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.

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.

    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 [...]

Pitch wood, cedar bark, dry grass, weed stalks, pine needles etc. all work great for firestarting when the weather is nice. But usually, the fouler the weather, the more desperately you need a fire.

  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. by Karla Moore I’ve been under the weather a bit this past week to the point where nothing sounded good to eat. If you’ve ever seen me…you’d [...]

  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. Asparagus and  Bacon Pizza on the Grill By Karla Moore When it comes to comfort food, pizza ranks at the top of the list for a lot of [...]

Now, the popular belief that people in unfamiliar surroundings tend to walk round in circles has been confirmed by scientists. Good info here from the “Times Online.”

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 [...]

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 [...]

SURVIVAL – The ability and the desire to stay alive, all alone, under adverse conditions, until rescued.