Back on the 19th of May 2021, we blogged about rucking – or yomping or tagging, as it’s also known. We talked up the benefits of this practice as a way preppers can help themselves to keep fit. Urban scouting is rucking and more. It’s a version that will not just keep you fit but also teach you and give you valuable – potentially life-saving – insights into the patch of the … [Read more...] about What Is Urban Scouting?
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Where To Start With Prepping?
You’ve probably seen mention of it in the papers or on the news, but what exactly is prepping all about? And, if you want to get into it, what’s it likely to take and just what is involved? Where do you start? You start at the beginning. And that means getting your head around the simple principle of prepping – if you are a prepper, if you are prepped, you are ready for … [Read more...] about Where To Start With Prepping?
How To Succeed In A GPS-Denied Environment
Our title’s just a fancy way of asking how you’re likely to make out finding your way around when you don’t have an internet signal and your GPS is down. Let’s take a look at why that’s important – and what to do about it. What is a GPS-denied environment? A “GPS-denied environment” is essentially a military term and a useful example is set out in a paper on Artificial … [Read more...] about How To Succeed In A GPS-Denied Environment
Reading Tracks When It Comes To Survive
A specific worst case scenario has its own features and what we can actually define "rules of engagement". Prohibitive weather conditions, lack of proper gear, absence of cardinal points or unavailability of connection for mobile phones (or GPS) are the major things. If we add to that an inadequate prepardness we can easily find ourselves abandoning soon every hope to get … [Read more...] about Reading Tracks When It Comes To Survive
Prepping News Roundup
Looking for some of the hottest UK prepper news? Then you’ve come to the right place. Here we’ll take a peek behind some of the headlines that have been making the news. Ukraine – prepping for survival Regular readers will have noticed that here at Prepper Weekly we generally avoid discussion that tends to cast prepping in anything like an apocalyptic light. But there are … [Read more...] about Prepping News Roundup