Bug Out Bag in Winter FAILURE-Urban Survival

I'll be the first to admit that I have a lot to learn. Watch me learn the hard way that a 3 season sleeping bag doesn't suffice in a typical Canadian winter night.

Stealth camping, or bugging out is challenging enough in the summer, but what about the winter? Does your b.o.b. (bug out bag) content list change with the seasons? Mine does after this evaluation. Winter can be cold, dark and where I live, humid. Sweating or getting wet can be deadly. Another killer is cotton. Be sure your bob is packed with season appropriate gear, like lots of wool for winter, and a bug net for summer. Of course, the only way to know what works is by getting out there and testing your gear in the real world.

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[survivalofthekit]

Though this is Completely unrelated , i would like to know your opinion on what a person under the age of 18 should do if he wants to prepare for survival , yet his parents wont let him?

[envirosponsible]

@survivalofthekit Work on things that they will agree with like becoming ambidextrous, getting in shape physically, primitive skills, researching and that kind of benign stuff. Just make sure you clear it with them first. Make it about connecting with nature and community since that's what I think survivalism is all about. As for your parents, who doesn't want their kid connecting with nature and becoming more involved in the community?

[unholymeatshield]

You should have slept in the dumpster.

[envirosponsible]

@unholymeatshield I know. I don't have many regrets but that's one of them.

[qwiksquirrel]

Get yourself a silk liner for your sleeping bag.

You would not believe how much of a temperature boost it gives you. and it takes up no space.

No BOB should ever be without.

[envirosponsible]

@qwiksquirrel Very interesting. I'll have to get on it and try it out.

[Bieberhole]

i hope i don't have to bug oat.

[dave1894]

You know very little about what you are doing... If you found yourself in a survival situation in a urban enviroment suh as the one you are in, you could stay in a house? Maybe hotel? Trailer? Several places that would be abandoned.

And your recon sleeping bag is great. Remember a -10 degree temperature isn't going to keep EVERYONE nice and warm. Someone like myself who has been in the element a lot more would problably be much warmer than you. You would of froze your ass off w/o that bag...

[tubular2times]

Thanks for being willing to do the experiment and video It would be nice to see a comparison with a feathered friends or Western Mountainering bag - Especially since you wisely point put the size a& weight of the Wiggy's bag. Furthermore I can't help but think that a bevy system would lower the temp rating of any bag.

[botiroti1]

you an get surplus military bag system, one of the warmest options as it has an outer bag made with gore-tex i believe

[tms1234567]

good on you for actually testing out your gear. best way to learn!

[cheska576]

Ll bean and lands end have great cold weather gear

[Gameday2159]

who knows what happens here at night. LOL

[envirosponsible]

@ERICWAGNERSLUCID If you do it will have been well worth it for me.