BOB's for a family

[CharlesHarris]

Yes, at age 67, I long ago faced the reality that I am not the lean, mean, fighting machine I once was, back when I completed US Marine Corps boot camp in 1969. Life isn't fair. But then there were times I never thought I would like this long. Growing up near Washington, DC during the Cuban Missile crisis and filling sandbags with my older brother to stack around the foundation of our surburban Virginia house, while Mum stocked and prepared the cellar, and Dad was away at Fort Belvoir in the Army doing things which couldn't be talked about... My introduction to prepping. Yes, I've been at this a while.

My planning standard for a BOB is a gear dispersed in ruck and coat or cargo pockets, which combined does not exceed 10 kilograms weight, using high quality, lightweight gear with the objective of maintaining stealthy movement not to exceed about 10 kilometers per day, along one of several pre-scouted routes, if necessary using caches hidden along the way, over a period of from a week to not more than ten days to reach my alternate location overland, if I had to abandon my vehicle.

It can be done and after 9/11 I did it, but the older you get you must be realistic. Building a supporting community is vital for long term welfare.