Tag: survival
5 Healthy trail snacks to keep you going
Wilderness adventure can be hard, hungry work. Days spent hiking in the mountains, ripping down trails, and pulling on rocks will really wear you out.…
Start a fire anywhere: 6 ways around wet wood
You may know how to start a fire in your wood stove at home. It’s pretty easy to get one going in the dry desert…
Top 10 Survival Uses For A Bandana
One of the most popular survival items of all time, without question, is the bandana. There’s good reason why: even though it may seem simple,…
8 Lesser known survival tips
Staying alive in extreme weather conditions is a real art and requires skills and knowledge. No matter if you find yourself in severe cold or…
What to do if you get lost in the backcountry
As the snow begins to melt and summer draws closer every day, alpine hikes become more and more accessible. We all are feeling a little…
Top 9 ways to purify water, if you’re stranded and Desperate
One of your top priorities in any survival situation has to be water. Your body can only last for three days without water before dying,…
How to treat the three most common hiking injuries
If you’re an avid hiker, you need to know how to treat these 3 common hiking injuries on your own with minimal supplies. Why? Because…
Native American survival skills that we can still use today
It seems that the art of survival has got lost through these modern ages of technology and comfortable living that we know today. Here at…
Quicksand is not a myth – What you need to know to stay safe
I had just finished rappelling out of a sandstone slot canyon in Utah, and now I had to make the long trek back to the…
How to escape from your car if it gets swept away
Out of all the different kinds of natural disasters that can occur, none is more dangerous than flash floods. That’s right, flash floods kill more…