Posts Tagged ‘wilderness survival’

Damper Recipes: Australia’s Survival Bread

Posted on October 2nd, 2011 by Leon

Many areas have a basic survival ration made from flour. The requirements for a survival food are ease of making and cooking, simple ingredients and good taste! Damper is Australia’s contribution to survival bread, and here’s how to make and enjoy it!

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Scouts Practice Emergency Overnight Wilderness Survival Skills

Posted on September 12th, 2011 by Leon

  The thought was to take a quick stroll before dinner, and the plan was to be gone about 45 minutes. But now you’re lost, and the safest course of action is to stay put and spend the night. Luckily, you have your Ten Essentials, and whatever food you packed, but no tent, sleeping bag [...]

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Randy Yow: An Expert Chooses the Best Backcountry Hunting/Survival Knives

Posted on September 2nd, 2011 by Leon

What is the best backcountry knife if you’re going to be hunting big game in remote, hard to access areas? If weight is an issue, what is the best choice in this critical survival/hunting tool? Here is what an expert chooses!

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Downriver: Prescott, Wisconsin Chapter 9

Posted on August 25th, 2011 by Leon

The beauty of the morning seemed to be an apology for the storm the night before. As I leafed through my journal, looking for dampness, I had to smile at the previous day’s entry. It would have to be extensively re-written!

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Peter Kummerfeldt: How to Use Signal Mirrors For Survival

Posted on August 24th, 2011 by Leon

    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 [...]

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Peter Kummerfeldt: Preparing to Survive in the Wilderness

Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by Leon

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

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Peter Kummerfeldt: Common Sense Emergency Survival Shelters

Posted on August 18th, 2011 by Leon

  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 [...]

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Survival Recipe: Bacon Corn Chowder

Posted on August 5th, 2011 by Leon

          by Karla Moore It seemed like a good idea  in the spring.  My husband planted sweet corn at different dates in order to stagger the production. Well, with all this hot  and extremely humid weather we’ve been having, the corn decided to get ready all at once. So, we have [...]

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FEMA: Are You Ready For the Heat?

Posted on July 29th, 2011 by Leon

Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature.

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Worth Reading: I Sit and Stay: A Survival Guide for Kids (and parents, too!)

Posted on July 29th, 2011 by Leon

Author Leah Waarvik is a search-and-rescue professional who works as part of a canine team to find missing people in the wilderness. She wrote “I Sit and Stay” after hearing stories of children who were lost and unprepared. The book is intended to initiate a discussion between adults and children about the main teaching points. The title says it all: Teach your lost children to stay in one place and await rescue

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