Para Cord Bracelet Uses In A Wilderness Survival Situation In my opinion the top three items a person should always have with them are a knife, a fire starter, and extra cord. In the past, I personally always found … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Night Time Rescue Signal
Buzz Saw Rescue Signal A Buzz Saw signal is a very effective way to attract the attention of a rescue aircraft personnel at night. There are many different types of day and night signals. Some that are effective night time … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Survival Kit
Cheap Survival Kit If your a person who likes the outdoors, whether it be hiking, camping, mountain climbing, rock climbing, hunting, fishing, etc. I highly recommend that you carry a small personal survival kit on your trips to the outdoors. … Continue reading
Flint Knapping
What is Flint Knapping? Flint knapping is a technique that has been used for thousands of years to shape certain types of rock into useable tools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapping defines Flint Knapping like this: “Knapping is the shaping of flint, chert, obsidian or other conchoidal fracturing stone through the … Continue reading
Vehicle Every Day Carry Items
I recently wrote a guest post on www.WillowHavenOutdoor.Com on what items I recommend to be carried in your vehicle (VEDC) at all times. The post also focuses on what items should be carried in a Get Home Bag (GHB), which is … Continue reading
Possible Uses For A Broken Or Empty Cigarette Lighter
Ways To Use A Broken Cigarette Lighter Have you ever noticed that anytime you really need a cigarette lighter to work, they rarely do? It seems as though they always fail on me at just the wrong time. Well, don’t … Continue reading
Pine Pitch Firestarter
The Pine Tree Is A Very Useful Tree Pine trees are probably one of the three best trees in the wilderness for starting fire. The other two (each for different reasons) are cedar and birch tress. Pine trees have a … Continue reading
Collecting Water With A Rag
Gathering Dew Is A Viable Fresh Water Source You have probably all heard that you can go for 30 days without food, but only about 3 days without water. That is essentially true, although I am sure I have lived … Continue reading
What To Do If Your Grommets Rip Out
How To Fix Ripped Grommets Military style ponchos and blue tarps are excellent for building field expedient shelters. One of the great qualities they have is the built in grommets to tie your line on to. But unfortunately those … Continue reading