have your memories, no one can take them away from you. Don’t dwell on the past but look forward to a better future.
Shoes with laces
Be careful of shoes with laces, they can easily come undone and trip you up, as well as getting caught and slowing you down. Slip-on or Velcro shoes are perfect.
Dental floss
Oral hygiene is a must and dental floss can also come in very handy for tying things, such as tying branches together to make a shelter.
Wet wipes
Wet wipes are great to keep yourself and your weapons and belongings clean and sanitized. You can use these to clean just about anything and they are a great addition to a first-aid kit. You can wash your face or even use them as toilet tissues.
Barbed wire
Be careful handling barbed wire and climbing over it. Use barbed wire to protect your base from zombies (they aren’t keen on it either).
Garlic
Garlic is great. Not only is it a natural antibacterial and can help to stop food poisoning but it will give your immune system the boost it will need in these unsanitary conditions.
Tin opener
If you have stocked up on tinned goods, don’t forget the tin opener. You may think you are well-prepared stocking up ontinned goods but if you can’t open them you will only waste energy trying.
Toothache
Toothache still hurts even in a zombie apocalypse. If you have toothache you may very well wish you were dead. Raw garlic and cloves are good at easing the pain and preventing teeth from becoming infected at the roots.
Caffeine pills
Equip your bug-out bag with caffeine pills. Don’t take too many of these as it won’t do you any good but in situations where you are on your own, or on guard, they will be a great little boost.
Compass
Prepare your bag with a compass; you will need this in your survival kit. This will help you to work out how to get where you want to go. For most survivors, after a period of time, you will need to be on the move. You won’t want to be wandering aimlessly and will need a plan of action. Getting to a safe area without a compass will be tricky.
Obtain a saw
Just a small saw will do, but a saw is a must. If you can get a survival commando wire saw, equip yourself with one before the apocalypse begins. If you can’t get your hands on the best, any small saw will do. This will be essential for cutting wood for shelters and fires, and also making weapons from wood.
Rope
Always carry a length of rope; this is an important part of your survival kit which has many uses from transporting bodies with rope to securing yourself when climbing out of a window. The more rope you can comfortably carry the better. It will also comein handy for helping to build a shelter.
Water-purifying tablets
Try to get your hands on some water-purifying tablets, these will be like gold dust in the event of an apocalypse and will prove invaluable and a great asset to a survivor.
Chin ups
Try to do chin ups, these are a great upper body strengthener, this will help with your overall fitness too.
Shelter
Always carry tarpaulin and rope. You will need this as a makeshift shelter, or if you get stranded somewhere overnight. It is also handy for use in the trees.
Fishing vest and gear
Convert fishing vests into survival vests; make sure it contains water, first aid, shelter, food and weapons. Look out for other useful fishing paraphernalia to adapt.
Magnesium
Magnesium is great, try to acquire some. This is good for your stomach, also keeping migraines away and preventing headaches and good for asthma.
Cloves
These are great to ward off bad smells; they can also be sucked to take away bad toothache
Make a trash-bag shelter
Should you find yourself out in the elements (not just fighting the zombies), you can make a shelter from a trash bag. Remove the drawstring, cut the bag at the left and right sides and open itout. Find a wooden stick/branch and run it through the drawstring entrance, then attach one end to a tree and the other to a stake in the ground. This make-do
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