We have the will to outlast everything! Preppers Since 2014!
You never really know someone until the lights go out.
Not the kind of lights-out where you fumble for the fuse box or text the utility company. I’m talking about the kind that comes with silence—no hum of the fridge, no streetlights outside, no glow from living rooms flickering with late-night sitcoms.
When you suddenly find yourself thrust into a life-or-death survival situation, the experience can be overwhelming, sending shock waves through your mind and body. Panic can grip you in an instant, and it feels like your very existence is hanging in the balance.
The story of Christopher McCandless, whose journey to self-discovery in the Alaskan wilderness was documented in the book and movie “Into the Wild,” has been extensively written about and explored. Therefore, it is unnecessary for this narrative to focus on an anonymous individual. After embarking on his idealistic journey, McCandless was discovered weeks later in the Alaskan bush, having perished from starvation.
In order to give yourself a reasonable chance of survival, you must know what you are looking for and, equally important, how mines work.
When we think of a hard target versus a soft target, the first thing that comes to mind is that we’re speaking in military terms. But in terms of personal safety, it doesn’t matter what type of terminology you’re using, and your goal is to become a hard target.
Explosives have ripped apart people and property since the gun powder was first used in China some 870 years ago. Though the primary purpose of explosives for centuries was as weapons of war, their peacetime potential was eventually realized. Today explosives are vital to civilian industry and technology—as well as in the military.