Knowing how to build the perfect campfire is one of the main ingredients of a successful camping trip and of survival in general. The campfire is at t...

Some preppers base the security of their retreat on hiding it so that it won’t be found. They glow with pride about how carefully they’ve chosen...

Caching Supplies There are numerous articles dealing with the caching of supplies on this and other Prepper sites. Within the context of abandoned mi...

What lured the early settlers and adventure seekers to the vast territory of the American West? In a word: Gold. Early exploitation of minerals and or...

Like millions of others, I plopped down to watch National Geographic’s American Blackout. I was curious to see how the hypothetical scenario of a 10...

<p>There will always be arguments over style, but it seems that the ideas behind the motivation to prepare are catching on. News reports actually refe...

There are some things we can still count on to remain the same after SHTF. A woman’s time of the month being one of them. Even if you are not [&hell...

While in high school chemistry class you would have been called a geek or nerd if you ever truly believed that “I am going to use this one day,” w...

<p>In my kitchen, I have a simple slider mandolin, mason jar pump-top onion chopper, and a salad spinner. I’m going to break down and get a cherry p...

As another summer slowly dies, colder weather is going to start creeping its way into our lives again. In my area this is my favorite time to go backp...

Throughout history, settlements form near water. The largest and most successful settle with plentiful water. There are a number of reasons for that....

In preparation for National Geographic’s American Blackout ; I wanted to create my own power outage checklist for preppers. The premise of the...