Category: Bug Out

Could You Pass the Prep 5-5-5 Test?

Could You Pass the Prep 5-5-5 Test? Most of us believe we fall into one of three categories of preparedness. The first is we are prepped for anything at any time. (If you feel you are in that category you may find that you have underestimated the fickleness of disasters) The second is that we …

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14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out

14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out

14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out One of a prepper‘s biggest concerns is knowing when to call it a go and get out of dodge. When do you drop plan A to hunker down in place and bug out? Often things get bad so slowly that we miss the meaning of each event and …

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Bicycle Powered Tiny Home

Bicycle Powered Tiny Home This is a great tiny home for the homeless, the wanderers, and a post SHTF traveler. But I don’t think it is going to become the preferred housing of the young with a wander lust! I does provide a ton of ideas on a scavenging vehicle or a lone bug out …

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Planning beyond the bug-out bag

Planning beyond the bug-out bag The vast majority of us are well equipped to bug in or hunker down during an emergency. But there are times and events when bugging out is the safest option and even the only option to survive. This of course is when your bug-out bag comes into play. Light weight …

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Introducing the Ravean All Weather Heated Jacket – Updated

This jacket is hot! Pun intended. 🙂 If you live in a cold weather zone you know how important heating up your vehicle can be. Now you can heat your jacket as well!

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Do you Have These Go Bag Essentials?

Do you Have These Go Bag Essentials? Non preppers often see a go bag and a bug out bag as the same thing. They can be if you want them to be, but they really shouldn’t be and for me they aren’t interchangeable. My go bag is when I need to take off in a …

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The Definitive Bushcraft Skills List

The Definitive Bushcraft Skills List Bushcraft is a set of skills that you need to survive and even thrive in nature without outside assistance. To subsist in an environment where you can’t flick your Bic, stop by the Seven Eleven and pick up a last minute item, nor rent a cozy condo. Relying on yourself …

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DIY Boot Survival Kit

DIY Boot Survival Kit We’ve seen a number of small survival kits that could get you through a large difficult issue. These kits aren’t intended to replace your bug out bag not even your 72 hour kit rather to add to them and for use when those kits might not be available to us. We …

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Essential Knots Infographic

Essential Knots Infographic

Essential Knots Infographic When working with rope you need to have the right knots for the job! The last thing you need in the middle of a crisis is for a knot to fail. Blank Point provides an inforgraphic with a variety of knots for a number of purposes. Find it below enlarged for easier …

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Super Bunker That Can Survive Anything

Super Bunker That Can Survive Anything Especially now with North Korea’s threats to initiate a nuclear war, having a bunker has become popular again. Most of us can’t afford more than a hole in the ground and a whole lot of luck, prayer, and hope. Hope is a part of this particular bunker’s purpose. It …

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