Tag: ourdoors

  • What You Need to Know About Venomous Snake Bite Prevention and Treatment (Guest Post)

    What You Need to Know About Venomous Snake Bite Prevention and Treatment (Guest Post)

    While trekking or camping in North America, you are relatively safe from the threat of venomous snakes as the vast majority of them are not venomous. However, you still need to give them a second thought before heading out on your adventures. According to statistics from the CDC, there are around 8,000 reported snake bites…

  • Rain Collector

    Rain Collector

    Rain water has the advantage over any ground water because it needs less purification. In case any rain should fall, in a survival situation it is good practice to put out one of many styles of rain collectors. To collect rain water, one option is to collect water running off your shelter, but another is to…

  • Cheese Wax Candle

    Cheese Wax Candle

    You know those little round wheels of cheese with the red wax? Well here is how to make a candle using one of those. I would say this it more of an urban survival use, since the chances of you finding the wax from cheese in the woods are slim…though possible. This one was pretty obvious…

  • Where to Put a Shelter

    Where to Put a Shelter

    The basics of where you should or should not put a shelter.

  • Equipment: Flint and Steel

    Equipment: Flint and Steel

    —Flint & Steel— There many variations of flint and steel, but they all do the same thing; create a spark to light a fire. It does take time to learn how to use this method, but with practice it become easy. Here is a video on traditional(nature) style flint & steel. Pros: Can be used…