Tag: Emergency
Fastpacking – The merging of trail running and backpacking
Over the past few years, there has been a change within the trail running community to take it into the wilderness for more than just a day…
Overlooked survival items
A critical element of any good survival plan is being able to take the everyday random items you have around your house and repurposing items…
The most overlooked survival items
A critical element of any good survival plan is being able to take the everyday random items you have around your house and repurposing items…
Top prepping mistakes to avoid
If you’ve already decided that you need to start preparing for disaster, give yourself a pat on the back. The overwhelming majority of the population…
Top survival uses for a belt
A belt is something most of us wear every day, and in a survival situation, it can be put to even more uses than just…
Tarp or Tent: Which is best for your Bug Out Bag
A bug out bag is your bag for emergency situations. It’s the bag you grab when you’ve got to be out the door and generally…
Make a pine resin torch to light your way
Having fire and making some light is an important survival skill, this isn’t just a way of brightening up an area but of having fire…
Control bleeding with Cayenne pepper
Whenever an emergency occurs our first instinct is to get help; our first response towards a life-threatening situation must always be to ring 911 or…
Top tips for stockpiling gasoline
One of the most essential things you can stockpile for survival and disaster preparedness is gasoline. Fuel, in general, is going to become a very…
Risk Tolerance- a free solo story
Last weekend I met a man who lived on the edge. He lived just like he climbed, free solo, nothing to hold him back. Freedom…