Survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt wrote my go-to book on wilderness survival “Surviving a Wilderness Emergency.” He is also my friend and an expert source when I have questions about wilderness survival. So when Peter published his list of reading favorites, I paid attention. Here are some good reading suggestions! – Leon  by Peter Kummerfeldt Winter [...]

The ability build a fire under survival conditions may save your life. The inability may cost your life! by Leon Pantenburg I met Peter Kummerfeldt several years ago at the Deschutes County Sportsmans Show, in Redmond, OR after I dropped in during his “Myths of Survival” presentation. With no idea of who this guy was, or [...]

High tech gadgets are no substitute for proper training and preparedness! The only time your equipment is important is when you are about to die!

How many times have you said to yourself or have heard others say, “I am just………” as in “I’m just going to walk up the ridge and see if I can see a deer,” or “I’m just going to be out for fifteen minutes”? This sentiment can cause a survival situation, and here is how you can avoid that.

“TREATING DEHYDRATION IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN PREVENTING IT, AND MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE OUTDOORS”

    At some point, you may need to attract a rescuer’s attention. It would be in any situation, from being lost in the wilderness to being stuck on a rooftop during a flood. But when people are looking for you, though, you may be an insignificant object in a vast  space. One way to [...]

In a survival situation, be it urban or wilderness, your gear alone will not save you. YOU must save yourself.

  If we are to believe the survival manuals and the “how-to-survive” articles published in the popular outdoor press, building a shelter from natural shelters in an emergency should be a piece of cake!  After all, look at all the trees, bushes, bark and other natural materials you have got to work with! by Peter [...]

  I met survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt during one of his “Myths of Survival” presentations at the Central Oregon Sportsmans Show several years ago. With no idea of who this guy was, or his abilities, I sat in on the seminar out of curiosity. At the end of the hour-long session, I followed Peter back [...]

“It is far safer not to get caught out in a thunderstorm than to try to protect yourself once the storm has started!”