
Here is an unconventional, yet practical, piece of equipment for you to consider adding to your emergency survival kit. The “HydroPack,” manufactured by Hydration Technology Innovations, will make any water on the ground, no matter how muddy, brackish, even polluted, absolutely potable. You are not sure at what I am exactly getting? Okay, then, consider the following emergency scenario: You left your home bright and early to spend a beautiful Summer day hiking. However, just after lunch you realize that you took a wrong trail. Initially, you thought that you could easily backtrack, but, hours later, now with the sun beginning to set, you reluctantly acknowledge that you are really lost and will be spending the night. Complicating the situation is that hours earlier you took the last sip from your water bottle (after all, you only brought enough for a “day” hike), and the afternoon was much hotter than […]
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