A Moro can do about 90 percent of what I need an outdoor knife to do. And while I’ve yet to find the ultimate do-everything survival knife, a Moro can come really close!
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Add a Cheap, Reliable Firemaking System to Your Survival Kits
The best firestarting system can also be the cheapest and the materials are the easy to find at any drug or grocery store.
Read the rest of this entry »Make a Common Sense Urban/Wilderness Survival Kit
When it comes to wilderness or urban survival, being prepared is just common sense, and you should insert a healthy dose of that commodity into any disaster or emergency planning!
Read the rest of this entry »Foil Wrap Food: Tasty Fuel for Survival
In a survival situation, food should taste good. When (fill in the acronym) happens, previously-fussy eaters will find that hunger is the best sauce. But the same diet everyday will soon grow monotonous. Really, how many MREs can you eat before all the entrees taste the same?
Read the rest of this entry »Make a Garbage Bag Shelter Part of Your Survival Kit
No piece of survival equipment is worth anything if you don’t have it with you! A trash bag shelter is compact, lightweight and convenient to carry. Consider including one in your survival kit!
Read the rest of this entry »Hatchet or Saw: Choose the Best Portable Survival Kit Tool
Is your best choice a hatchet or a saw?
Either choice has advantages and disadvantages. When choosing any tool for wilderness or urban survival, start by anticipating where you might be when you may need the tool, and what tasks it will need to perform.
Read the rest of this entry »Peter Kummerfeldt’s Survival Kit List for Beginners
Commercial kits compromise the quality of the components in order to keep the overall price of the kit down — it’s better to build your own.
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It’s really hard to think, and reason out what to do next when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using the navigation tools until it was too late…
Read the rest of this entry »Worth Reading: ‘Camping’s Forgotten Skills: Backwoods Tips From a Boundary Waters Guide’
A good way to prepare for potential emergencies is to read and learn from informative books with practical, usable information. “Camping’s Forgotten Skills: Backwoods Tips From a Boundary Waters Guide” by Cliff Jacobson is one of those literary resources that should be part of any survival or prepper library.
Read the rest of this entry »THINK YOUR CONGRESSMAN’S NO BOY SCOUT? THINK AGAIN
Posted By: Anthony Lydgate Tagged As: Boy Scouts of America, 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts, Congress, Eagle Scout, boys, boy Today, February 8, 2010, is the 100th anniversary of the founding of Boy Scouts of America. The BSA currently offers 122 merit badges. Many of them—Hiking, Swimming, Fishing, Canoeing, Backpacking, Orienteering, Wilderness Survival—are distinctly woodsy. [...]
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