SHTF Militia Forums

So your bugging out and you get separated from your BOV and or your BOB. Any ideas on what you best spacing in miles might be for mini caches (bottles of water, snacks, etc.) and your bigger caches (clothes, tents, weapons, food, etc.) Maybe you'd have your mega cache at your final destinations.

The pioneers could do about 20 miles a day walking with their wagons but this might be too big a distance to cover to get you your luxuries of a bigger cache.

I live out in the middle of the desert, takes an hour to drive to town, and I'm considering doing caches of water every couple of miles in case my vehicle breaks down. That way I don't have to carry a bunch of water to walk back home. I would imaging comfortable shoes would be good to put in your cache. Work boots will give you blisters in the first 6 no matter how long you've worn them.

Another thought is if you put a good quantity of water in your caches you could use them more than once traveling to and from destinations. Well anyway your ideas on on what you might do? Methods for hiding your cache and making them easy for you to find?

On hiking, a lightly trained group of two taking several breaks (esp. for water) whether needed or not, and carrying a 45lb pack should be able to cover 17 miles in a day. The second day, and third should be roughly the same if you stop for your breaks at regular intervals. You will be amazed at how they can re-fuel the muscles!