In this article, we are going to be taking a look at dehydrated meals. We have all seen the packages of shriveled up banana slices, and the dried vegetables in packets. You may even have eaten them. However, when you are a prepper, it is not just banana and vegetables that you want to eat. While they are great foods, it will get very dull, very quickly.
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Asian Martial Arts – Which is best?
For the modern preppers and survivalists interested in self-defense training, attempting to separate mythical images and actual attributes of Asian martial arts fighting systems can become an exercise in frustration.
Counter Sniping Tactics Mandatory for Preppers and Survivalists
The sun has just come up and is shining on the door of your retreat. The morning is bright and clear, as you and your family walk outside to start the day’s chores. Suddenly a gunshot rings out. Someone screams. A sniper is firing at your camp. Your first thought is: “What will I do?”
Wilderness First Aid Basics
I began working on this article on wilderness first aid basics after receiving a few emails from our readers. They asked if I would be willing to present wilderness first aid basics so that people will be more aware of what to expect when exploring the great outdoors. I will try to put some emphasis on the most common first aid scenarios that could happen to all of us.
When the World Ends, What Value is Money?
Survivalists often seem to be preparing for national calamities or the collapse of society. However, it is wise to examine how well prepared we are for milder occurrences like an economic recession. They say that money is the root of all problems, but for the prepared individual, that might not be the main concern.
Saving Garden Seeds For Essential Food Self-Sufficiency
Some of the best lessons for survival come from people who have lived close to the edge of existence for many years. The first pioneers are a good example. Many of these pioneers arrived in the country penniless. Few, however, arrived seedless.
Surviving With Diabetes Successfully When Disaster Strikes
It is the nature of most humans to resent having to be dependent on anyone or anything. One of the basic tenets of the survivalist is self-sufficiency. Surviving with diabetes when disaster hits close to home is a real challenge, but not an impossible one if you prepare properly.
Psychology Of Survival And Coping With Stress
The current approach to survival training with a few notable exceptions is to focus on the physical skills and deal with the psychological aspects in a secondary manner. The psychology of survival is almost never found in today’s media, and preppers and survivalists are unaware ho the psychology of survival operates.
How To Become A Good Weather Forecaster In The Outdoors
Bad weather has traditionally been the cause of many disappointments of backcountry trips, sleepless nights in inadequate sleeping bags, and even injury and death directly or indirectly. Becoming your own weather forecaster when exploring the great outdoors is a skill required for long-term survival.
Four-Wheel Driving Guide For The Smart Survivalist
I remember back in the 90s when we were headed back down the mountain after a crisp, clear day of skiing. The road from a ski resort back down to Salt Lake City got to be steep in some places, so we were careful to drive slowly on the snow-packed road. It was then that I realized the importance of four-wheel driving.
Waste Disposal Methods Required For SHTF
Waste disposal can be a matter of life and death. Many historians feel that the thing that has saved the most lives and contributed the most to longer life expectancy in the 20th century isn’t better nutrition, wonder drugs, or better medical know-how. Rather, the taken for granted invention which helped us into our quality way life was the lowly sewer line and proper methods of dealing with human excrement.
Camping Survival Skills You Need To Practice
Time off from work is precious stuff. For many folks two weeks out of 52 is it, and you need to compress as much R&R into that time as possible. Developing your camping survival skills becomes somehow mandatory every time you organize a trip into the great outdoors.
Detailed Strategies For Surviving An Ambush
Ambushes are of special concern to preppers and survivalists because, in a crisis, there may be looting bands who prey on others in order to sustain themselves. If worst comes to worst, and a total break-down of law and order occurs, criminal elements will have an almost free hand to victimize others. Surviving an ambush will certainly not be an easy task, but these strategies should give you an idea on how to prepare and what to expect.