The Best Commuting Backpack I Have Owned.

by suburban | Jun 30, 2010 | Bug Out, EDC, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Liv­ing in the sub­urbs, and com­mut­ing into NYC, you would think is easy.  It is, but it can also be a cum­ber­some task when you are schlep­ping a note­book, lap­top, file fold­ers, and EDC every day.  I also trav­el nation­al­ly quite a bit on... Read more

My Business Travel Preparedness Kit

by suburban | Jun 25, 2010 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness, Urban Survival

This is a mod­i­fied busi­ness trav­el kit.  I have post­ed about my trav­el car­ry before, and it rou­tine­ly changes.  Today, I put in the lug­gage that I check at the air­line, what you see in the pic­ture to the left. I just feel bet­ter when trav­el­ing... Read more

My EDC

by suburban | Apr 18, 2010 | Bushcraft, Cooking, EDC, Fire, Fishing, Food, Gear, Improvised Gear, Survival Gear, Trapping

So as a mat­ter of expla­na­tion, I am going to list what I use for my EDC.  Keep in mind my EDC is bang­ing around North­ern New Jer­sey most of the time, and in PA and NY states on week­ends some of the time…    I designed my EDC basi­cal­ly... Read more

Business travel, EDC, and Having a Comfort Level While on the Road

by suburban | Jun 10, 2009 | EDC, Gear, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness

I am get­ting on a plane today for a job inter­view. Over the past sev­er­al months I have been prepar­ing for an emer­gency of sorts (man­made, nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, or per­son­al emer­gency) I have done lit­tle plane trav­el. Pri­or to this, I used to do a lot of... Read more