There are times where prepping feels like the hardest thing in the world to do. Life doesn't take a pause while you write up your to-do lists, figure out your game plan, then finally execute your plans to prepare for the future. Bank accounts never seem to be full enough … [Read more...]
More Than Just Surviving’s 1 Year Anniversary – First Year Highlights
Exactly one year ago, we hit publish on our very first entry to this blog: technically just a notice that posts were coming, though shortly after we published a real first article called How to Start a Fire After It's Rained. Since then, we've written on a variety of topics … [Read more...]
June 2014 EDC Purse Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Flashlight Foursevens Mini AA-2 Ballpoint Pen Uni-ball Signo DX Folding Knife Spyderco Dragonfly 2 > Read our review of the Spyderco Dragonfly 2 Hard Candy Anis De Flavigny Punchring G-10 Single Nuko Tool … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Find Bodies of Water in the Wilderness
When you're lost in the wilderness, locating a body of water can be the difference between life and death. Besides the obvious potential of supplying you with drinkable water, a body of water also has the ability to provide many other advantages to a lost wanderer. It can … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Survival Gear List
Once you've begun to stockpile survival gear, it can be hard to determine what you're missing from your list. As a result, we've taken the time to create as much of a comprehensive list of all the different types of survival gear as possible. Of course, every survivalist … [Read more...]
May 2014 EDC Purse Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Chromebook HP Chromebook 11 Pocket Knife Spyderco Sage 1 > Read our review of the Spyderco Sage 1 Smart Phone Google Nexus 4 + Frost Clear i-Blason Case Headphones AiAiAi TMA-1 … [Read more...]
The Worst Clothes to be Wearing in a Survival Situation
Waiting for rescue in a survival situation can be made unimaginably harder if you're not wearing appropriate clothing. Though the stars of Naked & Afraid may be able to get by without wearing any clothes at all and with only a single piece of survival gear each, for … [Read more...]
Can I Drink Small Amounts of Seawater in Survival Situations?
I previously wrote an article about the dangers of drinking seawater in survival situations. If you haven't read that article, you can go ahead and read it over now, or read the crux of the article here: When you drink salty water, from the sea or the ocean, you’re putting … [Read more...]
April 2014 EDC Purse Dump
Everyday Carry Item Breakdown Pocket Knife Spyderco Lum Chinese Folder > Read our review of the Spyderco Lum Chinese Folder Day Planner Moleskine Classic Ballpoint Pens Paper Mate Flexgrip … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Staying Prepared While You Move
It can be hard to to stay prepared when you're in the middle of a move. We should know: in the past 3 years, we've moved houses a total of 3 times, and we're currently nearing the end of one more move. Needless to say, staying prepared while moving has been a big part of our … [Read more...]