Wilderness survival, also known as bushcraft, is a way of surviving that entails leaving your home and bugging out to the great outdoors.
Whether you’ll be in the woods, the desert or on a mountain, surviving in the wilderness is not an easy task, not even for those who are trained for it. Nevertheless, if bugging out is your only option, and if you don’t have a place to go to, set up an INCH (I’m never Coming Home) bag and read the articles below.
Containers are a survival commodity that will not necessarily be easy to produce or procure if or when SHTF. They are vitally important for foraging, gathering, carrying, and storing things, yet older more traditional containers such as wicker baskets are often thought of now a novelties or purely decorative items. While it is true that …
Whether it’s that time of year again when the cold weather starts to set in, or you are traveling through an area that is cold pretty much all the time, the risk of exposure is going to be a constant if you cannot get warm. No matter if you are lost, camping, trekking, bugging in, …
As a prepper, your goal is to prepare for the worst-case scenario. You could have all the gear in the world, but if you can’t survive in cold climates, you’ll quickly find yourself up shit creek without a paddle. Even if you live in a warmer climate, you’re still at risk for exposure to the …
There are many other forms of communicating other than with technology. Knowing these other forms can benefit you in many ways, one of which is adding backup plans in case the main forms of communication (electronic) fail. A main example of this would be in the event of an EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulse). An EMP …
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Unlike what is popularly depicted in movies about surviving on a deserted island or in any other remote climate, Tom Hanks’ Cast Away springs to mind, you cannot count on the things you need washing up on the beach or being present in the form of trash, ruins or anything else. Maybe not even a …
Sap is where pancake syrup comes from, resin clogs your smoking pipes, and pitch is what you do with a ball, right? Well, not quite, close though. Sap is the lifeblood of trees and other plants, but usually when we refer to sasp we are thinking in terms of a tree. Sap runs through the …
Sap, Resin, and Pitch – What Are the Differences? Read More »
One of the most important skills that an Infantryman uses is their ability navigate. We cannot rely on technology to save our ass when the shit hits the fan, so within our first weeks of basic training, we are taught how to effectively use a topographic map. This is a bit of a complex process …
One paradox of survival is that many of us have been conditioned to do the wrong thing. Between movies, survival shows, and just everyday modern society, most people would not last a day in a survival situation. Until you really do your research and put that knowledge into practice, your mind will send you in …
Staying alive and surviving against the odds are two of the most important goals in this world for all its creatures. In the face of a perceived threat, animals react with whatever defensive measures that they are equipped with. Placed in a situation of catastrophe, human beings grapple to re-establish systems that will help them …
Thus far, the survival challenges that I have attempted have been focused around the idea that remaining stationary is often the fastest route to rescue. I have hunkered down toughed out blizzard conditions with temperatures below zero, thunderstorms producing hail and winds as high as 40 mph, and the scorching summer heat beating down on …
