uk bug out, how long would you last ???

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A big unknown for me is the psychology, and I wouldn't underestimate the impact of this on staying power.

I have tested myself on multi-week backpacking / wildcamping treks but, although these go some way to simulating a bug-out situation physically, they do not do so psychologically. With a multi-day or week backpack, you are constantly moving towards an objective, and there is an implicit understanding that you will get to the end, and BAU. A true post-SHTF situation would be very different, with many unknowns, probably the need to change routes, plans, etc at short notice, and maybe a lot of drifting and hanging around to see the lie of the land and what happens next. Very diiferent.

Would I cope with this? Who knows? I suspect someone with military training (which I don't have), might be better equipped to deal with this aspect, but this is just an assumption.