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By Tim MacWelch
In the last post, we talked about your need for a “Go Bag” (aka survival kit) in the wilderness. Now, we’ll talk about the kissing cousin of that kit – Every Day Carry gear (or EDC, for short). And perhaps in a future post, we’ll discuss the phrase origin of “kissing cousin”. But for now, your EDC is your back-up and safety net, in the woods and wild places, and around town or during travel.
An excerpt from How To Survive Anything
By Tim MacWelch
A “Go Bag” (aka survival kit) can be your best friend in the wilderness – and in the event you really needed it - opening a well-stocked wilderness emergency kit should make you feel like it’s Christmas morning. Everything you’ve been dying to have (literally) is right there within your grasp. Here’s a minimum of what you should carry in your outdoor survival kit.
In an exclusive four-part series, Michael Waddell of Michael Waddell’s Bone Collector, Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET and Realtree Road Trips with Michael Waddell on Outdoor Channel, will perhaps give the most candid interview of his career.
An excerpt from Hunting & Gathering Survival Manual
By Tim MacWelch
As unlikely as this may sound, you can actually disinfect your drinking water safely and effectively with common household chemicals. Just be aware that chemical disinfection doesn’t remove salt, toxins or fallout – it just kills the living pathogens that would make you sick.
An excerpt from Prepare for Anything
By Tim MacWelch
You’re crazy if you’re running around in the backcountry with multiple fire starting implements. Matches and lighters should be your primary fire makers, but it’s also smart to have some redundancies built into your survival gear. Add these backup methods to your kit, and you’ll always have a way to build a fire.
Jim Shockey, star of Jim Shockey's UNCHARTED and Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures, which airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Outdoor Channel, could easily be heralded as the greatest hunter and conservationist of the 21st century.
An excerpt from the The Ultimate Winter Survival Handbook
By Tim MacWelch
Aluminum foil isn’t just a convenient wrap for baked potatoes or a helmet to block alien mind probes, it’s also pretty handy in a real emergency situation. Keep an extra roll in your kitchen or place a carefully folded length of foil in your bug out bag, survival kit, and emergency gear stockpile for a versatile material with scores of uses. Here are ten of the many uses for this common yet valuable commodity.
By Tim MacWelch
We’ve all been in the mad rush of last minute shopping when inclement weather is predicted. Shoppers rush around pushing carts in a low grade frenzy. You can almost hear them chanting in their minds – “milk… bread… toilet paper…” But is this the right time to be shopping for the supplies that will keep your family safe and secure during and after a storm? I think not.
Before this year’s storm season ramps up, there are 5 critical items that you must have; and there’s no better time to buy them than now.
an excerpt from Prepare For Anything
By Tim MacWelch
Nothing changes your morale and your options in a survival scenario like starting a fire. And in bad weather conditions, you may need every fire starting trick in the book. Since tinder is the “baby food” for all newborn fires, it makes sense that you should have some good stuff on hand to feed your baby blaze.
an excerpt from Prepare For Anything
By Tim MacWelch
Winter is here, and during this harsh cold season, you’d better be able to make a fire. While matches and lighters should be your primary fire makers, but it’s also smart to have some redundancies built into your survival gear. Add these backup methods to your kit, and you’ll always have a way to build a fire.
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