Commercial survival food — like MREs and freeze-dried food — is a nice option, but it can be expensive. Today we’ll take a quick look at a fast, easy, cheap and delicious recipe for do-it-yourselfers. This recipe resembles a shortbread, so it’s delicious even to the kids, but with more fiber, protein, and complex carbs, it’s much …
Personal defense doesn’t have to be ultralight. If you’re going to carry a concealed handgun everywhere you go, you might be interested in some of the .380 guns out there. But if you’re looking for something for the nightstand or the car, or an open carry snake-shooter on a wilderness trek, the Taurus Model 4510, …
The Kelly Kettle is an efficient, portable, light camp stove for boiling water or heating food in the outdoors. It’s smart design ensures that you get maximum efficiency to boil water quickly, even in windy conditions. All in all, the Kelly Kettle is a great survival camp stove for you to carry in your bugout bag, or to store at …
Tying out a hammock tarp can be a pain unless you know the right techniques. This article explains the knots you can use to make your tieouts easily adjustable. Watch the video which demonstrates the proper method for tying out your guy lines: Tie out your hammock tarp with adjustable knots Your hammock tarp comes …
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If you’re concerned about the epidemic of drug use, you might want to ask yourself why it has gotten worse since we started the War on Drugs in the 1970s. If you’d like to actually reduce the incidence of drug use and the crime associate with it, you should understand that legalizing their use is …
The Warbonnet Blackbird is not just a hammock; it’s fast becoming my favorite portable shelter. (More about emergency shelters). I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have lots of experience with hammocks, aside from the kind that hangs in the sand pit next to my herb garden. But when I discovered that a …
The pipe hitch is a variation of the Rolling Hitch. It is used when you need to tie on to a smooth pipe or pole, in a situation where the tension on the rope will be in line with the pipe. Most knots would slip along the pipe as soon as you put tension on …