Prepping means being prepared for the unexpected. But some things are entirely predictable – and your prepping has to reflect events that are going to turn up as reliably as clockwork. You can be certain, for instance, that winter is coming around. You can be just as sure that winter means bad weather. The winter prepper turns into a different creature as you batten down the … [Read more...] about Winter Prepping
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Beginners Guide To Animal Tracking
On the art of tracking "If today I had a young mind to direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the duty of choosing between the natural way of my forefathers and that of the... present way of civilization, I would, for its welfare, unhesitatingly set that child's feet in the path of my forefathers. I would raise him to be an Indian!" - Tom Brown, … [Read more...] about Beginners Guide To Animal Tracking
Six Really Useful Books For Preppers
You’ll know how much we’ve gone on about there being no substitute for learning your prepper skills through action. There’s no getting around the need for practical learning, practising what you have learned, and doing those routines over and over again. No amount of shiny new equipment, we argued in a blog on the 2nd of June can be a substitute for practising, enhancing, … [Read more...] about Six Really Useful Books For Preppers
How To Build A Shelter
Many of our blogs have talked about the four fundamental requirements for survival – fire, food, water, and shelter. Whatever you might be thinking about your need for water, food, and fire, shelter is, in fact, likely to be your most pressing, life-preserving need. Indeed, as we noted in our blog on the 27th of May, you might not survive even the first three hours in a hostile … [Read more...] about How To Build A Shelter
How To Treat A Wound
In the confusion and chaos of many emergency situations, it’s inevitable that people are going to get hurt. When they do, the first aid they receive may make all the difference – quite literally – between life and death. So, if you come across someone who has been injured and needs your help, how do you treat a wound? Are you prepped? It’s true in any emergency – the … [Read more...] about How To Treat A Wound