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.
Since one of our biggest fears is having to leave our homes and bug out into the woods in search of our BOLs or even just wander around until the dust settles, we need to know how to start a fire. It’s just one of those basic survival skills we cannot live without. We know we’ll one day need it. …
Whether you’ve been a prepper for some time, or if you’re just starting out, you probably know that having the right set of skills is one of the best ways to improve your chances of survival in short-term emergencies, as well as large-scale catastrophes. Whether you’re a rural prepper or you live in a crowded …
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Paracord, also known as parachute cord, is a lightweight cord that’s indispensable to survival, camping, and hiking. If you don’t know all the amazing paracord little projects you can do, it makes little sense to stockpile it. I’m not going to bore you with its history, suffice it to say it was first used in WWII …
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So you stockpiled enough food to last you at least a year. Now what? In an SHTF situation, there are going to be water and energy shortages that will prevent you from cooking it. Things like rice and beans and pasta, the pillars of a long-term survival stockpile, cannot be eaten raw. You need alternative …
When my friend and I came up with the idea for this article, we didn’t exactly have a goal in mind BUT we knew what we wouldn’t be able to do, and that’s to gather all the survival and preparedness knowledge in a single post. That’s just impossible and all its aspects is simply huge. So, we …
Bartering is going to be one of those skills that will almost guarantee that you and your family will not only survive, but thrive in a post-apocalyptic world. One of the most dreaded things post-disaster, following the initial death-toll, after subsequent deaths due to lack of food, water and various pandemics will be the uselessness …
There are two kinds of preppers: the ones that are stockpiling through the roof, and the ones who rely mostly on their knowledge of survival skills. The two schools of thought need not be exclusive, but I think just about everyone agrees that no matter how much gear you have, if you don’t have the …
