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How long have you been looking for a portable water filtration system, but have not been able to justify the expense and weight of a full size filter for your Go-Bag? We found a solution, the Aquamira Frontier Pro Water Filter. Ask any experienced backpacker or outdoors-man and they will tell you that the single most important piece of equipment is their shoes. Take away his or her knife, tent or jacket and a resourceful person may still find a way to survive but….
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Welcome to Captain Dave's new home! If you came here from survival-center.com, please bookmark captaindaves.com for the latest, most up-to-date site information. We've got loads of free preparedness tips covering specific disaster types, surviving nuclear disasters, evacuation planning, bioterrorism protection, SARS self defense, food and water preservation and storage, weapons procurement, caching, first aid and survival medicine, plus reviews of survival books and products. We also offer a well-stocked store of survival and Army/Navy goods , including winter clothing, gas masks, potassium iodate and food. Our newest addition is this section on preparing to survive a nuclear disaster .
I'd tried a number of liquid soap recipes that didn't work from the net, and finally with frustration devised my own. This is my own, original recipe, and it DOES work! This recipe makes just under two litres (half a gallon) of general purpose liquid soap. It is best made in the evening, as it will need to cool overnight before blending (the final stage). Let cool overnight until room temperature. The mixture will be slightly thick and milky-looking, with a jellylike texture.
Hazeltree Farm: Really, really easy liquid soap recipe
I used to get a headache just inhaling the chemical fumes while walking through the cleaning product aisle of the store. I started using less toxic products from the health food store, but they were so expensive. So I started to make my homemade cleaning products, and the surprising end result is that I clean the house more often.
Clean up your act! by Nanette Blanchard Issue #100
10 Skills Every Survivalist Should Learn
A lot of people who are just getting into survivalism, whether they’re the Average Joe putting back extra groceries or a someone who just become interested in a self reliant lifestyle . A lot of these people believe that all you need to make it is an AR-15, 10,000 rounds of ammo and a bunker full of food. Nothing could be more from the truth! If you’re looking to move into rural America or you planning on staying put where you are in the suburbs, there are a few skills that will become very helpful to you should the SHTF. These skills can be learned rather easily and may provide beneficial to you beyond your dreams.
Fire Piston: a simple and effective way to start a campfire without matches when stranded in the forest. A wilderness survival tool that may save your life. You are lost in the woods. It is getting cold and dark.
Fire Piston: A Never Fail Way To Build A Fire In The Wilderness
The shelf life of the food will not be extended forever, but it can be increased by a few weeks to a few months (or longer depending on the food item and the preservation method). The Three Traditional Food Preservation Methods There are three simple ways to preserve food using traditional old fashioned procedures that do not require any special chemicals, or salt, or equipment:
How to Preserve Food by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E. - Grandpappy
Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace
In November of 2009 I was informed that sections of this web page had been illegally reproduced without permission by artist Seth Price through Leopard Press. The author Fredric Rice (that is me) has put forth a great many hours and much effort creating this web page, and The Skeptic Tank has not authorized any commercial usage of the text offered below and does not assume liability or responsibility for content that is reproduced elsewhere. This information is offered in to the public domain however it is copyrighted by Fredric L. Rice who grants permission for some or all of the text to be used elsewhere for non-commercial purposes only , something I should probably have repeatedly underscored back in 1997 when the web page was first published.
Did you realize that knowing just 4 wild edible plants could one day save your life? If there were any four categories of plants that I would recommend all people to know how to use and identify it would be these: Grass, Oak, Pine, and Cattail. For the knowledgeable survivor, knowing just these four plants can make the difference between life and death if stranded in the wilds – for each one is an excellent food source which can sustain you until help arrives. Throughout this week and part of the next, I’ll be going into details on how you can prepare and eat these plants.
The Fantastic Four ? 4 Essential Wild Edible Plants that May Just Save Your Life | Tactical Intelligence
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How to Put Together the Ultimate Survival Kit | Tactical Intelligence
Would you be willing to stake your life on your survival kit? I would. There are so many debates when it comes to the perfect survival kit. In my opinion, the items you choose to be in a survival kit can be very different based on the situation you see yourself in (maritime vs. desert survival) as well as your level of skill. For that reason there are a number of factors that determine what items you ultimately put in it. For this article, I will explain to you how I organize my kit, the elements that make it up, and hopefully provide some inspiration for your own.During hard times sooner or later everyone runs out of soap. All soap consists of the above three ingredients in one form or another, and that includes bath soap, dish soap, laundry soap, and hair shampoo. Soap is not difficult to make and it does not require any special equipment. And soap can be made from things that exist in large quantities in nature, and which are typically discarded as being of little value (rainwater, campfire ashes, and animal fat).