One of the most uncomfortable feelings you can experience is waking up in the middle of the night on a camping trip, usually at around three in the morning, and finding that you are absolutely freezing. Being really cold something that everyone who camps will experience at one time or another, usually, because they were…
(VIDEO) You’ll Never Guess What Common Item You Can Use to Make a Torch. This is Insane!
Flashlights will flicker out. Headlamps will slip off and shatter. Cellphone screens will eventually go dim and run out. When all of your high-tech lighting solutions eventually fail you, you will have no choice but to rely on more traditional means to provide light for your campsite or for your nightly travels to take care…
The Ideal Tool List: The Tools You Will NEED When the Grid Goes Down
When the grid goes down, you’ll quickly start to notice just how few tools you have to get anything done. We place a lot of dependence upon the electricity infrastructure around which our society is based. That’s not a bad thing; it’s a really efficient and convenient infrastructure. However, when it eventually goes down, whether…
Don’t Ignore THESE Vital Features When Selecting a New Prepper Gun
Without a doubt, one of the most useful survival tools you can have when you start stocking up for when SHTF is a reliable firearm. While a firearm won’t help you to plant crops, build shelters, or aid in the general day to day jobs around your bug out property, it will help you to…
Consider These 4 Essential Things When Bugging Out and Take the Guess Work Out of Living Off the Grid
Bugging out is no easy task. It requires a lot of planning, a lot of preparation and a lot of practicing and trial and error before you come up with a bug out plan that works best for you. There are a lot of things to consider: who you’ll be bugging out with, what you’ll…
The Truth Revealed: How Braving the Wilderness Alone Can Decrease Your Survival Odds
With stories like Wild and Into the Wild, it’s easy to see why the romance of traveling alone into the wilderness is gripping more and more people around the world. However, it’s also important to note that with one of these stories, Into the Wild, the young man who trekked into nature to find himself…
(VIDEO) This Survivalist Shows You How You Can Become Skilled in the Art of Throwing Stick
For thousands of years, ancient peoples relied on a variety of weapons to bring down game and defend their territories from hostile invaders. These weapons did not undergo any significant changes for thousands of years until metallurgy was developed. Now we had blades that performed the same purposes much more effectively. Then guns came along…
7 Survival Shelters That You Should Practice Making NOW – They’re Incredible!
You’re hiking through an excellent wilderness. The birds are chirping, you’ve got a belly full of trail mix (or GORP), and your canteen is topped off. Suddenly you find yourself…lost. You have no idea where you are or where you should be going. It happens more often than you would think, which is why everyone…
Survival Myths You’ve Never Heard of Before. Learn Them Now Before it’s too Late.
There are so many survival myths out there that you could fill an entire series of books with them and still barely scrape the tip of the iceberg. They get their prevalence from Hollywood, misguided “experts” and even survival shows. The biggest thing to keep in mind for survival is that not every situation is…
(VIDEO) Using Pine Resin to Start a Fire is Easier Than You May Think…
There are a lot of ways to start a fire. The easiest is gasoline and a lighter, but not many people want to carry a can of fuel with them when they’re out hiking or bugging out. Plus it’s a pretty unsafe method that could result in flash burns and even chemical burns if you…
(VIDEO) This Man Came Up With a Premise for a Survival Show and Spent Days Outdoors. What He Learned From the Experience? Incredible!
It probably wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that a lot of us would love just to run into the wilderness for months or years at a time to escape the maddening realities of living with modern humans. We like to see ourselves living off the land and coping effortlessly with everything nature…
(VIDEO) Watch How a Prepper Transforms an Old Steel File Into a Fighting Dagger! Mind. Blown.
Most preppers hope they will never have to use their skills or supplies. After all, no one hopes that they will finally get to shoot their fire extinguisher before their home, and all of their possessions go up in flames. However, there is always the off chance that something will happen which we cannot predict…
(VIDEO) He Takes Out a Wrench… to Make a Razor Sharp Knife. How He Does it? You Can’t Miss THIS!
A good knife is somewhat hard to come by. In a world where cheap manufacturing in countries with low standards of quality has become the norm, knives are often made of lesser metals and hardware that means they can be sold much more cheaply. This also means that they are not likely to last as…
(VIDEO) He Took Out a Lemon to Start a Fire. When I Saw How He Pulled This Off? Slack-Jawed!
There are a lot of creative methods for making fire out there, from a battery and a bubble gum wrapper to making a magnifying glass with a condom. Sure, the tried and true method is to pull out a Bic lighter or a box of matches and strike up a flame with minimal effort. However,…
6 Dangerous SHTF Water Myths You Need to Stop Believing NOW
Water is, undeniably, the single most important thing to ensuring your survival in a bad situation. It’s easy to fall into the trap of listening to your stomach and putting food higher up on the priority list, but if you don’t have ready access to water, you won’t be able to digest food for very…
How to Avoid a Snake Bite… Instead of Suffering the Consequences
Most snakes are not at all dangerous to people. However, that doesn’t change the fact that it still sucks to be bitten by one, venomous or not. Even if a snake is not venomous, a bite can still become infected fairly quickly, which can be a huge hindrance on your camping or survival plans. To…
Be Prepared to Survive. Here Are Essential Emergency Supplies That Can Save Your Life.
Living through a SHTF situation is all about having the right gear. If you were to stop simply drinking water today or were to stop eating today, eventually you would die. It’s as simple as that. Making sure you live through a SHTF situation is why the main goal of a successfully-stocked survival pantry is…
These 6 Essential Security and Crime Prevention Tips Will Make You Feel Secure and Ready to Take on Anything
The best thing you can do to prepare your home for a home intrusion is to make sure it never gets hit in the first place. Having a gun in the hand is great for when they come breaking in the door, but making sure that door never opens in the first place is an…
This DIY Knife Sharpening Kit is Incredible – I’m Making it and Adding it to My Bug Out Bag Right Away!
Having a high-quality knife sharpening kit you can depend on is one of the most important things you can do to increase the level of attention your valuable blades receive. Your knives, axes and other tools will be what keeps you alive when times are tough, so giving them the utmost care is pretty much…
This Ancient Way of Drying and Smoking Meat Will Help You Survive When the Grid Goes Down
Our ancestors have been figuring out ways to preserve meat and other foods for generations. By prolonging the life of their food stores, they were able to spend less time hunting and more time exploring the world they lived in and developing more sophisticated tools, inventions, and begin building their society from the ground up.…