Planning for an escape route is mandatory. Every bug-out plan being built is a task of personal nature, and it requires ample knowledge of your whereabouts.
There are times when we make things complicated and others where we simplify them too much. The complicated ones can get us killed by taking up time and effort.
Why lockpicks? In an emergency scenario, why not use forcible entry? Firefighters, Police and Military use them, so shouldn’t survivalists use them too?
Staying prepared is the best shot at survival. For being prepared, you have to know the risks, make the plan, & build the stockpile of emergency essentials.
One of the biggest problems that can possibly face us in a TEOTWAWKI world, especially one in which the grid has gone down is what to do about motive power.
