Effective Survival

Here is an article my wife got from a friend on the medicinal use of honey and cinnamon. Haven’t tried these out yet, but it looks interesting and matches some of my research and experience with honey when I was raising bees. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey [...]

A knife is probably the most valuable all around tool you can have when it comes to survival situations and living off the land. It can be used for so many diverse activities that it would be impossible to list them all out here. Just to name a few important ones, a knife can be [...]

Anna, thank you for your comment and you make a good point. Yes, there is something larger than a survival kit, it’s called a survival pouch. To always be even more prepared for any circumstances you should have a survival pouch. This would be larger than your survival kit, so you wouldn’t carry it around [...]

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 expect to get wet, you should place anything you want to keep dry, all your food, equipment, gear and clothes, into plastic bags. When packing make sure you know where everything is and that the items you need first are not at the bottom of the pack. It’s probable that your sleeping bag [...]

The more information you have about the place you’re going, the better. You can never have too much information on it. Check with people who have been there and have experience in the area, read books about it or look it up on the internet and get maps of the area and study them (make [...]

Boy Scouts Motto: “Be Prepared” For anyone planning to go on a journey, camping trip, hiking, taking an airplane or ship to another continent or any type of expedition should follow the Boy Scouts motto, which is “be prepared.” This is always very good advice. Discover for yourself as much as possible about the situations [...]

Your will to survive is your best asset, no matter what you’re doing. In a survival situation it is easy to lose all hope and give up; your desire and determination to make it through is the single most important element to your ultimate survival. With a real certainty that there is always a way to survive, no matter the circumstances, you can develop hope and that is a major stepping stone to a strong will to live. Without that will to live, none of the survival skills and knowledge taught here will be of any use. Force yourself to develop that will. Never surrender your life, for you can always find a way.

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.