Exploring desert-like national parks, such as Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park in Moab, Utah, requires careful planning. It doesn’t take long for the body to become severely dehydrated, and when you’re wandering about in direct sun chances of dehydration go up considerably. Let’s take a look at a few safety tips for ensuring your …
Category: Survival Skills
5 Survival Lessons to Learn From The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in which gangs have taken over and the world is a seemingly endless wasteland. The images in The Book of Eli are very much akin to what many of us in the prepper community feel could really happen, so while there’s a lot of incongruities …
Live to Fight Another Day: Basics of Survival Medicine Part 2: Medical Emergencies
Even under the best conditions medical emergencies come up. That’s pretty much the reason emergency rooms and urgent care exist. In a survival situation these medical emergencies will be greater and your ability to care for them will be greatly diminished. While there are quite a few first-aid guides out there, the three major medical …
Live to Fight Another Day: Basics of Survival Medicine Part 1: Health Requirements
Keeping healthy isn’t too difficult in our current society but in a survival situation the need to protect your health becomes one of the most important factors to most decisions. In a non-survival situation, if you get a cold you go buy cold medicine. If you eat some bad food you drink Gatorade and hug …
“Zombie Apocalypse”: What’s With The Fascination?
Ah, the zombie apocalypse. This concept has pervaded American culture for decades, arguably beginning with the classic 1968 horror flick Night of the Living Dead and plenty of movies after that, including Dawn of the Dead and more comedic takes such as Shaun of the Dead and Warm Bodies. AMC’s The Walking Dead remains insanely …
How Important is Water, Really?
Everyone knows water is important for survival. Go 1-2 days without it and you’re in for a pretty bad time. The human body is 65% water and 2-3 liters of this water is expelled every day via sweat, urine, and excrement. This means you need to replace that water on a VERY regular basis or …
Stress and Survival: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
We all deal with stress every day. From waking up late to balancing work, family, and friends, stress is inevitable. Most of the time stress comes and goes, and while it’s not healthy to be stressed all the time, a little stress can actually be helpful every now and then. Once you switch gears from …