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Firemaking Tools: Introduction to Making & Using a Bow-Drill
When you are first learning bow-drill fire-making, you must make conditions and your bow drill set such that the chance of getting a coal is the greatest. If you do…
Bags, Kits and Essentials: Understanding the Differences Between Bug Out Bags, Survival Kits and the 10 Essentials
When many people are faced with the prospects of the outdoors, disasters or survival situations a laundry list of gear and solutions comes cascading to mind. Half-remembered emergency preparedness programs,…
High Detail Current & Future Global Groundwater Map
During the past decades the interest in groundwater increased considerably due to water shortage problems on local, regional and even global levels. The use of groundwater is considered as an…
Basic Food Procurement in the Wild
After water, man's most urgent requirement is food. In contemplating virtually any hypothetical survival situation, the mind immediately turns to thoughts of food. Unless the situation occurs in an arid…
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Firesteel
Firesteel is a piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox together with flint and tinder. From the Iron Age onwards, the use of…