By The Maj In the long term survival situation, our meals are going to transform drastically from what we are accustomed to today. Typical breakfast today is eggs, meat, and bread or a simple milk and cereal, while a traditional lunch or dinner will range from a hearty salad and sandwich combo to steak, potatoes, …
May 30
Prepping: Needs vs Wants
By The Maj When I started prepping, I went at it like I do most things in life, which is WIDE OPEN. During that first year, I amassed quite a stockpile of supplies and equipment with little regard to prioritization of true need. Now, do not get me wrong, I focused on need but the …
May 28
No Air Conditioning, a small taste of SHTF
Well…this sucks. It’s been 6 days in my home since our air conditioning unit decided to give up the ghost and call it quits. Parts had to be shipped, home warranty estimates approved plus a holiday weekend = almost a week with no air conditioning. Average temps have been low 80’s, not unbearable but not …
May 26
Smith’s Pocket Pal Knife Sharpener Review
By The Maj Let me start this review by saying that I have never been a big fan of pocket sharpeners. I like to keep a very tight edge on most of my blades and in my experience most, if not all pocket sharpeners are only good for a 23 to 25 degree edge on …
May 24
Economic Slavery and Economic Collapse
Interesting video, and while I can’t say I agree with all of the points made it’s still worth the watch. Once you understand that the money banks loan out isn’t really an asset but is in fact a piece of legal fiction it should be clear that you are working for these banks for free. …
May 21
Identifying Necessary Survival Skills
By The Maj In the post SHTF world, skills can make the difference between life and death, but which skills are the “right” set of skills you should focus on? Determining “right” is personal and will be different for every person, so finding that magical list which you can reference to build your own personal …
May 18
What’s your Pace Count?
Being able to calculate distance traveled while on foot is a critical skill, it could literally mean the difference between life and death given the right set of circumstances. Imagine that the proverbial SHTF has occurred and you now have 7 days to link up with your group at a predetermined location 90 miles from your home. …
May 15
Maximizing Space with Multiple Use Items
By The Maj No matter if you have been prepping for years or are just getting started, one thing that you are going to realize quickly is that supplies take up a lot of space. It does not matter if you are talking about stockpiles for a bug in location or the size and weight …
May 09
When Prepping opinions collide, who is right?
By The Maj Recently, on a four day float trip with some like minded friends, the discussion around the camp fire turned to “the perfect bugout bag”. As a little background here, I have a group of friends that prep and normally twice per year, we take a trip with nothing but our bugout bags …
May 06
Post SHTF Personal Hygiene
By The Maj Staying clean by today’s standards in a post SHTF world will be a task that is close to impossible. The daily, sometimes twice daily, bath or shower will become a thing of the past and the old joke of “bath night Saturday” will no longer be a joke for most people. The …
May 03
Survival Fishing
By The Maj Odds are you have already considered fishing as a means of providing food post SHTF. I would bet that many of you reading this have some type of fishing equipment incorporated into your bugout bag or long term prepping stock piles. Unless you plan to bugout or bugin in some of the …
May 02
Has GPS made the map redundant?
By Chris at Simplyhike.co.uk The days of navigation solely via a compass and paper map are gone, having moved over for GPS devices and smartphone apps. GPS technology has grown so much in the last decade that the publication of paper maps has dwindled, and traditional map publishers are turning to digital maps.In many ways, digital maps and GPS technology have improved …
Apr 30
Military Arms Channel: Armor Plate Tests Video
I’ve written a few reviews related to body armor and plate carriers, but I’ve never done a video which tests the product using live rounds. It is true that there are many vids already out there on YouTube where guys blast away at armor hanging from a fence post, about a scientific as it gets. …
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