Tag: outdoor

  • 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…

  • Cave Shelter

    Cave Shelter

    Do you know where to put a fire if you are sleeping in a cave? Do you know where to sleep and what to build? Here is a quick guide for that.

  • 7 Enemies of Survival

    7 Enemies of Survival

    There are seven things you most need to be mindful of when in a survival situations. Know them when they happen so you can work to fix them.

  • Top 11 Wilderness Shelter Mistakes

    Top 11 Wilderness Shelter Mistakes

    Do you make these common mistakes while building your outdoor shelter?

  • 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…