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The following guide will show you how you get your own set of survival gear essentials. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as buying a ready made kit and then being able to survive everything everywhere. But, well thought out ready made survival kits have the advantage of getting you balanced starter sets usually for a […]

There are many options for a simple tarp setup. And even more for less simple ones. In most situations you don’t need to go totally overboard and overdo it with complex setups. In fact, you usually choose a tarp because you want to save weight and have something plain and simple. In this article I […]

“Woobies!” If you misread that, you might just have had an understandable freudian slip. But this post is really about woobies, also called poncho liners. To explain what they are, David of Pinesurvey once told me “without one, you woobie cold”. Jokes aside these are simple but yet very versatile pieces of gear that are […]

Welcome to project “a fire a day” / #afireaday ! If you’re a regular reader of this blog (and why wouldn’t you be?) you know about the concept of training elemental skills in an easy and safe way. Like starting a fire. Don’t wait for weeks until you have enough spare time to do a […]

If you always wanted to start training survival skills but didn’t now how, this post is for you. Get tips for starting small and build up.

There’re not many pieces of rain gear that are more tactical than a poncho. Read this post to find out.

Knives, other sharp tools as well as axes have been important throughout our history. Our ancestors used them in battles, for hunting or in medieval tournaments. Why axe remains essential tool to this day day, read here.

The long-awaited vacation is over and with it a myriad of seaside activities. However, things can easily go wrong: sudden change in weather, motorboat failure etc. may force you to spend a day away from civilisation. This article presents a few seaside survival techniques.