Packin’ Meat: Long-Term Preservation Primer
I am a hopeless carnivore. I love just about any kind of meat, but one of my favorite…
Tools for the Troubled Times: Get the Edge
During the Middle Ages, steel tools were kept under lock and key and often guarded. Quality tools were expensive and hard to get, and lots of work required good tools. Shovels, axes, hammers and chisels were required for virtually every daily chore. Knives were carried by everyone, and swords and battle axes by those who could afford them.
Personal Survival Battery: A Systems Approach
I like to re-read books, because I’ll pick up things I missed the first time through. I’ve read…
Tree Treats: Free Food From The Forest
When we consider our forebears’ traditional harvest resources, we see that common trees are a cornucopia of good…
Emergency Food Supplies
When food supplies have been designed and manufactured for long-term storage and have been stored right, their usable…
Pathfinding Without A Compass
When it comes to finding your bearings, there is no such thing as a “sixth sense of direction,”…
Four Came Back: Survival Trial Competition
People today are farther removed from being able to—or needing to—survive on their own more so than at…
Death Threats
One of the principal admonishments of this column is to always think someone out there wants to kill…
Stranded: Vehicle Survival Kit
A man stranded for three days on a snowy mountain road in Montana attributed his survival to God,…
Living off the Grid: Plan B: Cost-Effective Hideaways
I have previously written about living off the grid, looking at the high-end permanent home/cabin situation (OFF THE…