Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The Key to Survival - Don't Neglect this

With practice comes improved ability and that increases confidence, which bolsters attitude - Perry D Peacock

In our time there is so much technology that it is astounding, we come to depend a great deal on it. I once took a survival class from Jim Phillips, he emphasized that everything made by man comes with an unwritten guarantee, to fail when it is needed the most. We all commonly refer to this occurance as Murphy's Law. There is always something out there lurking to knock us down or stall us in our progress. There is always an opposition that we battle against.

I recall a time in my younger days when I was out with some friends in some remote mountains, we were scouting for deer. Due to rainy slick conditions....

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Learn to Love Camping in the Snow and Rain

It' s been said there is no such thing as bad weather
As a kid for some strange reason I always loved to be out in bad weather, especially the cold. Eventually I learned to enjoy living in the cold, the snow and winds. It's really a perspective that's shaped by our experience. It' s been said there is no such thing as bad weather, just different kinds of weather. I don't know if that's totally true, depending on where you are, a hurricane or tornado can certainly be a terrible deadly experience. But in general if we learn and prepare we can learn to love most kinds of weather.

Cooking under the Personal Survival Tarp

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