The Go Bag and the Get Home Bag: What They Actually Are and What They Are Not

Most go bags are built for scenarios that will never happen. Here is what a go bag and get home bag actually are and how to build both correctly.

The internet has a go bag problem. Specifically, it has a problem with people building go bags for a version of reality that does not exist, optimizing for scenarios they will almost certainly never face, and ending up with an expensive, overweight pack that sits in a closet looking serious while doing nothing useful.

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