How To Make Pemmican
Pemmican was a staple trail food used by Native American scouts, and was quickly adopted by the early Western explorers who followed. Once prepared, pemmican is a compact, low weight foodstuff that provides a...
Seven Tips on How to Survive a Tornado
As always, the time to prepare for something like a tornado is long before you’d have to actually deal with one. Taking the time today to learn how to survive a tornado and to...
Dealing With “Upset Stomach” in a Survival Situation
Being well prepared means being ready for any eventuality. In austere or survival conditions, when one is forced to find food and water sources that may be less than ideal in terms of purity,...
Can You Survive A Wild Fire? (Part 2)
Last year’s wildfires in California were among the worst in that state’s history, destroying over 1.6 million acres. In the so-called Camp Fire of November 2018, eighty-five people lost their lives, and the town...
Best Ways to Purify Water in The Wild
Water is more important than food when it comes to surviving in the wilderness—you can survive for weeks without food, but only a maximum of about five days without water. Water that you’re likely...
How To Survive a Tsunami
Tsunamis are extremely large ocean waves primarily caused by large earthquakes, and depending on the location of the epicenter of the quake, can reach and devastate coastal areas within a matter of minutes. As...
Camping Must Haves
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of going on a camping trip and realizing—after you’ve reached your destination and probably after you’ve set up camp—that you’ve forgotten some vital or useful piece of gear...
Best Survival Skill Building Games for Families
Talking with children about emergency preparedness can be difficult, especially if they’re younger. The subject matter may be too confusing or upsetting for them, but being prepared—as a family—is no doubt something in which...
Best Weapons of Opportunity
A large portion of self-defense is situational awareness. If you’re aware of your surroundings, you can take advantage of any nearby objects to defend yourself against an attacker. The truth is, many objects can...
Basic Land Navigation
In a world where every smartphone manufactured in more than the past decade has built-in GPS capabilities, basic wilderness land navigation is a skill that most people don’t think too much about. There are...
