Two new books in my survival library

by suburban | May 7, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft

So I added two new books to my sur­vival library this week.  The first is “Prim­i­tive Skills and Crafts, An Out­doors­man­’s Guide to Shel­ters, Tools, Weapons, Track­ing, Sur­vival, and More”  It is to com­pli­ment my Back to Basics, and is paper­back, so... Read more

The homeless as survivalists

by suburban | Apr 27, 2010 | General, Survivalism

I was in NYC yes­ter­day, as I often am. As I was walk­ing to the hotel to vis­it a friend that was in town, I saw sev­er­al home­less peo­ple as I usu­al­ly do near Port Author­i­ty. Today, how­ev­er, I took par­tic­u­lar atten­tion to them, not­ed what they were... Read more

Home made fire sticks

by suburban | Jun 13, 2009 | Cooking, Energy, Fire, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear

UPDATE 2021: I have not made these fire starters in years.  This is not to say they were not effec­tive, they cer­tain­ly were.  They were an amaz­ing aid when we went camp­ing and prac­ticed fire-start­ing skills.  They act­ed as a great accel­er­ant,... Read more

Taking Action on and Executing Being Prepared…

by suburban | Jun 13, 2009 | Energy, Food, Gear, Improvised Gear, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism

Tonight after clean­ing my guns, relax­ing a lit­tle bit, and hav­ing some din­ner, I got on one of the sur­vival forums that I am a mem­ber of.  I was look­ing up gar­den­ing infor­ma­tion and found quite a few resources, down­loaded some docs, and came across... Read more

Business travel, EDC, and Having a Comfort Level While on the Road

by suburban | Jun 10, 2009 | EDC, Gear, General, Improvised Gear, Preparedness

I am get­ting on a plane today for a job inter­view. Over the past sev­er­al months I have been prepar­ing for an emer­gency of sorts (man­made, nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, or per­son­al emer­gency) I have done lit­tle plane trav­el. Pri­or to this, I used to do a lot of... Read more