Campfire Survival Cooking: Learn the Green Stick Tripod Method

Some of the most valuable survival tools are simple, useful methods of doing everyday tasks. Here’s a simple way to cook over a campfire when you don’t have a grill or some sort of pot holder. When it comes to cooking during a survival situation, you may only have a metal pot or cast iron …

How to: Choose the right sleeping bag

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 and …

How to improvise a tarp fastening when there are no grommets

  Suppose all you have to make a survival shelter from is a piece of visqueen or Tyvek. There are no grommets in the corners or sides – how will you secure the tarp? by Leon Pantenburg A simple way to create a tarp fastening only requires a rock, pine cone or some round-ish, small …

FEMA: Are You Ready For the Heat?

Some parts of the country are sweltering under heat advisories and July just started! Here is some advice from FEMA about handling the heat. Visit our store! Erectile dysfunction is different from other samples viagra cialis recommended conditions that interfere with emotional and sexual side. Of a piece with this picture is the https://www.unica-web.com/watch/2012/touch-up-dance.html levitra …

Gear review: Why you should dump the mylar blankets from your survival kit

Do you carry a mylar blanket in your survival gear as an emergency shelter item? If so, here’s why you should dump it. by Leon Pantenburg I stopped at the wilderness survival seminar at the Deschutes County (OR) Expo Center more out of curiosity than anything else. The presenter was Peter Kummerfeldt, and he has …

Survival firemaking: Make a tinder bundle from a piece of natural fiber rope

Initial ignition can be relatively easy. But how do you get from light to a hot enough flame to ignite small twigs or sticks? Here’s a multi-use item that can bridge the gap. by Leon Pantenburg Gathering the materials and making a tinder bundle or nest is a traditional – and critical – part of …

A survival book worth reading: The Unthinkable

Suppose that significant other isn’t into preparedness. What is the first thing to do to get them thinking about the possibility about the “unthinkable” happening? Hand them a copy of this book. Amanda Ripley’s “The Unthinkable” is not about disaster recovery: It’s about what happens in the midst  of one – before emergency personnel arrive …

Five reasons why heading for the hills during an emergency is a bad idea

 Here’s why “bugging out” and “heading for the hills” won’t work. by Leon Pantenburg Camping is fun. Surviving in the wilderness is not, and it’s really hard work. The obstruction levitra properien http://secretworldchronicle.com/characters/john-murdock/ in the pathway of rectum will be further issue which can generate multiple health concerns. Forerunnershealthcare with its simple and straight forward …

Tasty food improves morale: A WWII Chicken Dinner Story

“I like the WWII story. I remember Dad saying: “ They served us pork chops umpteen days in a row…but I still like pork chops…” The National World War Two Museum in New Orleans. This is why they are considered viagra on line australia as reliable and safe way to achieve and maintain powerful erection or …

The Waco Siege: A Very Disturbing Part of American History

Every year, on the anniversary of the Waco seige, I re-post this. It has been said that without Waco, there wouldn’t have been the Oklahoma City Bombing. Ever since the Waco siege ended in 1993, I have wanted to visit the site. Over Christmas break, 2010, I got the chance. by Leon Pantenburg This post …