zuluXtreme

KZN area is a beautiful area, with some hard, humid environments.

There are a few things that can be seen as "generic" within our bioms (maps etc of biodiversity etc can be found here http://bgis.sanbi.org/index.asp?screenwidth=1680#)

Generic BOB in my opinion are:

1. Extra water then required
2. Water purification
3. Good knife
4. 3 fire starter methods (match, lighter, ferro rod)
5. First Aid kit (dont go to a cape union mart or outdoor shop, they rip you off, go to a Des-Chem, they have great first aid pouches at good prices!)
5.1 ANTI-VENOM for both neurotoxic (mamba) and hemotoxicity (pofadder) and know how to use it!
6. Maps of the areas you are going into (a FULL set of orthophoto 1:50000 scale can be bought for R300 from Surveyor General offices, covered most of our country in detail)
7. A swiss army knife with scissors, saw etc. Look into the Swiss tool, IMO a better product then a Leatherman. You can do your nails, beard etc.
8. 2 torches, one wind up one (requires no batteries and one good Maglite or what you prefer)


I bought a survival (backup) kit from Boswa survival

http://www.boswa.co.za/Survival%20kit%20shop.htm

here is a review I did on British Blade.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?122706-Review-Boswa-Survival-Kit

As to Moral. A Bible is a big plus for me as well as wetwipes!