Hey all, just joined the forum. I’ve been on the periphery of prepping for a while but I’m now starting to get it together.
I live in the heart of a big city so I’m limited in terms of how far I can bug out, so looking to get as resilient as I can in my own location first.
Got a lot of the ‘theory’ down and I’m realistic about my chances, but so far a lot of my ‘prep’ has been planning for various situations. Now I’m looking to back that up with physical preparedness.
I was out a few weeks back with a good mate doing some off-grid camping, and was surprised by how difficult it was to do some of the things in the real world that I’d found easy when practicing them at home in controlled situations.
So that was a bit of a wake-up call.
I’m fairly fit, smart and quick to learn, mentally resilient and I’m open to any suggestions, advice and experience this forum might be able to offer.
Looking forward to getting involved and contributing, pleased to meet yous all.
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Welcome!
I think you'll find that improving your situation where you are is the option of choice for most of us.
Thats very interesting! And you can only know that by *doing*.I was out a few weeks back with a good mate doing some off-grid camping, and was surprised by how difficult it was to do some of the things in the real world that I’d found easy when practicing them at home in controlled situations.
So that was a bit of a wake-up call.
What are you preparing for, in particular?I’m fairly fit, smart and quick to learn, mentally resilient and I’m open to any suggestions, advice and experience this forum might be able to offer.
Looking forward to getting involved and contributing, pleased to meet yous all.
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I’m looking to generally be as prepared for anything as I can be.
Likely situations would be things like food shortages or power outages which could come post-Brexit, for example, or a serious financial collapse or malicious cyber attack or similar, and any sort of low-level public order issues that would result.
In any serious SHTF scenario resulting in serious or significant disruption I’d need to rely on myself and batten down the hatches, so I’ll need to be able to ride it out as best I can from home.
If possible I’d be looking to get out of town completely if there was likely to be widespread breakdown of law and order, as I’m not in a secure place (terraced house in a run-down area of a deprived part of a crowded city).
But that’s all academic, I’m starting from scratch so I’ll get the basics down first.
Likely situations would be things like food shortages or power outages which could come post-Brexit, for example, or a serious financial collapse or malicious cyber attack or similar, and any sort of low-level public order issues that would result.
In any serious SHTF scenario resulting in serious or significant disruption I’d need to rely on myself and batten down the hatches, so I’ll need to be able to ride it out as best I can from home.
If possible I’d be looking to get out of town completely if there was likely to be widespread breakdown of law and order, as I’m not in a secure place (terraced house in a run-down area of a deprived part of a crowded city).
But that’s all academic, I’m starting from scratch so I’ll get the basics down first.
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Welcome to the forum, I hope you find the place useful.