“Here’s my definition: Survival is the ability and desire to stay alive, all alone, under adverse conditions, until rescued. Survival is an attitude.” – Peter Kummerfeldt
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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!
Read the rest of this entry »Plan, Improvise to Make Effective Tarp Shelters
In most cases, a properly-pitched and sited tarp shelter works very well. The advantages of a tarp over a tent are primarily in the weight-savings category. In some instances and situations, it may be the most effective shelter you can carry.
Read the rest of this entry »Red Cross: Be Prepared For Winter
By Rosalind Boyer-Cole • For the Wausau Daily Herald • January 12, 2010 Jack Frost is traveling through Wisconsin! As January and February arrive, this may mean colder temperatures, more snowstorms, and ice. Winter weather can catch people unprepared. Research indicates that 70 percent of fatalities related to snow and ice occur in automobiles and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Leave a Note, Save Your Life!
If nobody knows you’ve gone, or where to look, or when you might be back, it could be a long wait to be rescued! An detailed note about your proposed outing should be standard operating procedure.
Read the rest of this entry »About Leon Pantenburg
Leon Pantenburg is a wilderness enthusiast, and doesn’t claim to be a survival expert or expertise as a survivalist. As a newpaperman for three decades, covering search and rescue, sheriff’s departments and outdoor emergencies, Leon learned many people died unnecessarily or escaped miraculously from outdoor emergency situations when simple, common sense may have changed the outcome. Leon now teaches common sense survival techniques to the average person in order to avert potential disasters.
Read the rest of this entry »An Emergency Dental Kit
For your own piece of mind it is important that you understand what dental emergency items you should be maintaining.
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