Effective Survival

Just a few important items can make all the difference in your struggle for survival. Collect the items listed below. They can all fit into a small container, like a 2oz tobacco tin, that will hardly be noticeable when slipped into your trousers or jacket pocket. Don’t choose a larger container, you may find it [...]

If something is unexpected, how can you prepare for it? It’s already hard enough  preparing for what you do expect, so how can you hope to get yourself equipped for an unknown and sudden disaster? Try to imagine the maximum threat in terms of survival situations and think of what would be necessary to prepare [...]

If you have properly researched the area then you should now be able to select the equipment and gear appropriate to the conditions and challenges you will have in your chosen destination. If you will be doing a lot of walking, your feet should have priority. Break in any new boots gradually and harden up [...]

AN OVERVIEW OF SURVIVAL

Survival is not just living and continuing to be alive. It is an active participation in effective “doingness” that results in good health and a better existence for yourself, your family, your friends and often your neighbors. It can also include your business associates and sometimes your country and even all of humanity.

There is no such thing as bad survival. If a person is not surviving, they are dying and if they do not force themselves to consider the situation and actively do something effective to change it, they will not make it. This is just as true in normal life as it is in survival situations.