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Make Charcloth For Your Survival Kit
by Leon Pantenburg Catching a spark and blowing it into a flame is a skill that can save your life. Charcloth is a material that has been “cooked” like charcoal is at high temperatures until it becomes black. Properly-made charcloth will easily catch a spark and grow into an ember. This ember can be transferred to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Make a Survival Kit Part of Your Wardrobe
What you’ve got to work with is what you have! When possible, always carry your ten essentials. But this collection of survival items, integrated into your wardrobe, may get you through an emergency!
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by Leon Pantenburg The elk herd left a tantalizing trail, and we could expect to get a shot at any moment. It’s always that thought that sucks us hunters out in crappy weather into remote mountainous areas. The day was bitterly cold in Idaho’s Selway wilderness, the snow was knee deep and there were miles [...]
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Maybe the best thing about charcloth is that you make it yourself, and the materials are free. It belongs in every survival kit
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BEWARE! If you don’t know how to use the materials in the (wilderness survival) kit, and don’t practice with them, you may develop a false sense of confidence. This attitude could get you in a lot more trouble!
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