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“Store what you eat, eat what you store”

In the sur­vival­ist and prep­per com­mu­ni­ty, this is a mantra often repeat­ed. Like any mantra or sim­pli­fied rule of thumb, it serves its pur­pose up to the point. While hav­ing sim­ple rules to fol­low is often a good thing, the dev­il is in the details. For me, this sim­ple…

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Different Story, Different Result

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 jugs of water, a…

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Saturday Videos

Indi­vid­ual First Aid Kit httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxnrT9OemqM NYC / Urban EDC Kit httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n70GY-iz2N0 Eco­nom­ics: Does Wealth Evap­o­rate Or Is It Trans­ferred? — Mike Mal­oney of WealthCycles.com httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y‑OYs92coa0…

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Replace Your Batteries

I start­ed this last night, but was so tired, I just could­n’t fin­ish it… Bat­ter­ies: This is a sim­ple one, right?  Every­one thinks so.  Heck, I think so.  I sort of pride myself on keep­ing on top of things even if I let them slip.  Well, I let them slip.  It was my…

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Survival 49 Days

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, untamed Neva­da…

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