Heading outside to the backcountry is becoming ever more popular as a way to enjoy the winter. More and more people are discovering the joys of skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, or just playing in the snow far from civilization. Despite the advantages of being out in the backcountry for outdoor recreation, there are several hazards that …
Category: Emergency Preparedness
Five unique ways to start a fire, you won’t believe #3
Let’s be clear. These are not the preferred ways to get a fire going. If you would have used your noggin’, you would have a BIC lighter or strike anywhere matches handy, or perhaps a magnesium stick on your keychain. Any of these will work much better than the methods I am describing. But if …
Best Solar-Powered Products
Solar-powered products are certainly some of the most eco-friendly, sustainable forms of power, well, ever, and are always worth the investment. Whether you use solar items at home, while camping, or in your RV, they’re great to have on hand! Let’s look at some of the best solar-powered products out there and what makes them …
Survival Using RVs
Over the past year many people have reached-out to me asking the same question; ‘What can people do to survive a catastrophic event besides sailing to an island on a bug-out boat? This was of course a natural response by some people to my book; The Nautical Prepper My experience led me to believe that …
How To Cope With Sleep Deprivation
Planning for the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) is one thing, but experiencing a world-changing event and continuing to thrive and survive is something else completely. Once the initial shock and implementation of your plan is over and done with, the real survival skills come into play. While most people plan …
The Different Kinds of Fire Starters
In any survival or emergency scenario, the ability to create fire is a must-have. Fire is useful for all sorts of things in the outdoors including keeping yourself warm, cooking food, making signals so that rescuers can find you, having a source of light at night, and even just providing a psychological boost to your …
Herbal First Aid Remedies
Aches, pains, bruises, cuts, and scrapes can be uncomfortable and hindering, especially when they occur at inopportune moments, but mother nature provides many herbal remedies for common first aid problems. By creating, combining, and administering natural salves, tinctures, and essential oils, you can quickly and naturally sooth or heal common ailments that occur in the …
Emergency Preparedness: How to prepare for a hurricane
Emergency Preparedness. As hurricane season approaches, everyone who lives in the paths of these terrible, potential life threatening acts of nature, should review how prepared they are for disaster. Anyone who lives in the path of hurricanes knows what can happen, and what needs to be done to be ready for whatever destruction and disruption …
Financial Survival: Tips to Save Money
Saving money can be difficult, especially in a down economy or if you have recently suffered the loss of an income. When you want to save money and increase the amount you have available to spend, there are various tips and tricks available to help. Saving money is possible by assessing your own situation and …
Cheap by Choice: When Frugality Means Freedom
By Daisy Luther orginally posted on theorganicprepper.ca and shared on survivallife.com I suffered some great financial losses back in 2010. I lost my house, my car, and my business. We had been living frugally in comparison to many people, but not frugally enough to counteract that personal economic disaster. Looking back, I’m not sure if …