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Work related travel

Aug 3, 2010 |

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

Aug 3, 2010 | ,

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?

Aug 2, 2010 | , , , , , , , , ,

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

Jul 31, 2010 |

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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Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

Jul 31, 2010 | , ,

Okay, I just saw some­thing on the Dis­cov­ery show Man, Woman, Wild I thought was pret­ty cool…  I am sure this is not good for the long term, but for a short term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion, pret­ty cool. I am a fan of Myke Hawke.  I have his book “Hawke’s Green Beret Sur­vival…

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