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Federal Aviation Administration guide to wilderness survival in tropical regions The post Aircrew Wilderness Survival Training: Tropical Survival appeared first on SurvivalX.com Guide to wilderness Survival.
During the recent Do It Yourself World survival training weekend we learned how to cook with cast iron cookware over a camp fire. This may sound simple, but there are certain techniques involved in cooking with an open fire. You cannot control the fire temperature as easily as you can with the stove top in your house. Cast iron is rugged and perfect for cooking right over the coals of a fire. You can boil water, bake bread and slow cook some fine meals with cast iron. You can even fry eggs. You should practice using your survival gear and survival food stash now when you have time. When your life depends on it is not the time to learn how to cook in the wilds…
A brief video of some things that can be used to increase the chances of survival in an urban area. The post Urban/Suburban Survival: Tools appeared first on SurvivalX.com Guide to wilderness Survival.
A look at various survival foods, and I give my humble opinion as to what the best survival food is! It may surprise you that I go against the tradition prepper advice and go with an easy to prepare, easy to put in a bug out bag food The post What is the best survival food? appeared first on SurvivalX.com Guide to wilderness Survival.
Many outdoor enthusiasts love to customize and modify there gear. This post showcases the most creative and original mods for the cold steel trail hawk tomahawk. The post Great ways to mod the cold steel trail hawk appeared first on SurvivalX.com Guide to wilderness Survival.
by Andrew Meyer, Anake Outdoor School Graduate There it was, flying through the air with a perfect spin stabilizing its flight. An arrow on steroids, six feet in length, fletched like a traditional arrow with turkey feathers, secured to a fire- straightened dogwood shaft with deer sinew, with a business-end of duct tape simulating the View the full article at NatureSkills.com
Herbal Home Remedies: Be Your Own Herbal Expert – Part 2 Herbal medicine is the medicine of the people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors knew how to use an enormous variety of plants for health and well being. Our neighbors around the world continue to use local plants for healing and View the full article at NatureSkills.com
Herbal Home Remedies: Be Your Own Herbal Expert – Part 3 In Part 1, you learned how to “listen” to the messages of plant’s tastes. And you discovered that using plants in water bases (as teas, infusions, vinegars, and soups) — and as simples — allows you to experiment with and explore herbal medicine safely. View the full article at NatureSkills.com
Herbal Home Remedies: Be Your Own Herbal Expert – Part 4 In this lesson, you will learn how to make herbal tinctures. You will make herbal tinctures from fresh and dried roots as well as from fresh flowers and leaves. Then you will collect your herbal tinctures into an Herbal Medicine Chest and begin to View the full article at NatureSkills.com
Herbal Home Remedies: Be Your Own Herbal Expert – Part 6 In this, our sixth session, we remain in the herbal pharmacy and turn our attention to herbs in fat bases. We’ll explore fresh infused oils, ointments, salves, and lip balms, essential oils, and even herbal pestos. Herbal Oils: Infused vs. Essential I make and View the full article at NatureSkills.com
Raccoons at the Dunes It was around midnight on the first night of a week of tracking on Oregon’s coastal sand dunes with the Anake Outdoor School, and I was snug as a bug in a rug underneath my small tarp shelter. My dreams of clear fox prints and porcupine sightings were abruptly interrupted by View the full article at NatureSkills.com
News provided by MSOnline News Correspondent Valerie….. Fiscal cliff winners and losers. https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/politics/cliff-winners-and-losers/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 Conservatives rebel against Boehner. https://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/conservatives-rebel-against-boehner-85749.html Saudi Arabia and US launch drone attack on Yemen. https://www.france24.com/en/20130104-saudi-jets-bolster-us-drone-attacks-yemen-report Smokers’ taxes dramatically increase in Australia. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/smokers-set-to-be-taxed-out-of-habit/story-fn59nokw-1226547381195 Measles cases soared in Pakistan in 2012; distrust in vaccines blamed. https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57561656/measles-cases-skyrocket-in-pakistan-amid-distrust-of-vaccination-programs/ More…
Note from Rourke: This post was written prior to the recent buy-out of semi-automatic firearms, ammunition and magazines. Please take that into consideration when reading it. Survival Rifles by Thenaturenurd There are many survival rifles to choose from. I will break them down into 5 categories: AR, AK, Surplus, Pistol Carbines and Hunting. I will explain their advantages and disadvantages. After reading my article you should be able to find out which one from the above categories fits you best. AR15 in action! (photo credit: https://flic.kr/p/41bHnT) Lets start with AR. Contrary to popular belief the AR does not…
Yes – another post about gun control. It is just one of many more to come. With the impending gun control legislation looming nearby – there has been no better time to join the National Rifle Association than RIGHT NOW if you are not a member. Write your Congressman, talk to your friends and neighbors that are like-minded to do the same – and join the NRA. We all need to be in this fight together. Rourke © 2013, Rourke. All rights reserved.
I grew up watching Chuck Woolery on TV – love the fact that he is one of the rare pro-2nd Amendment celebrities out there. Thanks Chuck!! Rourke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evEg1VNfX3o © 2013, Rourke. All rights reserved.
Special thanks to SeasonedCitizenPrepper.com’s Executive Editor Bev for sending me this……. © 2013, Rourke. All rights reserved.
