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How to Make a Paracord Bracelet
Because of the article I've written on my every-day carry kit as well as the How to Put Together the Ultimate Survival Kit article, I've had a number of readers ask me for the instructions on how to make a paracord bracelet. Like I've mentioned in both ...
Homemade Lamps from Everyday Objects
Having the ability to create light without needing electricity should be part of everyone's emergency essentials. While flashlights are certainly helpful, batteries quickly die out so having a store of candles on hand can provide the light and morale boost that one needs to make it through a dark night ...
The Fantastic Four – 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life
Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life? If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable ...
The Color Code of Awareness: Developing a Combat Mindset
Used by soldiers and CIA agents alike, The Color Code of Awareness will help you see danger before it strikes and may just save your life. In this article I describe a mindset used by our soldiers, special agents, and law-enforcement personnel that heightens your awareness and allows ...
Choosing the Perfect Survival Knife
Ever wonder how to choose the perfect survival knife? This article will show you how. In my opinion, a survival knife is your most important tool when caught in a wilderness survival situation. While it's true that you can improvise a knife out of stone or bone when out ...
How to Make a Survival Stove (Car Heater)
With winter coming soon for many of us who live in the colder climates, getting stranded in your car can become a dangerous possibility. As a result, everyone's emergency car kit should contain the ability to heat your car if you were stranded or holed up waiting the passage of ...
How to Gain Security in an Uncertain World
We live in a time where our basic needs are met through a complex network of communications, supply lines, and relationships. The obvious benefit of this system is the ability to deliver goods and services to specific locations in an extremely efficient manner. For example, water is clean and ...
How to Put Together the Ultimate Survival Kit
Would you be willing to stake your life on your survival kit? I would. There are so many debates when it comes to the perfect survival kit. In my opinion, the items you choose to be in a survival kit can be very different based on the situation you ...
Getting Started with Food Storage
Although this site covers various topics such as wilderness survival, personal protection, and getting your financial house in order -- if there were just one topic that I would want you to work on, it would be this: Food Storage.If possible, every family should have some amount of food ...
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