Sea survival could be summed up by the adage “sink or swim” and that’s common sense, right? Yet in practice, floating not swimming is more likely to save you from drowning in open water. Read on as we explain the reasons why. RELATED: Lost At Sea Survival Guide | 7 Tips And Tricks For Ocean Navigation Float...
In the absence of guns, a DIY bow and arrow could be the meal ticket to your, well, next meal. You’ll also be surprised to know how easy it is to build one. On your next hunting trip, you would be literally killing it like Hawkeye. Here’s the detailed six-step guide: RELATED: How to Build a Hunting...
A person who has suffered severe injury is at risk of developing shock – a steadily worsening condition that can be described as a “running down of life forces”. First aid can minimize the development of shock if the possibility is recognized well in time. In fully developed shock, minimal first aid is possible, but...
For any preppers who have kids, you naturally want them to become capable, competent adults when they grow up. I don’t know of any good parent that does not want that for their child. But while they are small, it is only natural that you, as their parent, will spend an inordinate amount of time...
Learning how to make a coconut rope from scratch means having a backup plan should anything happen to your store-bought survival ropes. Learn with us how to make one in five simple steps RELATED: Out of Rope? Make Your Own Cordage Making a Coconut Rope from Scratch in Five Simple Steps Click here to jump to the instructographic. Things You’ll...
Keeping yourself and your surroundings clean and free of germs is critical if you want to stay healthy. This is easy enough in kind times though it can be a struggle when far afield for extended forays. But where most people struggle to deal with keeping clean bodies and surroundings, including preppers, is during long-...
Compared to bygone eras you don’t have to work too hard to convince most preppers to include electronic devices of all kinds in their survival plan. This is largely due to the availability and affordability of portable, completely self-contained off-grid sources of power. Two of the most popular are solar and hand-cranked chargers, with an...
Raising cows as part of your survival plan is not for every prepper – I feel the need to just throw that out there right off the bat. Keeping cattle is an excellent idea for some survival homesteaders, but will prove disastrous for others. Cows are arguably harder to raise than poultry birds, but they...
Out of all the possible globe spanning catastrophes that preppers prepare for, far and away one of the most likely to occur is a pandemic. A worldwide outbreak of disease has terrible and far-reaching consequences, and is more than capable of toppling a civilization. Accounts of pandemics and bygone errors paint a very grim picture...
After a long journey by car or just a lot of time spent sitting in a car it is highly tempting to kick that seat back and grab a little shut-eye. While more or less comfortable, having a snooze in your car might not be a good idea owing to various safety concerns, especially...
