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Peter Kummerfeldt Survival Tip: Avoid Becoming A Lightning Casualty

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by Leon

“It is far safer not to get caught out in a thunderstorm than to try to protect yourself once the storm has started!”

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Key to Survival is All in Your Mind

Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Leon

Psychological responses to emergencies follow a pattern…only 10 to 15 percent of any group involved in any emergency will react appropriately. Another 10 to 15 percent will behave totally inappropriately and the remaining 70 to 80 percent will need to be told what to do. The most common reactions at the onset of an emergency are disbelief and denial.

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Peter Kummerfeldt: Finding Water in the Desert

Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Leon

Peter Kummerfeldt: Finding Water in the Desert

Always take lots of water along, and never depend on being able to find it! But it’s a really good idea to know where to look for water in the event of an emergency. Here are some desert water tips from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt

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Peter Kummerfeldt: The Importance of Water to Survival

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Leon

Peter Kummerfeldt: The Importance of Water to Survival

In priority order, after shelter and the need to defend your body temperature, preventing dehydration is the survivor’s next most important necessity.

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Add a Cheap, Reliable Firemaking System to Your Survival Kits

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Leon

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.

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Five Top Survival Psychology Books

Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Leon

Most of us can’t take all the survival field classes and seminars we’d like to, and only a fool would create a real emergency to see how he might react! But these five books will help you develop the most important part of any wilderness survival kit: the survival mindset!

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Worth Reading: I Sit and Stay: A Survival Guide for Kids (and parents, too!)

Posted on May 30th, 2010 by Leon

Worth Reading: I Sit and Stay: A Survival Guide for Kids (and parents, too!)

Author Leah Waarvik is a search-and-rescue professional who works as part of a canine team to find missing people in the wilderness. She wrote “I Sit and Stay” after hearing stories of children who were lost and unprepared. The book is intended to initiate a discussion between adults and children about the main teaching points. The title says it all: Teach your lost children to stay in one place and await rescue

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Effective Methods of Carrying Water In Your Survival Kit

Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Leon

Effective Methods of Carrying Water In Your Survival Kit

by Leon Pantenburg The rattle of musketry came from over the hill, and in a few minutes, our pickets were driven back. The order came to form ranks, so I drained my canteen and wished for more water. It was late in the afternoon of the Civil War re-enactment battle of Champion Hill, near Vicksburg, [...]

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Self Rescue: When Staying Put to Survive Isn’t an Option

Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Leon

Self Rescue: When Staying Put to Survive Isn’t an Option

Stay or go? A fundamental precept of urban and wilderness survival is that during or after an emergency and/or survival situation, you should stay put so rescuers can find you. But what happens if that isn’t a possibility?

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Peter Kummerfeldt’s Wilderness Emergency Management List

Posted on April 23rd, 2010 by Leon

Generally speaking, if you haven’t learned survival skills by the time you need them, you won’t have time to learn! But this emergency management list from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt gives you a step-by-step progression of what to do in an urban or wilderness survival situation from the instant you realize you are in trouble.

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