The Mora, by Survival Common Sense.

by suburban | Jul 11, 2010 | Bushcraft, EDC, Knives, Preparedness

I bought a Frosts Mora Knife sev­er­al months ago, and have car­ried it in my day pack since as part of my EDC and my Trav­el Car­ry.  I car­ry it when I go camp­ing (among oth­er blades), hik­ing, etc. Sur­vival Com­mon Sense had a good review of the Mora.... Read more

Picked Up a Copy of “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”

by suburban | Jul 10, 2010 | Books, Bug Out, Bug Out Location, But Out Bag, Preparedness

I JUST start­ed read­ing “Bug Out: The Com­plete Plan for Escap­ing a Cat­a­stroph­ic Dis­as­ter Before It’s Too Late” for the Kin­dle.  I am only on Chap­ter two, how­ev­er, I urge you to pick up a copy of it.  Here are a few inde­pen­dent revei­ws:... Read more

Finding Like Minded Survivalists For Your Network, on TheSurvivalistBlog.net

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This was a great post today by M.D. Creek­more on TheSurvivalistBlog.net.  I absolute­ly thought this was worth shar­ing, not to men­tion I am sure there will be amaz­ing respons­es to this post, and high­ly rec­om­mend read­ing through them, as... Read more

Build a Portable Yurt for a Shelter at Your Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jul 9, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, DIY, Preparedness, Shelter, suburban survival

Here is a 34 page doc­u­ment on how to build your­self a Yurt as a semi portable shel­ter for camp­ing or at your Bug Out Loca­tion.  If you don’t know what a Yurt is, click on the name Yurt and see a def­i­n­i­tion.  Don’t laugh when you see the pic­tures.... Read more

DIY — Solar Water Heater for Your Bug Out Location (Parts 1 — 28) — Updated with 29+

by suburban | Jul 6, 2010 | Bug Out Location, DIY, Energy, Health, Hygiene, Preparedness, Water

Quite by acci­dent, I came across video num­ber sev­en of this series… I quick­ly found this project fas­ci­nat­ing and had to share it with every­one… Fol­low­ing these words you will find 28 YouTube videos chron­i­cling the project of build­ing a solar... Read more

Money, the Forgotten Prep?

by suburban | Jul 2, 2010 | Bug In, Bug Out, But Out Bag, Money, Preparedness, suburban survival

I am guilty of this myself.  Being in the sub­urbs of one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing cities on the plan­et (to me) I too am guilty of whip­ping out a cred­it card or check card for every pur­chase.  What if the pow­er grid were to go down?  What if the... Read more