Survivalist – Who’s one, and why become one?

Old Survivalist

“Survivalist.” It’s a scary, dirty word to some people. They see images of camo-clad, gun-waving fanatics and criminals whenever its mentioned. It seems—if you believe everything you read, see or hear in the news media—that there are a lot of criminals, racists. right-wing extremists, psychos, and assorted other undesirables displaying poor judgment and bad character, who consider themselves “survivalists.”

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Top Tips For Camping In Winter

Camping in winter

Who said you could only go camping during the warmer months?  With proper planning, you can enjoy camping in winter in the same way you would in summer. Camping during the winter is an enjoyable experience, and I can tell you from experience that nothing compares to the tranquility of the white scenery. It feels like time stops and you are surrounded by snow and ice, and every once in awhile, an animal will cross your path.

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The Lost Book Of Herbal Remedies

TLBHR

Herbal remedies and natural medicine, along with domestic supplies, are, in essence, the way of a Prepper. The Lost Book Of herbal Remedies is a book that fills all three of those criteria straight away. One of the most daunting ideas as a prepper is that you have no medicinal supplies, and have to fend for yourself. Well, with this book, we may well have found the answer to all of your worries.

We have had emails and messages asking what we thought about the book, so we decided to tell you a little bit more about it and allow you to get hold of it yourself. Keep reading for more information!

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Keeping Warm in the wilderness – 5 Useful tips

Keeping warm in the wilderness

The human body is a marvelous machine, a heat-generating engine that must maintain its core temperature within a very narrow range. If body temperature rises above 106 dogmas Fahrenheit, the brain and other organs will fry, suffering irreversible damage within minutes. On the other extreme, with a core temperature of below 95 degrees Fahrenheit the body begins to sink into hypothermia and may lose its ability to maintain enough heat through shivering or other actions.

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Landslides Guide – 10 Recommendations To Protect Humans and Property

Landslide Peru

Landslides have always posed a hazard to humans and property. Appropriately, the technical term for landslides and related phenomena is “mass wasting:’ To a large degree the cause of mass wasting is gravity, the attraction of smaller particles to a larger, denser, lower mass. Landslides are possible when the particles that make up the land lose the cohesiveness that has held them in place.

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Eskimos and Arctic Survival – 8 Survival Lessons

Eskimos and Arctic Survival

Canada’s Eskimos are said to have an average IQ of 110, compared with a norm of 100, maybe because, over the centuries, only the smart survived. Their testing ground was North America’s desolate, rocky, icy Arctic desert, called the barren lands, where perpetual winds and winter temperatures of minus 50 to 65 degrees F. mean a wind-chill factor of 160 below zero.

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High Country Hunting Important Preparations

Elk High Country Hunting

First-time elk hunters will be amazed at the amount of preparation necessary to pull off a successful hunt. High country hunting requires special planning, physical fitness training, selection of proper equipment, and basic knowledge of game habits and habitat. The success rate for trophy bulls depends on hunter effort, the weather, a good guide, and above all, being in the right place at the right time.

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