Survival Gear: In any outdoor survival situation it is vital to be prepared. Taking appropriate precautions before embarking on an outdoor adventure could mean the difference between life and death. Imagine getting lost while hiking, injured while camping, or any of the other dangerous outdoor survival situations without having the necessities. It could be disastrous. …
Category: Recent Articles
Freeze Dried Foods For Your Emergency Food Supply Kit
Freeze Dried Foods: My grandmother always said “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!” Her self-reliant spirit preserved and empowered our family over the years. When the imaginable crises or unthinkable event happened she was not only prepared, but willing and able to survive in any unusual circumstance. Technology can …
Edible Plants: Living Off of Nature
The variety of edible plants is endless. Many plants can be found close to our homes in the United States and used in salads, as teas for survival skills or for medicinal purposes. People should never eat any wild edible plants unless they know exactly what they are picking. Brookline This plant is found around …
Uncommon Uses of Household Salt
Uses of Salt. Salt is often known for being an added ingredient in our food and is primarily used for cooking your favorite dishes. However, household salt actually has a variety of ways it can be used besides add flavor things and preserving food for storage. For decades, many have used salt to solve common household …
What to Do if You Are Lost When Camping or Hiking
The most important thing to do when you are lost when camping or hiking is to not panic. Do not make any sudden decisions without thoroughly thinking through your situation. Once you realize you are lost, take time to assess your predicament. Examine all the possibilities. You have more time than you imagine. Extra time …
Silver Sol – What is it and what are its benefits
Silver Sol. The use of silver for medicinal purposes goes back centuries. Silver has many healing properties and today, through nanotechnology the creation of a better safer product is available for public use. Silver Sol is a patented new technology. A solution suspends silver in water and transforms that water into a powerful mixture that …
Portable Solar Generators for Camping
Portable Solar Generators – When it comes to camping in the great outdoors, you can either go the minimalist route with no power or bring an RV. However, with some of the latest technology in solar electricity, we now have the option to power some of those ever so beloved electronics without the obnoxious noise …
5 Tips for putting an Emergency Water Supply together
Emergency Water Supply – As I am sure you are aware, there are many disasters facing our families each and every day. While we cannot see the future, we can prepare for some of our basic needs if we find ourselves facing an emergency. While many of us are not experts in survival preparations, we are …
Putting an emergency survival pack together
Everyone should have an emergency supply pack (also know as a 72 hour kit) ready . Unfortunately, most households do not have an emergency supply pack, or they lack the essentials and needed items. It is not difficult to create kits, it should only take a few hours. Although everyone is different; here are five …
How to Filter Water
How to filter water. Being out in the wilderness poses some challenges to getting drinkable and safe water for people. It depends on if you have planned on going into the wilderness prepared or for some reason you find yourself there. Ground water must be filtered to remove particles and germs because animals, birds, and …