Being lost in the woods or the desert is never a pleasant experience. Fear, panic, anxiety, and distress are just a few of the emotions that will flood through ...
Slipping into the water because of a missed step or an unexpected change in the currents is no way to experience the great outdoors. Some things, like torrentia...
Take out your favorite LED lantern, hold it above your head and drop it on the ground. Did it survive? If it did, now throw it in a lake. Odds are good it stopp...
There is survival gear to be had all over the Internet, but what gear should you buy? Where can you find it? How do you know the gear you’ve put down hard-earne...
Robert Young Pelton makes no bones about it. Statistically, we are much more at risk of death and injury from the mundane than from the exotic. You are more lik...
What you think you know can get you killed as easily as what you don't. How often have you heard someone say, “I'm not worried, when it hits the fan, I've got g...
The decision to abandon your house is monumental. Every situation is different. Perhaps an out-of-control wildfire is clawing its way up the valley toward your ...
Traffic is a nightmare. Creeping along bumper to bumper on the freeway during rush hour is hardly an efficient use of your time, and you sit behind the wheel th...
Your much-prized gear and equipment won’t do you any good if someone steals them, and sometimes keeping your stash a secret is difficult to do when your neighbo...
There is a wide variety of scenarios where knowing how to escape a pair of handcuffs is vital; from kidnapping to home invasion, getting uncuffed without your c...
