Category: Bug Out / Wilderness

  • Top 164 Survival Gear and Equipment for Hiking, Camping, Bug Out

    Top 164 Survival Gear and Equipment for Hiking, Camping, Bug Out

    I decided to make a comprehensive list of the top survival gear and equipment for hiking, camping, and bug out survival. The list includes knives, axes, stoves, fire starters, water filters, flashlights, lanterns, backpacks, tools, multi-tools, tents, sleeping bags, emergency foods, and more. Enjoy! Top 12 Survival Knives Survival knives are a popular choice among…

  • Urban Altoids EDC Kit

    Urban Altoids EDC Kit

    Normally, I’m not a big fan of makeshift EDC kits like this, but The Urban Prepper usually does a good job with this kind of stuff and this project is no different. To give you an idea of the unusual contents, he includes a mini Leatherman multi-tool, USB charging cable, and a mini ratchet tool…

  • How to Heat Your Tent With a Swedish Log Torch

    How to Heat Your Tent With a Swedish Log Torch

    This isn’t what I expected to see when I started watching this video. To be honest, I’d figured this guy was going to somehow bring a Swedish log INSIDE the tent (which would’ve been a bad idea) but I was pleasantly surprised to see what he chose to do and, more importantly, how well it…

  • How to Survive in the Woods at Night

    How to Survive in the Woods at Night

    Exploring the wilderness is a pastime for people around the globe. A routine day hike, bike ride or climbing excursion is as far as most people ever go. But what if you want to stay out longer? Enjoying wilderness areas after dark is quite possible, but without the proper knowledge and education, it can be…

  • Camp Tarp Shelter Wizardry

    Camp Tarp Shelter Wizardry

    This guy is awesome! He’s always coming up with neat outdoor survival ideas, and this one is a great one to know for camping. FYI, he also links to a series of other tarp tent videos that may be of interest to you as well. Here’s the tarp shelter wizardry one; it’s a bit hard…

  • The Ultimate Backpacking Survival Rifle Build

    The Ultimate Backpacking Survival Rifle Build

    Looking for the “ultimate” survival rifle? Well, look no further than this Ruger 10/22 rifle (featuring the Gemtech Mist-22 silencer) with Magpul X-22 BackPacker stock (holds 3 ten-round mags), and Primary Arms Advanced Micro Dot sight mounted on a Magpul optics mount. All together you’re probably looking at around $1,000 to put this survival rifle…

  • Fatwood 101 for Beginners

    Fatwood 101 for Beginners

    Good and quick tutorial on finding fatwood for fire starting…

  • Self-Contained DIY Fire Starter Kit

    Self-Contained DIY Fire Starter Kit

    Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like this fire starting kit is something you can purchase as a pre-made solution, but you can certainly copy the idea well enough if you’re interested in a wilderness or bug out bag fire starting kit to emulate…

  • Family-Sized Backpack Cookset: KingCamp Climber 3

    Family-Sized Backpack Cookset: KingCamp Climber 3

    Like he points out, you don’t tend to see too many larger cooksets available for purchase that would be able to accomodate more than a person or two. This KingCamp Climber 3 Cookset, unlike most options out there, is definitely big enough to cook for an entire family and is perhaps the most complete backpacking…