Survival books are one of my all time favorite investments.

They are simply pages with words all bound together to transfer knowledge.

Doing so silently between human beings across time and space.

When you read, you’re learning from (and being entertained by) someone who’s not in the same room as you.

Who you’ll likely never meet and who may no longer be with us.

Let that sink in for a moment and you’ll realize how epic an invention they are.

Books became the most dependable method of storing and sharing information for centuries. [Read more…]

Survival hacks are solutions that break the rules.

The best survivalists don’t just blindly follow rulebooks.

We hack when necessary.

Sure, there are the official survival book solutions but you’re at a huge disadvantage if you rely too heavily on any single resource.

Real survival is a creative endeavor that requires fast thinking and an open mind.

Sometimes you have to improvise, adapt, and make it up as you go along.

You have to make split-second decisions, working with what you’ve got on hand. [Read more…]

Imagine it’s been days since you last saw a road.

A full week since your last human contact.

You’re stranded. Lost. Alone.

Without amenities, and worst of all, without food.

Only vast seemingly endless wilderness surrounds you.

Birds, bees, animals, emptiness, and pine trees as far as you can see.

Your stomach rumbles, a growling reminder that your last meal was a very long time ago.

And that meal was the last of your meager rations.

There are no more potato chips, no more Snickers bars, and no more trail mix. [Read more…]

Urban survival scares the hell out of me.

Too many people, living too close together.

But that’s why I’ve prepared for it.

Don’t run away from what scares you; stare it down, and get prepared.

So let’s start by agreeing “What Urban Survival Is” and “What It’s Not”.

The definition of Urban Survival differs slightly depending on who you ask.

Many take it to mean your “day-to-day city survival and safety measures” – a.k.a. “street smarts.”

But for us, I define it as follows: [Read more…]

The dry, hot, thirsty desert.

The place where bleached bones of too many unprepared souls still remain.

Picked clean long ago by a flock of opportunistic vultures.

If you live in, near, or travel through a desert, listen up because this article was written for you.

Desert’s present a unique survival challenge. They are unlike other survival environments.

They have a totally different set of survival rules to follow.

From the blistering heat to the venomous critters, and the lack of water. [Read more…]

Recent events prove that riots are very real and very dangerous.

In fact, it’s one of the more likely survival scenarios you may face in modern times.

But do you know how to survive a riot?

What to do and more importantly what NOT to do?

A riot is an event in which a large group of people acts in a violent and uncontrolled way.

Riots stem from any number of civil frustrations; racial tensions, religious fanaticism, class warfare or government controls.

And each of these frustrations is growing in frequency and intensity. [Read more…]