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

In the beginning; my first look at being a Prepper. I am clearly a neophyte…

by suburban | Jun 6, 2009 | General, Personal, Preparedness, Survivalism

Inter­est­ing­ly, while work­ing in Mid­town Man­hat­tan for an Inter­net com­pa­ny in ear­ly 2009 I began to have the over­whelm­ing feel­ing that I was too con­nect­ed.  Too in touch with tech­nol­o­gy, and that I was miss­ing some­thing in my life.  It... Read more