by Pamela Bofferding | Aug 25, 2016
It’s been said that the two factors that have the greatest impact on a person during adulthood are the people they meet and the books they read. As we get older, it becomes more and more difficult to make new, lasting connections with other people, but there’s no...
by Survival Sherpa | Feb 28, 2016
Humans have employed six simple machines throughout history to reduce the amount of work required for tasks. Of these six, my favorite for outdoor self-reliance is the sexy and sleek wedge! Huh!? Sleek and Sexy? A wedge sounds rather dull and useless. Hold on a...
by Ruby Burks | Feb 22, 2016
Maintaining my vehicle is my least favorite thing to do. I tend to procrastinate on it way too long. I justify my procrastination by telling myself that there are a million other more pressing things I need to get done today and the car can wait. In the summer, I...
by Ruby Burks | Nov 2, 2015
With just a flick of a switch, we have light. So many of us have become accustomed to the convenience of electricity that we’ve forgotten how to get along without it. A campfire or the light cast from a fireplace will certainly provide light, but it’s not very...
by Survival Sherpa | Mar 30, 2015
Planning your spring outdoor adventure? Try these skills and projects, even if it’s in your backyard. In fact, your backyard may be the best place to start your journey to outdoor self-reliance. Burn Stuff (Combustion) Flint and Steel Fire from One Stick Bow Drill...
by Joshua Krause | Nov 20, 2014
Last week, I had the opportunity to write about the most important skills for building a civilization. I feel like I did a good job of summing up the basic skills that no functional society can do without. However, our society is built on more than soap and alcohol....
by Tess Pennington | Aug 23, 2014
Our life depends on having clean water to drink. Knowing ways to find water in the wild will especially be helpful if you are in a bug out situation, or if you happen to lose your way in the woods. The first thing you should do if you are in the wilderness is find a...
by Survival Sherpa | Aug 21, 2014
By Todd Walker All the Survival Blogs in the world… cannot save you! Coming from a fellow survival blogger, this may seem a bit strange. Hang with me as I explain. My good friend, Daisy Luther – owner and writer at The Organic Prepper, wrote an article recently...
by Tess Pennington | Aug 3, 2014
Skills are a major part of prepping. Although it is important to have supplies in place; the belief is that skills, and not supplies, will give you a greater survival advantage during a long term emergency. Learning new survival skills and abilities creates a new...
by Survival Sherpa | Jul 19, 2014
Doing the Stuff of self-reliance takes time, resources, tools, and want to. More important than any of these is ACTION! With only 24 hours in a day, you can’t always trek to your personal space in the woods to practice wilderness survival skills. Hectic schedules and...
by Survival Sherpa | Jul 2, 2014
Our grandson is about to start walking with only 10 months of practice. From the moment he graced our family with his beautiful presence, independence was his goal. As much as we love the baby talk days, babies grow up. Cooing and crawling suddenly turns to walking...
by Survival Sherpa | Apr 17, 2014
Doing the Stuff with your gear is the most overlooked skill in the world of prepping and survivalism. In general, we tend to think un-tested gear will get us through any crisis. Just whoop out that new shiny object from your kit… you know, you’ve seen the YouTube...
