Post by grundel on Apr 18, 2018 10:54:44 GMT -8
I’ve always had a bit of fascination with the whole end of days scenario but more so an interest in wilderness survival. Even as a teen a friend of mine and myself would head out for weekend “survival trips” with minimal water, a bag of jerky, no shelter, or sleeping bags. Just a small ruck of essentials. It made for some long miserable nights, hilarious stories, and quickly crushed any fantasies we may have had about being real mountain men😂. Eventually we geared trips more for longer term, longer distance travels and at the age of 14-15 were being dropped at trailheads in the Olympic Mountains by our parents with a plan to meet them for a ride home a week later. Honestly some of the best memories I have as a kid.
As I got older and my craving for adrenaline grew I began firefighting. Living in a station as a resident for a couple years in my early 20’s I came to the realization that “stuff” happens. Disasters or just unplanned bad things happen to good people everyday and that the more prepared you are the less you suffer. I also learned that when things really go south on a larger scale that Police & Fire may not be available to come to your aid. Years later sitting in emergency management meetings as a small town fire chief this was even more evident. It was at this point the importantance of prepping really set in. At first just for myself, but eventually it evolved into a family thing. I can still remember the first giant sack of rice I slide into the cart at Costco many years back, and the confused look on my wife’s face🤔 Today things are different and she definitely packs more food and supplies away than myself. It’s actually become the norm for us and even my oldest daughter is putting it all together as to the why. Gives us all the piece of mind and makes for pretty smooth sailing when we get hit with and ice storm in winter, or like this past summer when the Gorge was on fire😂
As I got older and my craving for adrenaline grew I began firefighting. Living in a station as a resident for a couple years in my early 20’s I came to the realization that “stuff” happens. Disasters or just unplanned bad things happen to good people everyday and that the more prepared you are the less you suffer. I also learned that when things really go south on a larger scale that Police & Fire may not be available to come to your aid. Years later sitting in emergency management meetings as a small town fire chief this was even more evident. It was at this point the importantance of prepping really set in. At first just for myself, but eventually it evolved into a family thing. I can still remember the first giant sack of rice I slide into the cart at Costco many years back, and the confused look on my wife’s face🤔 Today things are different and she definitely packs more food and supplies away than myself. It’s actually become the norm for us and even my oldest daughter is putting it all together as to the why. Gives us all the piece of mind and makes for pretty smooth sailing when we get hit with and ice storm in winter, or like this past summer when the Gorge was on fire😂
