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The Reality of Bugging Out.
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[quote:ar-15 nut:MV8xNTc0NDM1XzI2MDI0NzYwXzc5NEMwMjk5] I have a lbe setup for 3 days worth of supplies it stays in my pick up . poncho/liner canteen/cup/water purification tabs /and drinking straw 3 stripped down mre,s 550 cord magnesium fire starter/lighter/p38 can opener/compass usaf survival knife mini mag light sewing kit /fishing kit/muskol 100%deet repellent hard candy/jerky/ramen/instant coffie 40 rounds steel core fmj mini binoculars chest wound bandage. reason big and with ties use for legs ect wool socks thin /foot powder/jungle boots it all fits but it takes alot of practice finally a m44 russian carbine with side bayonet why it was $60 if some one stolen it out of my truck no big loss . And it makes a heck of a club I also live way out 40 miles from the nearest town so this is more for getting stuck wile hunting or breaking down and walking out . I would not want to be anywhere near a city when shtf you can't get out now with the traffic jams:damned2: good post op:hf: [/quote]
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Modern humans think of a hundred or so miles in terms of a comfortable trip in Air/conditioned boxes.
When TSHTF you can be certain that if you live in a city relying on freeways to get out of town - a million or more people will have the same idea. Those freeways will become parking lots.
Even if only SOME of those people decide to take street roads and you are one of them, you will most likely find your vehicle standing still.
Today the modern freeway is set at 65-75 miles per hour. It takes about 85 minutes (1 hour 15 minutes) to drive.
A horse with a rider and little provisions “walks” at 3 to 4 MPH, on average that is 3.5 MPH. that is about 24.5 hours to travel 100 miles. Or about 28 miles in an 8 hour day.
Most people walk at 2.5 to 3 miles per hour let’s say most walk at 3 MPH – it takes 33 and a third hours to travel 100 miles. Assuming they are traveling light. 24 miles in an 8 hour day.
Of course neither horse nor man can walk a day nonstop. They need to stop for food, rest, drink. It will be three days to travel 100 miles.
Assuming a 10 hour travel day, you will travel about 35 miles on horseback, 33 miles on foot – IF you stick to the roads which are nicely paved, level and have bridges and all of those wonderful conveniences that make travel faster.
If you have no roads, and have to cross streams and rivers without bridges, you are traveling like the covered wagons did A wagon might do 15-25 miles in a day.
Now do that with 80+ pounds on your back....
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