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.

An unexpected and dangerous situation can happen to you and your family at any time, on any day, and despite the need to use common sense, most people panic and are completely unprepared. Most people never think about the need to survive anything. But you, the average person, could easily be one slip, journey, natural disaster or crash away from real trouble.

This website, written by Leon Pantenburg, is about proven common sense survival techniques that any of us should know whether we live in a large or recreate in a rural area or near a wilderness. Use your common sense to survive any unexpected calamity and turn a potentially dangerous situation into a mere inconvenience. Pack the right tools with the confidence to know how to use them and you and your family will survive any emergency.

Different fabrics have radically different properties. Choosing the wrong type, or mixing clothing of different materials, can be disastrous!

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

TV survival shows to the contrary, it is virtually impossible to make a waterproof shelter out of natural materials, even if you have the time, tools and practice! If wet or nasty weather is anticipated, take along a tent appropriate for the season. In other instances, though, the A-Frame tarp shelter may be the best choice!

  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 [...]

One of the things you don’t want to have to improvise is a good sleeping bag. If you can’t sleep at night because you’re cold, the next day is guaranteed to be exhausting. Too light a bag can put you in danger of hypothermia. Too heavy a bag may be too hot for comfort. Here’s how to pick a good one for your specific needs.

Flash floods are the number one weather-related killer in the United States! Here are some of the things to look for if you know you are in an area that might have a flash flood! by Peter Kummerfeldt Most flash flooding is caused by slow-moving thunderstorms repeatedly moving over the same area, or heavy rains [...]

Suppose you have a lot of wheat berries stored for whatever disaster might happen. At some point, you might be wondering: What are some of the options for using this resource?

After finishing my first Peter Kummerfeldt survival seminar, I threw away the two plastic mylar blankets I had carried for years as part of my survival gear. Peter’s demonstration with a  mylar blanket – which I have shamelessly stolen and replicated many times for different classes – proves that the flimsy, noisy sheets of plastic [...]