hi all, i am 20 years old and have been into the whole outdoors/prepper thing since as long as i can remember, but i have preferred to keep myself to myself. but after some long consideration i have decided to reach out to the prepper community to better my knowledge and skills and so on...... so yeah here i am and i am just wondering if anyone here has any tips on where to get started my main aims are to meet people who have knowledge and different thing such, betting your B.O.B and all that i also want to find out information on the best types of equipment to use, the stuff i have now is good and it works fine 'i have tested it all'...so yeah thank guys hope to hear from you soon....i will also be asking questions to people i meet i hope you guys wont mind......im just a young la
d looking to better his knowledge on this topic...given the current worldly circumstance it may not be that long until this sh*t is for real!!!!!!!!!
so where do i get started..any help at all!!!
Re: so where do i get started..any help at all!!!
Hello and welcome to the Forum. 
Firstly, Breathe.......
and exhale, breathe again.... repeat.
Really there is no rush, take your time to browse the threads.
Food, Water, Shelter are your three main topics, each have sub-sections i.e:
Food - short/medium/long term storage, method of cooking.
Water - storage, collection, purification.
Shelter - Home, bug out location, heating, clothing, sleeping
etc...... you get the idea.
Some of us have been doing it years, some decades and we're still not there.
The fact that you have made the leap puts you way ahead of most of the popluation, congratulations.
Firstly, Breathe.......
and exhale, breathe again.... repeat.
Really there is no rush, take your time to browse the threads.
Food, Water, Shelter are your three main topics, each have sub-sections i.e:
Food - short/medium/long term storage, method of cooking.
Water - storage, collection, purification.
Shelter - Home, bug out location, heating, clothing, sleeping
etc...... you get the idea.
Some of us have been doing it years, some decades and we're still not there.
The fact that you have made the leap puts you way ahead of most of the popluation, congratulations.
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
Re: so where do i get started..any help at all!!!
Welcome Morph!
Exactly what Pseudonym says in his reply post - breathe a bit, then food, water and shelter There's lots of faffing around you can do with all of them - buying food or growing food, for instance, stocking water plus a water filter plus purification tabs, all sorts. My advice is go to get a week's worth of tinned and dried food, plus water, in stock, then go round each section of the forum in turn, seeing what you could learn, and what you could contribute. You'll naturally see people online that you get on with, and/or are near you, just keep going and it will gradually build up.
All the best.
Exactly what Pseudonym says in his reply post - breathe a bit, then food, water and shelter
There's lots of faffing around you can do with all of them - buying food or growing food, for instance, stocking water plus a water filter plus purification tabs, all sorts. My advice is go to get a week's worth of tinned and dried food, plus water, in stock, then go round each section of the forum in turn, seeing what you could learn, and what you could contribute. You'll naturally see people online that you get on with, and/or are near you, just keep going and it will gradually build up.All the best.
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Vespa
Re: so where do i get started..any help at all!!!
Hello and welcome.
Just start with the next three days.
If there was a three day blackout.
Q/ How would you feed your self?
Q/ How would you stay warm?
Q/ How would you stay in touch with friend and family and the wider world?
If your water was cut off for three days.
Q/ What would you drink?
Q/ Where would you go to the toilet?
Q/ How would you stay clean?
Answer those and you'll be a country mile ahead of the average person.
Just start with the next three days.
If there was a three day blackout.
Q/ How would you feed your self?
Q/ How would you stay warm?
Q/ How would you stay in touch with friend and family and the wider world?
If your water was cut off for three days.
Q/ What would you drink?
Q/ Where would you go to the toilet?
Q/ How would you stay clean?
Answer those and you'll be a country mile ahead of the average person.