Water & food
Solar Still Kit
Uses sun and a sheet to condense drinkable water from damp ground or seawater. Yield is small and slow, and it needs sun.
Scenario
Cast Away
Four years. Nobody looking in the right ocean.
The crash put you somewhere with fresh water, coconuts and no reason for anyone to search. The first month is survival. Everything after that is the slow work of not going mad, and eventually the far harder decision to leave.
What kills you
Time, and the sea you will have to cross.
Rules
- 01Water, shelter, fire, signal. In that order, on day one.
- 02Keep a calendar even when it seems absurd.
- 03Talk out loud. It is not madness, it is maintenance.
- 04The rescue will not come. Build the raft.
The kit
5 itemsSurrounded by undrinkable water is the oldest problem there is.
Weighs nothing and turns an ocean into a pantry.
Water & food
Fishing Survival Kit
Line, hooks and weights in a container the size of a matchbox. Almost no weight for a real food option near water.
For the one ship that passes in year two.
Light & comms
Signal Flare Kit
Bright pyrotechnic signalling for maritime use. Flares expire, and disposal is regulated.
Shelter, firewood, raft. One tool doing most of the work.
Tools
Folding Camp Saw
A larger folding saw for shelter timber and firewood rather than trimming.
The record is the difference between four years and one very long day.
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