Surviving The Terror of Captivity

Survive the terror of captivity

Back in the 90s, I took part in a case involving a kidnapping. A woman from Dallas, Texas, was abducted by two kidnappers. Afraid of sexual molestation, she did not even ask to go to the bathroom. Kept for nearly 48 hours, she nearly died of toxemia. She had retained too many poisons in her own body and began to re-assimilate her own body liquids.

Read more…

Surviving Alone In The Wilderness

Surviving alone in the wilderness

Seven hundred miles canoeing solo across the last great wilderness in the world, through the heart of Canada’s Yukon territory. Wracked by fever, I managed to erect my shelter on an island where some passing trapper or miner might spot me. Illness is only one danger that surviving alone in the wilderness may amplify to the point of being a matter of life or death.

Read more…

How To Survive A Snakebite

Can you survive a snakebite

In the long history of first aid literature, a vast amount of information, misinformation, and folklore have been written on the subject of how to survive a snakebite and general treatment. Over the years, suggested procedures have ranged from sheer quackery to viable, but controversial, medical practices.

Read more…

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.”

Read more…

HAM Radio – A Critical Piece Of Equipment For Survival Communications

Ham Radio Antenna

The worst happens. Overnight America’s sophisticated, fragile public communication systems are turned into scrap metal, high-tech junk. What happens to you and your survival group? Sure, you’ve provided for as much as you can of your own medical care, and the group is well drilled in protecting itself in the absence of constituted authority—or the presence of unconstituted authority—but what about communications?

Read more…

The Universal Edibility Test – The 9 Critical and Lifesaving Steps

Universal Edibility Test

It is unfortunate but true that there may be times when you bug out or in for that matter, and you have nothing left to eat. You always see a lot of plants around, but how do you know if you can eat them? Well, first of all, you may find it very beneficial to know your local area, and what plants can and cannot be eaten. If you are in an area that you do not know, however, that’s where the universal edibility test comes in.

Read more…