Tools
Extendable Ladder
Reaches height and collapses to a fraction of it. Duty rating is a weight limit, not a suggestion.
Scenario
Tremors
It hunts by vibration. The ground is not safe.
Something large lives under the valley floor and it finds you by the way you walk. Roads are the worst place to be. Rock is the best. Everything in between is a negotiation with your own footsteps.
What kills you
Standing on soil, for any length of time.
Rules
- 01Rock, concrete, rooftops. In that order.
- 02Move in short bursts, then stop dead.
- 03Vehicles are noise on wheels.
- 04Height is the only reliable answer.
The kit
5 itemsGetting off the ground is the entire strategy. Own the means.
Plan the route across the valley before you commit a single footstep to it.
Tools
Long Range Binoculars
Higher magnification for identification at distance, at the cost of a narrower, shakier field.
You may be on a roof for three days. Food has to come with you.
Water & food
Hard Sided Cooler
Thick-walled insulation that holds ice for days rather than hours. Weight is the trade-off.
Rooftops have exactly one useful resource and it is sunlight.
Power
Solar Charger Panel
A smaller panel for phones and battery banks rather than appliances.
Three days of exposure is its own slow emergency.
Shelter
Wide Brim Sun Hat
Shades face, ears and neck — the places sun damage actually accumulates.
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