The idea behind including high-calorie snacks in your survival gear is to get a quick energy boost. But some of the commercial energy bar products taste downright institutional! Here's a quick, tasty whole-grain energy bar recipe.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Free Firestarter for Your Survival Kit
I want to help you start, or add to, your pocket-sized survival kit AND add some folks to my soon-to-be unveiled weekly survivalcommonsense.com newsletter. Just contact me via email, and leave me an email address to add to my list. (NO emails will ever be sold or passed on to anyone. I promise!) I'll send you, absolutely free, a wallet-sized piece of survivalcommonsense firestarter. Carry this firestarter in your wallet, and forget about it. At some point, if you really need some survival firestarter, you'll have it and be glad to have been prepared!
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Free Survival Kit Firestarter Photo Contest
I want to help you put some reliable, easy-to-carry firestarter in your survival kit. Here's all you have to do: follow this link and take a guess at where the photo was taken. Come close, and you'll be a winner. (And you don't have to come all that close!)
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Three Maps You Should Have in Your Bug Out Bag
If you just stuck a state highway map in your bug out bag and let it go at that, you could be in trouble later on. Here's three maps you should have along to make sure you don't get lost and that you stay found.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Healthy Bannock: A Multi-Grain Survival Food
It only takes the addition of a few natural ingredients to convert the traditional bannock pioneer ration into a turbo-charged survival food. Here's how to make all your flour-based survival recipes more healthy!
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Peter Kummerfeldt:Tips for Finding Water in the Desert
Always take lots of water along when you go into arid regions. But it's also a good idea to know where to look for water if an emergency developes. Here are some tips on where to find water in the desert from survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Add a Cheap, Reliable Firemaking System to Your Survival Kits
In some survival items, you can get much more than what you pay for. The simple, cheap combination of cotton balls and petroleum jelly explained in this post is one of the most effective survival firemaking methods available. Learn how to make a firemaking kit for pennies!
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Dryer Lint as an Emergency Firestarter? No Way!
Dryer lint may be flammable, free and easy to carry. But should you rely on it for your emergency firestarter? I don't think dryer lint is a safe choice and here's why.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Include Simple Flour Recipes With Your Survival Gear
It's one thing to have food staples, but another to be able to consume them. What happens if you end up in a survival situation with nothing but flour, water, a campfire and hungry children?
Here are some easy bread recipes to help you make the best of the circumstances!
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Ten Gifts for Dad's Survival Kit on Fathers Day
My most cherished Fathers Day gifts have been handmade by my kids. But suppose you also want to give Dad something he can enjoy and use in his survival gear? Here's some suggestions.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Five Top Survival Psychology Books
Survival is mostly psychological. If you develop the will to survive (called by some a "survival mindset") you can get through most crises. If you don't have that attitude, no amount of gear or preparations will help you. These suggested psych books can help you develope that fundamental basis of all survival training.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Bug Out: The Complete Plan For Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late
The evacuation sirens sound, and you have 15 minutes to leave the area. Where will you go, and what will you take with you? Hopefully, you'll have a plan. But if you don't, the new book "Bug Out" will give you the information to get started. Read this review for some survival common sense tips!------------------------------------------
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