Luck? Chance? Miracles? Willpower? The Mysterious Common Thread in Extreme...
The true story of a 17-year-old girl who survived a high-altitude airplane accident over the rain forest is perhaps the quintessential script of the perfect marriage between survival, preparation, and...
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Are You REALLY Prepared to Bug Out on Foot? Heed This Cautionary Tale of a...
Desperation can be a strong motivator. I want to share a story that I strongly identify with, though I have not experienced this to the same degree. I hope never to go through what the migrants in this...
View ArticleLessons from a Winter Power Outage in the Suburbs
My family and I experienced a five-and-a-half-day power outage in Texas almost precisely ten years ago. The weather was not quite as bad as it was this year in February. However, with highs around 50...
View ArticleSHTF Rehearsal: Applying Prepping Strategies in Urban Life
Urban life presents many opportunities to test, adjust and improve our prepping strategies. Grid failures and near-SHTF situations can benefit us if used as training for a future SHTF. In this article,...
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Real-Life Survival Story: What Happens When Your Situational Awareness Skills...
by Wandering Will My wife and I have been campers for many years, running the gambit from backpacking to car camping to motorhome camping. The motorhome experience was incredibly unique. We ended up...
View ArticleReal Life Survival Story: Baofeng, the Little Ham Radio That Could
Author of The Faithful Prepper and Zombie Choices It was a beautiful summer day in Vermont, and Alden Summer Jones was making his way down the Long Trail – America’s oldest hiking trail. It’s a...
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Real Life Survival Stories: The Mystery of The Third Man Factor
Author of The Faithful Prepper and Zombie Choices Being involved in prepping, some readers are likely naturally curious when it comes to tales of survival. Often in survival stories, there’s something...
View ArticleThis Army Veteran Is Secretly Rescuing People Abandoned in Afghanistan
Author of The Faithful Prepper and Zombie Choices A man’s family is trapped inside hostile enemy territory where they are being actively hunted. He has specialized military training from the number one...
View Article10 Firearm Lessons Learned from an Animal Attack
by Cope Reynolds My wife was born and raised in the People’s Republic of Kalifornia. Lusting for freedom, she contacted me via a secure internet connection in the fall of 2009, and we began planning...
View ArticleThe Gritty Details of How Lebanon’s Civil War Unfolded: Interview 2
By the author of Street Survivalism: A Practical Training Guide To Life In The City and The Ultimate Survival Gear Handbook. This is Part 2 of my interview with Salim Farah, a friend of mine who fought...
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How an Army Veteran Survived a Grizzly Bear Attack
Author of How to Prep When You’re Broke and Bloom Where You’re Planted online course Sometimes doing everything right isn’t quite enough. You also need some luck. That’s exactly what happened when...
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