I live in South Carolina and have visited several gun shops as well as stores that carry firearms and ammunition. All are pretty much the same – no semi-automatic firearms (centerfire or rimfire), no magazines, and several calibers of ammunition virtually absent. Don’t see this anymore. With the threat of a new Assault Weapons Ban just over the horizon, there has been a massive rush on guns, magazines and ammunition – specifically AK’s, AR’s and the like. 7.62 x 39mm, .223/5.56mm, and 9mm ammunition have disappeared off the shelves along with .22LR. Any and all magazines holding over 10 rounds are gone or selling online for big bucks…
Today, https://www.artofmanliness.com published an article I wrote title: How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster Hurricane Sandy is yet another sober reminder that none of us are exempt from disaster. Sometimes, BUGGING OUT is not the best decision OR possible. In this article I discuss a few thoughts about prepping for a potential Bug In Scenario. Here is the link if you are interested in taking a look: https://artofmanliness.com/2012/11/01/how-to-bug-in-what-you-need-to-know-to-survive-a-grid-down-disaster/ Thank you to Brett and Kate McKay …
I’ve just come out of hibernation from writing another survival book (details to come soon). I really need a fun ‘creative’ and not too serious survival project. I figure since my SURVIVAL TAMPON post went over so well (did you know I was featured on the OFFICIAL TAMPAX FACEBOOK PAGE – my Mom was so proud) I would keep this project in the same spirit. Hope you enjoy. Including CONDOMS in survival kits is not a new idea. People have been packing them in mini survival kits for as long as I can remember – using them primarily as an expandable WATER CONTAINER. Don’t …
People amaze me. I get a real kick out of re-purposed wooden pallet projects. People have come up with some awesome ways to recycle and reuse wooden shipping pallets and it’s pretty darn inspiring. While not specifically survival related, the mentality of creatively using resources is a key theme in any survivor’s mindset. I put together a collection of some of my favorite recycled pallet projects below that I thought you would enjoy. A note on using pallets. Pallets are typically marked with either MB which means they’ve been chemically treated or HT which means they have been heat treated. Some pallets are also pressure treated with preservatives. You should try to avoid using MB marked and pressure treated…
Hey all of you bacon fanatics, did you know you can enjoy your bacon even after the meal is over? That’s right! Keep reading for a quick tutorial on how to make a Bacon Grease Survival Candle. When you fry bacon, the resulting grease is nothing more than rendered pork fat. A common word for rendered animal fat is ‘TALLOW”. The word LARD is most often used for rendered pig fat. Tallow can be used for all kinds of things, including a wax-like fuel for homemade candles. Tallow can also be used for making pemmican, as a waterproofing agent and also as…
There’s nothing I love more than a good BUG OUT movie truck. Below is a collection of some of my favorite movie vehicles that I’d take on a BUG OUT any day of the week. I’m sure I missed some, so please add your own favorites in the comments section below! Here they are in no particular order: MOVIE: Red Dawn (the original) VEHICLE: 1978 Chevrolet K10 Cheyenne WOLVERINES!!!! Need I say more. I still vow to buy a 78 Cheyenne one of these days. Nothing says BUG OUT like Swayze tearing through the mountains of Colorado in this awesome K10. I loved this truck when I…
Whether it’s the car breaking down on a deserted stretch of road or the national infrastructure breaking down because of economic disaster, are you prepared to survive when all goes wrong? You don’t have to wait until it’s too late to get ready. Beginning today exclusively on WND’s Diversions page, nationally recognized survival expert Creek Stewart will be bringing a weekly column called “Not if, but when” to help equip you for the worst. “In our daily hustle and bustle, it’s easy not to consider or plan for the ‘what ifs’ in life,” Stewart told WND. “But whether caused by nature or man, real disasters happen to real people on a regular basis. I believe with all of my heart that each of…
That’s Quantitative Easing (to) Infinity. The futures for the precious metals were (how to politely say this?) in the crapper this morning with Gold down $40 on the futures earlier and silver down 4{660353129f8d892044c993645a1c75194301fec6786a7f617c15adde0b0011e9} as well. What’s going on is a titanic battle between the forces of Deflation and Inflation since we’re in the Second Depression by my reckoning, and will be until 2017, more’n likely. Inflation, is in the process of having its butt kicked. Which, as I have warned before, is a problem for the metals just waiting to happen. In play this morning. In fact, what’s happening right now is that the Fed is not pushing so much money…
Headaches are one of the most common medical symptoms that you will see in your role as medic. The brain matter itself doesn’t have pain receptors, but there are several structures around the brain that are sensitive. Muscles, blood vessels, sinuses, lining tissue, and others can be the site for significant discomfort. Many consider headaches
; Seizures occur when the brain’s electrical system misfires. Instead of sending out signals in a controlled manner, a surge of haphazard energy goes through the brain. These abnormal signals can cause involuntary muscle contractions, poor control of certain organs, and loss of consciousness. A person with chronic problems with convulsions is sometimes said to
; ; On today’s show, Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones will explain what exactly GMO (genetically modified organism) salmon are and their possible effects on our environment. Dr. Bones discusses emergency sanitation practices for food and water, and the CDC’s plan for the coming “Zombie Apocolypse”. Nurse Amy will update you on her garden and
Hi All! ; Here is a new video I made about how to grow horseradish! So easy and so delicious! ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RqvC4l8m7Y ; I hope you enjoy it, please subscribe to our youtube channel to get info about new videos… ; Happy New Year!! Nurse Amy
Minor infections can affect your group’s efficiency in times of trouble. In addition to viruses and bacteria, our body may be susceptible to “yeast”. Yeast is a fungus that is one-celled and reproduces by budding off the parent. The human body naturally harbors certain types but can be damaged by others. Fungal infections may be
; ; On Today’s show Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy finish up part 2 of Sanitation in a survival situtation and discuss Influenza (the FLU) part 1. Our special guest is Jim Cobb, author of “Prepper’s Home Defense” and owner of survivalweekly.com. Join us as Jim shares sound advice to “protect your family by any
