Not sure if this is where this belongs.
When you think about preparing for the SHFT, you think about storing enough food for each person, having enough water for your needs as in cooking, washing, and drinking. Then what are you going to use for power when the lights go out, having enough guns, ammo, knives to protect and provide for your family. Is your house safe enough or do you have to move? IF so, where are you going to move? IF you are lucky enough to have some land then you have to start thinking about growing or raising what you eat, how are you going to do that and with what. You make plans to get from point A to point B in the safest way possible, with out realizing that you really won’t know what the word safe means until it happens. Can you sneak out after dark and find your way? Are the people going to attack you along the way and if so how and with what? You have to think of all the possible scenarios. This list goes on and on.
My question is this, “How many of you have gotten yourself in shape for the SHFT? Think about it, if you have to walk long distances carrying what you can or run away from someone chasing you, how far can you go?
So while you are preparing for the SHFT, include getting in shape. I for one am not in shape to run any distance carrying a heavy load. I am not overweight and I can carry up to 100 lbs for a short distance, but no way can I run a 50-yard dash. I can walk it though. I walk up and down mountains almost everyday, carry heavy loads of different things (As we are building still), I can walk miles without getting tired. But I am still not in shape to run.
Here is an example: We got a phone call one day from one of our mag members They said that they did an aerial view of the closest property they could get to ours. They said that there was a big structure on top of one of the ridges close by. Wanted us to go check it out. So here, we go with walking sticks in hand, up the mountainside headed to the top. Well we found ourselves having to follow a waterfall that was dry so we could use the rocks as stepping-stones. We walked, crawled, pulled and pushed each other and finally made it to the top. We looked down and said, “No way are we going to be able to go back down.” It was to steep. So here, we are on top of a mountain, looking for a structure that we have not seen yet. We head in the direction of the closest road that we know and walk the top of the ridge.
We find a fence line and follow it. Still no structure. Five hrs later, we finally make it to the bottom and what, do we see? Our mailbox at the end of our driveway. (This is about 1/2 mile from the house.) Never once did we ever see any sign of a structure. That is when we realized that we needed to get in shape. We wasn’t tired from walking, it was the terrain that we had to walk and the dodging of rocks, logs, fallen tree, holes, low hanging branches and such. So please do yourself a favor and GET IN SHAPE. As in army style.
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