I used to belong to the group of people who inherently trust that others aren’t going to fiddle in your camping gear while you are out hiking or at the beach/lake. Not anymore. This was after an incident where every single tent in our circle of friends – there were six tents pitched around the […]
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One of the items a survivalist absolutely must have is a tarp, and while having a tarp might not be a matter of life and death, it certainly could make the difference between a miserable time bugging out and a fairly tolerable stay in the woods. Tarps can be pitched in a variety of ways
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Anyone who has spent weeks grilling food over a campfire will fully understand the above lines, even though Cowper wasn’t referring only to food. After a few straight days of grilled food, you’ll find yourself wanting something a bit different from the usual alternative of soup or stew – delicious as they may be. How
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The carabiner and snap hook are both hooks with a safety mechanism to stop them from opening. The carabiner comes from the German Karibinerhaken, relating to the carbine – a rifle with a shortened barrel used from the 19230’s onwards. The clip was used to fasten the gun to a strap for carrying and be
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When people climbed into their wagons to cross unknown territory in the interior, they had to be well prepared, as they didn’t know exactly when they would be able to get more of the basic ingredients to keep themselves fed. For a balanced diet, the pioneers needed some carbohydrates besides the protein from fresh fish
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I walked into a supermarket yesterday and picked up a bag of so called ‘Trail Mix’ just to check the contents – it ran heavy to little buttons of white chocolate, with raisins and peanuts scattered through the mix between the pops of color from sugar coated candies. Seriously, if someone ate this on the
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Activated charcoal has a seriously wide number of uses, so it is worth discovering what makes it activated and how it differs from normal charcoal, because normal charcoal is just not the same. When we are planning a campfire and prefer not to have the smokiness of wood, we may head off to buy a
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The name Trench Cake doesn’t sound particularly appealing for a of fruit cake, but it got its name because it was eaten in the trenches during World War I. Women at home had very little in the way of rations, and made do with what they had available in order to send a fruit cake
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The more you camp, the more you learn tips and tricks from other people, and modify your camp set up to be as comfortable as possible without adding too much weight either to your backpack or to your vehicle. It’s often trial and error… You come home and say, “Well, that didn’t work!” and out
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We are moving to a paperless society, so why keep a bookshelf with survival books?Well, it’s fine to have the digital survival book options, but in case of power failures, or an EMP, the knowledge contained in print can last for generations. Plus, you can access books at any time without having to worry about
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