Survival Gear Contents This post will cover what I believe is the MINIMUM amount of gear that should be put into a full sized survival kit. Obviously you can add more comfort items, but the items laid out in the … Continue reading
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Satellite Phones
Is a Satellite Phone Part of Your Emergency Kit? When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast in late October 2012, authorities predicted massive power outages, many lasting days or weeks after the end of the storm. Most people … Continue reading
How To Prioritize Your Actions In a Wilderness Survival Situation
I AM POSITIVE (How To Prioritize Your Actions In A Wilderness Survival Situation): It seems to me that much has been written about what should be in a survival kit, what gear is best, and a lot on teaching … Continue reading
Vegetation / Transpiration Bags
Water From Plants Extracting fresh drinking water from plants and trees isn’t the most effective way to collect water in the wilderness, but in some arid and desert climates it can be one of the few ways to keep … Continue reading
Seepage Well
Having the ability to find fresh and drinkable water in a wilderness survival situation is one of the two most important skills a person needs to have to be able to survive. Today we will take a look at how … Continue reading
The Squirrel Pole
Trapping small game isn’t always as hard as it sounds. You don’t have to be Jeremiah Johnson to be able to catch dinner in the wilderness. In fact one of the easiest and most effective small game snares is the … Continue reading
12 Tips To Avoid A Car Jacking
This is a guest post from a long time good friend and co-worker who has 20+ years of real world tactical experience and alot of knowledge to offer on this subject. Take a look at his advice on some easy … Continue reading
Primitive Skill – Basket Weaving With Cattails
The primitive art of basket weaving is certainly not among the most important of skills to learn. But there could be times in a survival situation when knowing how to construct a simple basket or other type of container could … 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
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