tablets.
  • Sense of Humour

Notes

  • All food will be provided
  • Do not bring any alcohol or pets!
  • Be prepared to get wet

See you there!

We also have a list of kit suppliers.

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Cambrian Survival
PO Box 82,
Aberystwyth,
Ceredigion
SY23 1WH

01970 612969 / 077877 42435

info@cambriansurvival.co.uk