For any adventurous soul hankering for an active holiday, the idea of a survival course in some exotic, unfamiliar or foreign location might seem to tick a lot of boxes. You might already be imagining yourself doing the Robinson Crusoe routine, castaway on some Pacific island, and learning what it might take to survive. You’d…
Use it or lose it. Just as in any other area of an active life you hold dear, unless you use your prepper skills, put them into practice, and test your fitness and knowledge of survival, you’re likely to lose any of the good work you’ve done. The principles Skills – and the knowledge of…
There are times when there is a gulf between the way people imagine they could handle a situation and the reality of their being able to manage much longer than a second or two. And a piece on the American website Study Finds on the 24th of May shines a stark light on how this…
If you don’t know what’s going on around you, you cannot expect to stay one step ahead of the potential dangers fast approaching. Unless you are constantly on the lookout, threats – and opportunities – are likely to pass you by and leave you thoroughly unprepared for whatever happens next. We recently drew the link…
Quiet at the back there! No, it’s not a rude word but one you might want to get used to if you are serious about prepping and have a mind to keep yourself fit. It goes by a host of different names – rucking, yomping, or tabbing, the UK website TrekSumo reminds us. The practice…