The Book That Saved my Leg
Knowledge is the greatest survival tool of all Setting the Stage A long time ago I lived in a place where it was hot and humid all the time. The medical was a bit behind the western world as well. In fact,…
Category: Skills
Community is Survival
The myth of the lone wolf may be the most damaging one we have This story crosses into territory a couple of my publications cover, but since I have been neglecting Dollar Survival it is going to live here. The World in…
The Prep
A hurricane is coming First, I didn’t take a couple of days off of writing. I wrote both days, I just didn’t publish. Today is about something completely different though. Today is about Dorian. I bought a house in 2003. A small…
Water is Life
How to safely get the water you need in a survival situation I guess I’m doing a rule of three thing right now. I did shelter last week; now I’m tackling water. It wasn’t really intentional, but I was inspired to do…
Shelter is Priority One
But what qualifies as shelter exactly? The rule of threes is famous in survival circles — I’ve written about it before — but now I want to narrow in on what is usually the top priority. You can go three minutes without air, three hours without shelter,…
Survive for Free
The only gear you can’t lose is yourself This is an update to a piece I wrote years ago for Survivalblog.com. A few people disagreed with some of my points — but survivalblog isn’t much of a forum and responding to them didn’t really work…
The Rule of Three – Prioritize to Survive
Prioritize your survival efforts Priorities mean the difference between life and death The rule of three is simple. You can go three minutes without oxygen, three hours without shelter, three days without water, and three weeks without food. It’s pretty close to accurate. Not…
Changing a tire is an underrated survival skill
Be Prepared This isn’t exactly the most challenging thing in the survival world, but it is still a skill you should have. Yesterday my tire blew out on the highway. I hit a pothole and suddenly there was a huge bang, then…