Preparedness does not have to be über technical. Sometimes the most simplest of ideas can make a huge difference. This is one of them…
Communications Firearms & Tactics Survival Transportation Planning
Human Errors – Standardize Your Team (SOPs)
December 1, 2014Whether you’re in big business, small business or the military, a common theme found throughout all is the use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). SOPs are step by step procedures to ensure consistency when executing a specific task/purpose. Just the same, SOPs are critical...
Bushcraft / Urbancraft Gardening Hunting & Foraging Survival Transportation Planning
Geocaching & Survival Foraging
November 15, 2014Geocaching is a recreational activity among GPS users that is basically a big game of find and seek. I do not participate in geocaching hunts, but the principle of using map markers is something everyone should be doing right now!
It’s dark out at around 8PM. You and your family are inside watching a program on the TV when an alert marquees across the screen: “Presidential Alert – Russian cyber attack underway across American utility infrastructure” Your bug out plan is a go! Grab...
All around the world, governments are censoring the ability of their citizens to obtain information freely on the internet. Whether it is hard core censorship in China, to more tactful censorship in the United States like subduing search engine results, we had better come to...
Bushcraft / Urbancraft Firearms & Tactics Survival Transportation Planning
A Prepper’s Dilemma – Pack Weight
September 24, 2014Water, firearms, ammo, clothing, shelter, food, tools…OH MY! As you check off your list of bug out bag preparedness items, the needle on the scale goes higher and higher. Not to mention there are more than a few of us who could shed a...
Finances Survival Transportation Planning
SHTF Scenario Planning – When you still have a job
August 25, 2014As you explore survival community topics, you’ll find a wide variety of situations including economic collapse, viral epidemics, solar EMPs, etc. With each situation, people are preparing in a variety of ways. The one scenario that has the most credible evidence by experts throughout the...
Bushcraft / Urbancraft Survival Transportation Planning
Land Navigation Orienteering 101
August 15, 2014Did you know that in Sweden, Orienteering (Land Navigation using a map and compass) is part of mandatory school curricula since 1942? It has even become Sweden’s most popular sport alongside of swimming and other athletics. Similarly, other European countries like Germany established “Forest...
Earlier this week, I posted an article about Alternate Transportation. This article focused on alternate modes of transportation such as bicycles, scooters, roller blades etc., as well as having a multi-tier approach for your bug out plan. This article compliments the earlier article with...