Skills before gear! You can have all the survival tools and gear in the world, but if you don’t know how to use them, you might not survive. There are dozens of survival skills you can learn, but some are more important than others.
Regardless of what skill you’re looking to master, you’re probably going to find it in one of the articles below.
You won’t have to travel far in prepping and self-defense circles both on and off the internet before you hear someone harping about the importance of situational awareness. Situational awareness they will say, correctly, is a foundational element to staying safe from a variety of threats, human-caused or otherwise. But if you are new to …
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Having potable water to drink in a survival situation is absolutely essential no matter the environment, no matter the situation. A complete lack of water will see you die of dehydration in a matter of days and you can bet you’ll be so debilitated you are non-functional well before that. In very hot, arid climates …
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A lesser known method of tying the constrictor, this is generally faster than using an end. It is useful when the end of the line cannot be accessed or the knot needs to be in the middle of the line and to run half the line would cumbersome. However, it has to be placed over …
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You might do well as a prepper to learn (and learn well) the single most important skill that will keep you alive in a crisis. What is this unusually critical skill, this crucial, all-important element? Keeping your head. You can call it “keeping your cool”, “staying frosty”, or just keeping calm and thinking clearly. No …
The Icicle Hitch is an excellent knot for securing a line to a rod, post or another line when the direction of pull will be roughly in line with the length of the rod. It is so secure it can even be tied onto a tapered post like a marlinspike, hence the name ‘icicle’ hitch …
Icicle Hitch (With the End) Knot – Step by Step How to Tie It Read More »
To know the knot is to constantly find uses for it… Brion Toss, Master Rigger This is one of the most effective binding knots. It is constructed as a ‘half knot’ underneath a turn (called a ‘riding’ turn, because it ‘rides’ over the rest of the knot). As a friction binding knot it can be …
This is a very similar method to other ways of tying the bowline but is very fast and controlled, if the anchor point is behind you, and you want the knot in front (e.g. if you have taken a line from and truck and walked to a load you wish to tow) the method is …
‘Fast’ (Controlled) Bowline Around an Anchor Near or Behind You Read More »
The alpine butterfly is mostly used by climbers. It can be tied without using the ends and produces a loop which stands perpendicular to the rest of the rope. The Alpine Butterfly should be used when the direction of the load on the loop is close to perpendicular to the rope (or is not likely …
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Every prepper who had not stockpiled morale boosters prior to the pandemic surely sees the value in them now. Keeping the mind and body active, as well as stimulated can make the time spent either cooped up in a small space in an urban or suburban area, or when having the daily routine entirely disrupted …
36 Old-Fashioned Family Activities When Stuck in Quarantine Read More »
Learning new survival skills or honing existing ones doesn’t necessarily involve spending a weekend roughing it in the woods or going to some type or training facility. While many of the most important hands-on training does occur outdoors, there are extremely valuable survival skills you can learn right now while sitting inside your home. Watching …
20 Survival Skills You Can Learn While Stuck in Your Home Read More »
