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The right clothing in your bug out bag is essential protection you need.
Proper clothing is one of the most overlooked survival tools in most people’s bug out bags.
The essential importance of clothing in individual survival was hammered home hard early in my tenure in Search and Rescue. There I learned that one of the key factors in our calculation of a person’s likelihood of survival was if they were properly dressed for both the weather and their activity.
Without well-chosen clothing, their odds of surviving hypothermia were greatly diminished.
And as you’ll learn when we talk about shelter, hypothermia is the biggest killer in the woods these days. So proper clothing is a very important element in our overall bug out survival strategy.
Four Key Categories Your Bug Out Clothing Must Cover
Once we cut through all the noise and conflicting opinions, you only need to address four key categories when selecting bug out clothing.
Sure I could really complicate this, and go into graphs and charts and variable tables, but you’d probably rather I give you the practical core strategies you need to just make it work.
So without further ado, let’s get to it.
Bug Out Clothing: Essential Requirement 1- Durability
Our first strategic element in choosing clothing, is our requirement for durability.
Simply put we need strong and tough clothing that will withstand the rigors of fleeing disasters and other potential life-threatening situations for an extended duration.
This means clothing that can withstand pokes, scrapes, and singeing without failing; and pockets that can carry heavy loads without losing fasteners, popping seems, tearing off, or otherwise losing their cargo.
Bug Out Clothing: Essential Requirement 2- Comfort
They also need to be comfortable when worn for 3+ days straight without binding, excessive chafing, or otherwise damaging our primary pathogen barrier (our skin).
Really we are looking for clothing that will protect our skin and carry small items comfortable, and do it under harsh conditions for possibly a month or more.
Tall order, no? But it gets better.
Bug Out Clothing: Essential Requirement 3- Subdued
Our bug out clothing also needs to be subdued. Meaning both the color, and noise the clothing items make as you move in them.
The simple reason for this is that we very much want to avoid attracting unwarranted attention from the two-legged predators that seem to swarm near dangerous situations that often necessitate our getting out of dodge in a hurry.
We don’t want to be running around in fluorescent colored outerwear that rasps with every movement and turns you into a walking billboard that screams dumb prepper with cool stuff and no common sense.
On the other hand, wearing camouflage can, in many situations, be a bad idea. I go into the reasoning in more depth in The Bug Out Survival System, but basically wearing camouflage clothing (like military BDUs or ACUs) sends the wrong message in some situations.
Bug Out Clothing: Essential Requirement 4- Layers
Our last requirement is that our bug out clothing be layered.
There are two reasons for this.
First, layered clothing allows us to adapt to microclimate changes and exertion levels that we’ll face as we travel toward our bug out destination.
Second, layers provide well, layered protection, so that if one piece of clothing gets damaged and can no longer protect that portion of the body, we still have one or more layers underneath as barriers against skin breach, and subsequent infection risk.
Bug Out Clothing: Solution
So how do you find clothing that meets all our criteria of durability, comfort, being subdued, and layered?
Let me give you the shortcut to success in your bug out bag gear checklist search.
Choose either good quality BDU/ACU uniforms, quality outdoor gear, or my favorite- ranch or trades workwear. Yep, go with what people who work hard with their hands in tough environments every day wear.
It’s surprisingly easy to find clothing that’s tough and durable, roomy and comfortable, of subdued colors that hide dirt (and in our case don’t catch the eye), and are designed to be layered. Plus they often come with tough, roomy pockets; which is a big benefit.
Some of my favorite source include Carhartt, Wrangler, and Duluth Trading Company among others.
Now that you have the core knowledge to select good survival and bug out clothing, we should talk about three specific areas of the body that require specific attention when it comes to clothing, and especially protection.
Three Places Your Clothing Must Protect
Now we need to cover three body parts your bug out bag survival gear must protect!
Your head requires particular attention in the protection department. Not only do we want the capability to conserve heat, but we want to protect the “sensor systems” housed within the head.
Grab the rest (and the cool checklist) here
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