Wilderness Survival, Back Country Camping and Offgrid Living
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 →
A few years back, in the dark days before the Internet, I decided to take the canoe out and do some camping on a lake. It was one of those fall days where the air is crisp and cool, the wind was still and the surface of the lake looked like a piece of glass... Continue Reading →
In the last post we talked about the first 5 C's of Survival developed by Dave Canterbury, which is criteria for gear you should always have in your pack. In this article I'm going to discuss the next 5 C's. In brief here are the 10 C's of Survival: Cutting tool Combustion Cover Container Cordage... Continue Reading →
If you're a minimalist day-hiker there's a few pieces of gear you should take with you that will help assure your survival if you get lost. These items are something you should carry with you all the time whether you're four-wheeling, snowmobiling (I keep mine in my saddlebag on my snowmobile), or just out for... Continue Reading →
Jarhead Survival 