Category: Interesting Stuff
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Blackfire Clamplight Waterproof LED Light: 170 Lumens, 360 Degree Swivel
A few weeks back I received this Blacklight Clamplight to review. As I’ve never owned a quality clamping light before (I have owned poorly made ones) I said “sure” and have begun to really like it! Though I still prefer a quality headlamp for survival situations such as a bug out, these clamp lights are nice…
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We Came to Conquer: The Continuous Rise of The Preppers
[Editor’s foreword: This is a guest post written by John Anderson. Ultimately, I allowed this post here to highlight the role that the media and television shows like Doomsday Preppers are having on our image. Remember that no matter how “normal” you think you are… everyone else thinks you’re a bit crazy. Yes, even your…
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Having a Great Time Camping Among Redwoods in Little Basin Park
Last weekend we had a wonderful opportunity to camp among some of the most majestic trees on the planet: the great redwoods of California. Specifically, Little Basin state park in Boulder Creek, California. We also had an opportunity to sit in on a campfire and listen about some of the history of Little Basin… Apparently,…
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America Unplugged Airs Tonight! See Scott Hunt (Engineer775 from YouTube) Go Off-Grid
Seems I’m going to miss this one as I’ll be out having fun camping, but if you’re at all familiar with Scott Hunt (Engineer775 from YouTube) and you should be then you’re not going to want to miss this one! Hopefully they don’t try to sensationalize it too much. 😉 Here’s a bit about the show:…
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The Audacious Risk Taker Theory by Dr. Alton of DoomAndBloom.net
by Joe Alton, M.D., aka Dr. Bones of www.doomandbloom.net You’ve seen it on TV and elsewhere. Young men ride bulls in the rodeo, a young woman jumps off a skyscraper with a parachute, a diver swims with a great white shark. Are these people just Audacious Risk Takers, or is there a survival advantage to being a…
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Coast HP14 High Performance Focusing 339 Lumen LED Flashlight Review
I’ve been interested in a new, quality flashlight for some time now and, though I do like my trusty Maglite and even the lesser expensive Coleman Max, this Coast HP14 LED Flashlight stands to supplant both of them. Here’s a few details direct from Amazon’s website so we’re on the same page here: Light output:…
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WTF? Wednesdays: Do NOT Buy Pants from LAPoliceGear.com!
First, do you see anything wrong here?… Right, the pants are different lengths. Despite what it may look like in the photo they are lined up evenly at the top. Let me explain… When I first saw the following video on Bombproof $20 Outdoor/Tactical Pants! from Chris at PreparedMind101 I was excited! So excited, in fact, I…
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If You Haven’t Seen This Yet, Check it Out!…
I just signed myself up for an interesting new summer event, called Summer of Survival. Seems there’s a whole lot of FREE webinar training to be done over the course of 12 weeks from June 3 through August 21. The fun thing is that it involves all sorts of good people in the preparedness community, including: David Kobler…
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My Weaknesses List is a Heck of a Lot Longer Than My Strengths List! How About You?
My kids were finishing up their homeschooling lessons and one of them happened to be a final report on themselves. To be included in the report was a list of strengths and weaknesses. My youngest was having a bit of trouble thinking up some ideas to include in the weaknesses report so I tried to help.…