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Years ago, I read a tragic account in the news about a family who had been traveling to visit relatives and friends and somehow got lost in the Pacific Northwest. They had driven down a back road and their minivan ...

Ask any survival instructor for their favorite fire-starting method, and you may get an answer that’s pretty far out there. By “far out there,” I mean that it’s going to be something that most people won’t know about. Somehow, survival ...

We all were told as kids, and likely have told our own children, to cut down on sugars and sweets. “One soda is plenty!” or, “no more, you already had a piece of cake.” But while sugar is one of ...

If you’re ever stranded out in the wild, away from civilization in the dead of winter, you’re in trouble. Not only is it exhausting to trudge through the snow (assuming you don’t have snowshoes, which take time to get used ...

Hand sanitizer is an everyday item that most American keeps in their home. It’s cheap, available in great quantities, and traditionally can kill up to 99.9 percent of all germs. We keep it in the kitchen, in our cars, in ...

Every true survivalist and prepper has a survival kit at-hand, but very few will have this simple item in their kit: Chap Stick. Believe it or not, Chap Stick is one of the most useful items you could have in ...

In any survival situation, the ability to make fire is one of the most crucial elements. Most survivalists will compile a list of the bare essentials to being prepared: having a good supply and/or source of food and water, having ...

Of all the things you can use to start a fire, water would be the one that most people would say is impossible. After all, we use water to put out fires, so there really isn’t any way to start ...

Most of us hear the word survival kit and assume someone is talking about a bug-out bag or a get-home bag, or any number of different-sized kits out there. A lot of people, though, aren’t just thinking about end-of-the-world scenarios, ...

Preparing for a potential crisis does not have to be expensive. Sure, there are some higher-priced items, but filling the ultimate bug-out bag or first aid kit can be done on a shoestring budget. Putting together a “get-me-home bag” for ...