It just takes a minute to get turned around.
Read moreSurviving the outdoors (Finding your way safely back home)
The CoronaVirus – aka: Covid 19 and Novel CoronaVirus (2019 nCoV) has been listed, by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) as being at Pandemic level ‘worldwide’. The goal, of course, is to Survive CoronaVirus CoronaVirus “inside” What is CoronaVirus (COVID-19) From Wikipedia: “Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory … Read more Survive Coronavirus ( Covid 19 ) Pandemic | Novel CoronaVirus (2019-nCoV)
Introduction: How great is it, to spend quiet time perusing and devouring some of the Best Wilderness Survival Books Ever Written? It doesn’t, of course, take the place of actually getting Out There, and “Playing In The Dirt” .. But, sometimes it is almost as good for your soul. Many Moons ago, when I was … Read more Best Wilderness Survival Books –
Read moreSurviving the outdoors (Finding your way safely back home)
What Could Possibly Happen? No matter how experienced you are, and how careful you try to be, Injuries in the wilderness Are ‘eventually’ Going To Happen to you. Being prepared to deal with accidents and injuries “Out There” will mean the difference between returning from your outing “Relatively Unscathed”, and having a Very Bad Time. … Read more Injuries in the wilderness (Self-Aid and First-Aid in the woods)
My Choice, for Best Water Filter … { IMHO – YMMV } You Need “Clean” Water!! What I Use I have, over the years, most often relied on Boiling, to provide for “Clean” drinking water. You might see different ideas on boiling water .. Often I see so called experts call for “A Rolling Boil” … Read more Best water filter (for bushcraft and Survival)
The 13 Essentials (of Wilderness Survivaling) Before looking at the 13 Essentials (of WIlderness Survival), Here is a little background on the concept. You are probably familiar with the traditional “10 essentials” (originally formalized in the 70s by “The Mountaineers” Map Compass Sunglasses and sunscreen Extra clothing Headlamp or flashlight First-aid supplies Firestarter Matches Knife Extra … Read more The 13 Essentials (of Wilderness Survivaling)
Solo Trekking in The Wilderness – Going “Out There” Alone (Part 2) { Excerpt from Part 1: ……. Nice .. About 14 inches of Beautiful Rainbow Trout. I put him on an improvised “stringer”, and dropped him back in the water .. and settled back to watch the river go by, Something caught my eye, … Read more Solo Trekking in The Wilderness – Going “Out There” Alone (Part 2)
Over the years I have had quite a number of “Woods Tools” .. Each of these “tools” had its pros and cons .. and I imagine I might still – at this late date – find one or a few that I ‘might’ Really Like .. But these are the 5 Best Bushcraft Survival Knives that I currently … Read more 5 best Bushcraft Survival Knives – Tools That I have Known and Loved
I have in mind a place “Out There”, that I would like to go check-out .. A place no more than a dozen miles in from a relatively accessible trailhead, with not that extreme of an elevation gain, nor so treacherous, as to be un-doable as a Solo Trek – ‘alone’ in The Wilderness.I … Read more Solo Trekking in The Wilderness – Going “Out There” Alone (Part 1)
Heading “Out There”/ Survivaling Assuming that I am going Bushwhacking “Out There”, for 3 to 5 days, What am I going to want to put together – in a Trekking Bag / Pack, in order to Assure my Survival, provide for my Needs, and perhaps allow for some measure of ease and comfort? Let’s start … Read more Let’s Go Survivaling.