I was catching up with a friend just recently who was a former SERE instructor for an elite foreign fighting unit (from France if that drops any clues). His passion is to travel the world, and where possible, spread the word on the importance of SERE training skills which he … read more
Do you know how to make fuel? What if you had no new supplies? This could happen in any type of SHTF situation, but for some people, this is daily life as they innovate ways to make necessities while trapped in the middle of a war zone. Supply cutoffs limit … read more
Anyone who enjoys the outdoors knows that there are some must-haves when it comes to basic survival gear for those difficult situations, outdoors necessities or when you are hiking through the wilderness and things take a turn for the worst. Survival expert David Canterbury, Dual Survival former host and author of A … read more
There are a lot of things that are important to us in this world, but nothing is more important than ensuring you and your family are prepared for a disaster or emergency. A saying I have thrived on ever since I started prepping is ‘prior preparation prevents poor performance‘. And … read more
Survival skills are simple, how to hacks that look good in videos and sound interesting when you show them at parties, but they could save your life when you are outdoors in the wilderness. So what are survival skills? Put simply, they are survival techniques a person can use to … read more
This survivalist has more than 6 million subscribers and has never spoken a single word Bushcraft is a pioneering skill It was bushcraft skills that made the exploration of the Coppermine River by Samuel Hearne in 1770, and many other explorations and expeditions of the frontier period, possible as those … read more
A recent story in the New Yorker profiled Silicon Valley billionaires, who are investing large sums of money on preparedness supplies and offshore properties where they can hunker down in case of a disaster. The article quotes the CEO of Reddit, who claims that over 50% of Silicon Valley billionaires have “apocalypse … read more
A small survival kit is one of those backup plans for everyone. Whether you are a hiker, a city-dweller, living off-the-grid or a Silicon Valley specialist, there’s no reason to not have one as they are cheap, smaller than the palm of your hand and are an absolute backup when … read more
A simple attachable device can turn your mobile phone into a thermal camera enabling you to be able to view anything at night or sense heat patterns in people or animals when you wouldn’t usually be able to see them. Oregon-based thermal image giant FLIR Systems provide solutions to a … read more
An EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, will almost certainly wipe out all of your electrical devices as well as the entire grid on which society survives on, sending our lives back to the dark ages. But with a Faraday cage, you can keep electronics and devices protected from the effects of … read more
The bug out bag designed by survivalists and backed by investors, let’s see if it’s worth it The Seventy2 is a 72-hour survival kit was designed on the recommendations from trained special forces professionals, mountain guides, first responders, survivalists and doctors and funded by the grueling investment show Shark Tank for … read more
IN SHORT: – First Thing: Use a bacteria killer like calcium hypochlorite (pool shock) – Second Thing: Use only food-grade, BPA-free, high-density PE containers and get a WaterBOB bathtub bladder Nothing is more important than water storage. It is the primary necessity we can’t live without for three days (after oxygen of course) … read more
We’ve always got the best and most practical kit for ourselves, but when it comes to our pets there are some needs that they have as well. This is why if you have a four-legged friend, you should be setting up a dog survival kit with the essentials that will … read more
Think you’re ready for the end of the world? Try these apocalyptic survival games Get ready to fight off a doomsday cult rising in Montana, survive in a post-collapse New York with roving gangs and pick yourself up from a crash-landing in a freezing Canadian wilderness after a global crisis, because … read more
How, why and what: Lifestraw, Sawyer, Big Berkey and the $1 water filter Water filters are rated by survivalists as the priority item in their survival kits, and for good reason too, without clean drinking water your survival expectancy is limited to three days. With such a simple, necessary, cheap … read more
Flooding is the #1 Natural Disaster in America – so you should be looking at flood walls to keep your home safe Whether you are a prepper or not, you are probably very worried about the possibility of a flood or have made plans in the case of a flood. … read more