Monday night I was interviewed for an hour on the James T. Stevens “Doctor Prepper Talk Show,” on BlogTalk Radio. You can listen to the interview here.
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Runner’ Survival Gear, Attitude, Save Her Life
“It’s pretty scary to get in as much trouble as I did only a few miles from town,” she says. “I easily could have died.”
Read the rest of this entry »Boy Scouts Learn Effective, Quick Shelters the Key to Winter Survival
by Leon Pantenburg Bend, Or. – If you get caught in the woods in deep snow and a storm is headed toward you, there won’t be much time to take shelter. You will need to know where to get out of the wind, how to make or find a quick shelter and how to ensure [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Prepare, Practice These Tips to Keep Kids Safe in the Outdoors
In an instant, the backpacking trip in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains turned from an idyllic family outing to every parent’s nightmare. One moment, my son Daniel, 16 months old at the time, was playing around the campsite. In the next, despite the supervision of four adults, he had vanished.
Read the rest of this entry »What is Survival Common Sense?
An emergency can happen to you and your family at any time, on any day, and most people are completely unprepared. What would you do if you sprained your ankle at dusk, in the middle of a forested urban park on a routine evening winter run? What if your car slides off a rural, icy road and gets stuck in a ditch during a fierce mid-Western blizzard? What about being awakened by fire alarms and the smell of smoke in your totally-dark, fourth-floor hotel room?
Most people never think about the need to survive anything. But you, the average person, could easily be one slip, fall or crash away from real trouble.
This website is about proven and tested common sense survival techniques that anyone should learn when living in urban areas or wandering about in the wilderness. Using your common sense to survive any calamity can change a dangerous situation into a mere inconvenience.
Contact Leon at: survivalsenselp@gmail.com
