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 [...]

    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 [...]

  Survival food is sustenance that can be made easily during a survival or emergency situation using mainly simple, long-term storage food items, cooked outdoors, using off-the-grid methods. This week’s survival recipe features Dried Chicken Dices. These  chicken dices can be substituted in virtually any dish that uses fresh chicken. The chicken dices are great [...]

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.

By Peter Kummerfeldt I was driving to Soda Springs, Idaho, this past week to present a risk management program.  My wife was driving and at one point, we were following several other slower vehicles while waiting for a chance to pass, when an oncoming eighteen wheeler drifted toward the double yellow line before returning his [...]

The ability to make soap during a survival situation can be really important! Here’s some tips from soapmaking expert Karla Moore on how to make a useable hand and body soap, using only two ingredients, and what tools you will need!

Five broad categories capture most situations where a person may have to “survive” until rescued or until the weather conditions improve and the individual can rescue themselves. The categories are: Becoming lost, being caught out after dark, becoming stranded, becoming ill or injured and unable to proceed and bad weather that makes continuing on dangerous. [...]

In some western U.S. coast areas, people may be getting ready to evacuate. Nobody wants to worry about being forced to evacuate your home quickly, or having to just grab a few important items and head out the door. But what would you take if you did have to leave quickly? Here are some suggestions from the American Red Cross.

Unfortunately, many people head out into the backcountry with no idea of the inherent danger, or how quickly they can end up in a potentially life-threatening situation.