Survival situations can happen when you least expect it, or in places where such a thing doesn’t make sense. Like when you take off for your evening run or decide to take a quick walk.

There is more to harvest from a big game animal than just the meat. With a little thought and ingenuity, you can find useful projects that will use most parts of the animal!

If your car slips off the road in an isolated area, during a blizzard, a routine drive to visit the family can turn into a nightmare.

Part of the fun of  being a prepper/survivalist is that there is always some piece of equipment that needs to be bought or upgraded. But if you’re just getting started in the process, you will need a lot of stuff, and your budget may be stretched. So what better gift to give someone at Christmas [...]

  What Christmas gifts do you give your prepper or survival mom or dad? Here are some suggestions for the person who may need everything! by Leon Pantenburg Everybody needs to carry a small, pocket-sized survival kit wherever they go. If an unexpected emergency happens, and by definition they are unexpected or they wouldn’t be [...]

BEWARE! If you don’t know how to use the materials in the (wilderness survival) kit, and don’t practice with them, you may develop a false sense of confidence. This attitude could get you in a lot more trouble!

I got this message from “Alaskan” regarding a post earlier this week on making a survival kit for your vehicle. (To read the story, click here.) Thanks for the feedback! – Leon Last night, I was bopping along the Alcan at 22:45 on my weekly 410 mile round-trip to Fairbanks, and was about 30 miles [...]

The Altoids tin prototype kit was field tested in the summer of 2007 by two experienced backpackers, Josh Sullivan and Jeremy Cline of Bend. Prior to a weekend hike in the Three Sisters Wilderness, they were given the kit with no instructions, but to use it as best they could.
The Altoids kit is intended as a five-ounce backup, not as the primary collection of survival gear. Both men carried complete survival gear with them.

An Altoids tin survival kit is by no means all you should carry for survival!!! But you need to have something in your pockets, in the event you are separated from your gear, or are in an area where carrying your complete setup is impractical.

The earthquakes that have happened this year should have been a wakeup call to anyone who lives in an quake zone. You need to make a personal earthquake survival kit to carry with you at all times.