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Survival Kit Component: Magnesium Stick & Vaseline Cotton Balls
Fire isn’t more useful than when you find yourself in a survival situation. Perhaps you believe lightning fire won’t be a problem as you always carry a lighter or matches. Lighters run out of fuel, get wet or perhaps stop working. Matches may become useless by staying in your pocket or if exposed to rain, [...]
Urban Invisibility: Hidden Within Sight
Most people are dubbed attention-grabbers, and they love it. Others, nonetheless, are just not too comfortable in being noticed. For someone lost in an unchartered territory, too much attention can be discomforting – dangerous, even. Expatriates who braved their way to countries with political onslaught have had their stories told on how they were tried [...]
Learn To Improvise Insulation
Practicing survival skills is important for preparedness, and one must always consider the worst possible case scenario. So envision for a moment that you are out for a hike on a beautiful day, and the weather dramatically drops to a sudden cold environment. You weren’t dressed for this, obviously, and have quite the distance between [...]
Roses: The Medicinal Properties Of This Highly Popular and Romantic Flower
The rose – it’s the most commonly purchased flower, typically given during special times – anniversaries, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, etc. Not sure what it looks like? How To Identify The Rose The family of roses has flowers with open petals shaped like cups and thorns along the branches/stems. On some rose species, thorns are found [...]
Survival Shelter: How To Make A Teepee
To assemble rapidly a teepee shelter you need to have the following items: rain poncho or tarp, hand axe or knife, at least 3 saplings or branches 1.5-2 meters long, rope Step By Step Instructions Cross one of the samplings ends over another and lash together loosely. Lash the third sapling to the others loosely. [...]
5 Ways To Preserve Your Herbs
You can store herbs in several ways: drying, freezing, tinctures or glycerites, oils and vinegars. Your desired use will determine the way you preserve them: Drying is perfect for teas. Freezing offers fresh tastes even during the cold winter. Tinctures or glycerites are great tonics if you want an immunity enhance. Oils and vinegars are [...]
How To Make A Fishing Spear
The easiest method of obtaining food is by fishing. You can make a fishing spear by cutting a small sapling and employing several pieces of wire to fashion a pronged fishing spear. Sharpened wooden spears even though they work often crush smaller fish, which ends up in losing the fish. Cut 3 or 4, 15 [...]