Prepping isn’t just about making sure you have stores and supplies etc. It is about having skills too. Think about it like hardware and software. The “hardware” is all the kit, stores, and bits of equipment included in your prepping. The “software” is the knowledge, skills, and familiarity that you bring to the party so that all the hardware is put to good use. If you … [Read more...] about Skills Over Kit
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Tips on Personal Safety and Spatial Awareness
Conventional wisdom has it that there are four essential pillars on which personal safety and security can be built. Let’s take a closer look at these pillars and the ways in which each of them relies upon and steadily builds greater spatial awareness. 1. Observation It will come as no surprise that one of the essential requirements for personal safety is the ability to … [Read more...] about Tips on Personal Safety and Spatial Awareness
Developing Your Prepper Skills
You might well be committed to prepping but what is it exactly that makes you a successful prepper? You’ve been laying down stores of food and water, you’ve packed your bug out bag, and if only you had a little more money, you’d soon be able to equip yourself with the newest, shiniest survival kit. You’d likely be pulled up with a start, therefore, if you realised that … [Read more...] about Developing Your Prepper Skills
Benefits of Survival and Bushcraft Courses
If you’ve ever watched the popular personal survival programmes – hosted by the likes of Bear Grylls or Ed Stafford – on the television, you might have asked yourself whether the skills on display are just so much entertainment or whether they might actually be of any use to you. Step back for just a moment and consider how survival and bushcraft training – which is widely … [Read more...] about Benefits of Survival and Bushcraft Courses