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100 Skills Every Man Should Know.

100 Skills Every Man Should Know.

Yes, I said every man, how­ev­er, I believe that many women should know these as well.  Espe­cial­ly if they are prep­pers or sur­vival­ist types.  Don’t get excit­ed, they are not all skills that require weld­ing or some­thing like that.  They are skills that just make sense…

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Work related travel

Well, I’ll be trav­el­ing on busi­ness this week, so my posts might be a lit­tle spot­ty, but I’ll try to remain con­sis­tent. I did pre write sev­er­al posts just for this occa­sion, so I should be okay. Look out tomor­row for my post on the con­tents of my Bug Out Bag.

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Saturday Night Camping New Gear Test

Saturday Night Camping New Gear Test

So, I should put out there, that some­times when we go camp­ing it is pseu­do camp­ing, in that a friend has a 5th wheel trail­er on some prop­er­ty they own, have a well, elec­tric­i­ty pumped in, and a cou­ple of sheds with equip­ment and tools (axes, saws, etc.).  They own…

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How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

This is a thought that hit me this week­end as I was surf­ing the Web for sur­vival top­ics so I could learn some­thing new.  I was look­ing up Bug Out Loca­tions, and it hit me that, we (I) dis­cuss prep­ping your pri­ma­ry home with preps pri­mar­i­ly for Bug­ging In.  But I…

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Hitting the Camping Trail for Saturday Evening

Hitting the Camping Trail for Saturday Evening

Weath­er looks good for Sat­ur­day evening.  Think I’m going to hit the camp­ing trail, try out my new chi­nook Ther­mopalm 50 degree sleep­ing bag, It com­press­es down to some­thing just larg­er than a foot­ball, and a new bivy tent I picked up not too long ago at Sports­man­’s…

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