Guerrilla Gardening
Everybody has a favorite burglar alarm: bells, sirens, barking dogs. My favorite was the pitiable cries of a…
Possibles Pouches
Look at a photograph or illustration of early 1800s frontiersmen or reenactors of that era and you will…
Road-Ready Survival
A major disaster is unfolding right before your eyes. You start getting that sick feeling in the pit…
Garmin Foretrex 401 GPS
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a worldwide satellite- based radio navigation system that was conceived in the 1970s…
Top 10 Survival Tools
Having the right gear with you is important, but in order to select the right gear, it’s important…
Hierarchy of Shelters
IF you become stuck in a wilderness survival situation, you should care about only one thing—staying alive through…
ESEE Advanced Fire Kit
THE guys at ESEE and Randall’s Adventure Training (RAT) have been in the survival business for a long…
LED There Be Light
There are thousands of years of proven simple methods available to us to make light in a wilderness…
Science of Hydration
Unfortunately, the science behind hydration is complicated and difficult to explain in a short article. Here is my…
Travel Preparedness
Many of us travel frequently. Business trips, family events and vacations, and general day-to-day commuting can place us…