Packing Go Bags For The Whole Family
Hydration, calories, body temp. Those are the big three.If your go bags have open hip pockets for water on both sides, use them, as in, store water inthem. It’s okay to just use some full, never-opened, store bought plastic water bottles. Or youcan opt for more durable water jugs from your typical gear outlet, but […]
The Leverage Of The Tac Shovel
In case you missed it, we recently brought up the benefits of carrying one of those light, compact, sturdy survival shovels, or as the marketers are calling them, “Tac Shovels.” And it’s not just marketing … nobody gets far in basic military training without running into the need to dig a hole fast, nor learning […]
While The Getting’s Good – Move Fast and Early
Once again we have to admit, there’s a funny thing about survivalism, prepping, and disaster preparedness: we’d do well not to tempt fate by actually wishing for a thing we spend so much time imagining, to happen. Between getting a little obsessive and perhaps even a little bored with the daily humdrum of life, it […]
Choosing a Homestead Site
On the prepping and disaster preparation side of things, choosing a location to live could certainly start with finding an excellent short-term survival site, but not necessarily. A place that may give you the perfect view of approaching danger could also be experiencing gale winds enough to drive you out of your mind. Oh, it’s […]
How To Purify Water In A Survival Situation
In our first article we detailed the techniques for lighting a fire using a ferro rod & steel. Were we to keep with the gear theme when it comes to water purification this one would have been a how-to for those extremely nifty, light, cool handheld mini-pumps that can plug straight into the lid of […]
Footwear in Survival Situations
We all have our favorites. Different foot widths and toe lengths lead us to various top brands. Preferences in how we step and where we like to get outdoors makes for different choices, too. Some of us sleep in combat boots while others feel put out to have to bother with socks at all. But […]
The Faucet Stopped Flowing…Now What?
Clean water makes civilization. And don’t worry, we’re not trying to summarize thousands of years of human history. So how do we shorten this up for a proper discussion under our big three categories (survival, prepping, and disaster preparedness)?Let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. Your go bags should at least contain a […]
Before You Go Down The Bug Out Bag Rabbit Hole
Oh, we want you in there. In fact, it’s where we live, and we just poked our heads up long enough to say hi. And to share a little knowledge.There’s something we recommend you do before taking the plunge, and that’s get your head on right. Because once you enter the realm of the Bug […]
Starting a Fire with Ferro Rod & Steel
In a true survival situation, if one had to pick a single item in advance without knowing any of the details, there is only one obvious answer what that choice should be: caviar and Dom Perignon.Sorry, classic Bond aside, anything with a good blade (multi-tool, or just a good knife) is item # 1. But […]