Different Story, Different Result

by Prepperjim | May 15, 2011 | Self Reliance, Shelter, Water, Weather

I not­ed pre­vi­ous­ly that a lady sur­vived 49 days in the wilder­ness of Neva­da. Today, I read a sto­ry of a man who was trapped in Ore­gon and died after approx­i­mate­ly 60 days. McDon­ald, 68, liked to camp. While he did­n’t have a lot of food, he had gal­lon... Read more

Survival 49 Days

by Prepperjim | May 12, 2011 | Water, Weather

On Mon­day, I read this incred­i­ble sto­ry of a woman sur­viv­ing in the Neva­da wilder­ness:  For 49 days, Rita Chre­tien wait­ed for a mir­a­cle. Her hus­band had ven­tured off to get help three days after their mini­van got strand­ed off-road in the cold,... Read more

EDC Bag Reconfiguration

by Prepperjim | May 11, 2011 | But Out Bag, EDC, Gear, Personal, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

When I first began prep­ping, I put a tac­ti­cal mes­sen­ger bag on my Ama­zon Christ­mas list so that I could car­ry “stuff” around to be a “sur­vival­ist” if the “SHTF”. I am putting those words in quo­ta­tion, because I had no idea at the time what stuff I need­ed... Read more

Reality check — Part 1: Farming/Growing Your Own Food

by ST | May 10, 2011 | Food, Gardening, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, Urban Survival

Every survival/prepping web­site and book has some sec­tion on grow­ing your own food dur­ing a SHTF event.  There are ads for seed com­pa­nies show­ing a per­son push­ing a shop­ping cart down isles of emp­ty super­mar­ket shelves and the cap­tion reads... Read more

All Prepping, All the Time

by Prepperjim | May 4, 2011 | Gear, General, Guns & Weapons, Health, Money, Personal, Psychology

“All Prep­ping and No Play, Makes Jim a Dull Boy” One down­side to being a prep­per is there is always some­thing that needs doing to pre­pare for pos­si­ble emer­gen­cies. Peo­ple in your life may not share the same sense of urgency, to the point of being annoyed at... Read more