Skills & Knowledge

In grid-down situations, the night will always be a game-changer. This prolonged period of darkness is usually the time when lurkers and prowlers are most active, in search of their next big score. When I...

Most preppers have a family to consider when setting up a bug-out vehicle. The clear choice becomes a spacious four-wheel-drive, but what if you haven’t got four people to worry about? If you’re bugging out solo, do you need all...

Thanks to popular media, prepping has garnered a negative reputation. Preppers are looked at as individuals that are paranoid at best and crazy at worst, who are gathering supplies for some imagined apocalypse that...

In a survival emergency, your best chance is to have a small pack of gear that can get you to safety.  When I first started learning about survival, this kit known as a bug...

It's likely that during (and after) a SHTF scenario, the physical demand on the human body will drastically increase.  Our bodies would suddenly become responsible for filling the productivity gap left from the wake of...

Over the past few decades, the number of bears in North America have significantly increased due to the enforcement of strict rules on deforestation and hunting wild bears. This means that when heading into the...

You can use paracord for almost anything! There are so many projects that you can create to help you with survival. We’ve scoured the internet to find some of the most useful...

How prepared are you to survive in the wilderness? It is no doubt that adjusting your mindset and plans to adapt to a new and harsh environment could be hard. However, being equipped with valuable skills ...

There are many reasons why one should learn martial arts, with self-defense ranking pretty high up on the list. But like everything else, not all martial arts disciplines are equal when it comes ...

With two nuclear capable countries engaged in continuous bombardment of colorful words, one can't help but think that at some point, someone pissed enough would push the red button and trigger the next world war ...