Survival & Emergency Preparedness

A couple years ago I bought my first article of clothing by Arc'Teryx, an Atom LT Hoody. I've been incredibly happy with it. It weig...

In my previous post (q.v.) , I listed the contents of each pocket of my Hill People Gear Original Kit Bag. Since a picture is worth a thousa...

A couple years ago I bought a  Hill People Gear Original Kit Bag . This is the gear that lives in it 24x7. I use the bag on day hikes and ov...

Thankfully, the impact of Winter Storm Jonas on my area was limited to a crapload of snow. We got about 2 feet, plus or minus. (It's har...

With Monday off for MLK Day and the weather being mild for January in Pennsylvania, I thought that Saturday night would be good for a solo o...

This is a neat video from Survival Lilly showing how to create a tripwire-activated campsite alarm using a firecracker/noisemaker, matches, ...

With my interest in archery having been rekindled of late, naturally I began to consider whether or not including archery in one's preps...

Recently I was able to get some shooting in over a friend's house (he lives in the country). One of the guns I shot was my Rossi 92 leve...

Yesterday I went up to the Port Clinton tract of the Conrad Weiser State Forest and had the chance to try a few pieces of gear. 1. Sony...

The Yaesu FT-817 is a great all band, all mode QRP rig, but one feature it lacks is a set of legs to prop it up so the face is at a good vie...

This week I picked up a Tramontina bolo machete from the Baryonyx Knife Company . For an extra $6.00, I paid for the "Special Grade...

A quick video that I made last weekend.

Earlier this month I posted about camping stoves, including the Emberlit wood burning stove which I bought last winter, but didn’t get a c...

After seeing previous posts about the Polish surplus rain cape/shelter half tents (AKA "lavvus") I decided to get one. It's cu...