Wilderness Survival, Back Country Camping and Offgrid Living
Sometimes I lose track of the notion that it's ok to be in the woods and not have some kind of agenda. Going on a camping trip for a night, or two, or more is one of the best ways to get some serious relaxation time in. You can hike or canoe into a remote... Continue Reading →
I was listening to the Survivalist Prepper podcast the other day and he was interviewing Matthew Stein about the threat of an EMP. Here's the podcasts if you'd like to listen: EMP’s, CME’s and Nuclear Meltdown With Matthew Stein and EMP’s, CME’s and Nuclear Meltdown With Matthew Stein Part 2. Matt Stein has done a lot of... Continue Reading →
In the not-so-distant past growing, processing, and storing vegetables and grains, raising animals, and hunting was how we survived. Sometimes we had to pick up a spear, sword, musket, or whatever we had for weapons at the time and fight off people who wanted our land and food, or to kill our families. A Brief... Continue Reading →
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My wife and I believe in living beneath our means. A long time ago I had a pile of credit card debt and it was one of the worst times of my life. I had a good paying job and traveled a lot and everything was put on credit cards. Then I got a divorce... Continue Reading →
Social media can be good for various things. You can connect with people who are interested in the same things you are, keep in touch with friends and family, or in my case take an informal poll of what people are prepping for. Here's what I posted to start the conversation: What's the most likely... Continue Reading →
I like to dream up various scenarios in my head about how SHTF might play out. Most of it has nothing to do with reality, but it’s fun to think about and if nothing else it gives me alternatives if anything really bad happens. Today I’m sitting in my Tipi (mid-September 2018) and... Continue Reading →
You've looked around at the state of the world today and decided you don't like the way things are looking. You're researching web sites that give you all kinds of conflicting information about what to do and what not to do. Some advise you to bug-out, others advise you to bug-in. Who's right? Here's the... Continue Reading →
After shelter water is the most important thing to acquire when surviving in the wilderness. It used to be that there was plenty of fresh water safe to drink, but due to pollution and other man-made trouble very little water out there is safe to drink straight from the stream without being purified or filtered.... Continue Reading →
TEN COMMON PREPPER FAILS Being successful at prepping is a lot more difficult than most people think. In fact, the failure rate for fully prepared survivalists is pretty high on a deployment level. This is nothing to be ashamed about, because nobody ever said that life itself was going to be easy. Prepping effectively just... Continue Reading →
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