Wilderness Survival, Back Country Camping and Offgrid Living
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 →
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 →
Preppers love to post about how to make a lean-to with their poncho, but here's a little piece of knowledge not communicated too often: the lean-to isn't that great a shelter. It's open to the wind and if you set it up wrong the rain can blow right into your shelter making for a long... Continue Reading →
Being able to survive with only minimal gear is a good skill to have; but it's not all that fun if you're used to the luxury of a house. Having gear with you when you enter the woods for a backwoods camping trip or bug-out is necessary, but what to take? With the bewildering array of... Continue Reading →
One of the most important survival concepts out there that can help guide you through a survival situation is the Survival Rule of Three's. These aren't actual rules mind you - think of them as survival guidelines or how you should direct your activities when lost in the wilderness. The Rules look like this: You... Continue Reading →
Jarhead Survival 