Something that can maybe help with finding food that is safe to eat. knots that i might need to know. maybe how to find water in certain areas. even just starting a fire if the tools i have are worn/ruined.

obviously i dont want something dictionary sized that weighs 8lbs. but maybe a decently thin kinda… manual of sorts that i can use for basics in a survival situation.

Power outages, gridlock, and food/water shortages are expected. I live alone and am a first time townhome owner. Advice please on how to be okay without power/hot food?

I bought some water so think I’ll be okay through the weekend there. Pipes have burst in this home before moving in.

All guidance welcome, I don’t know anything and just closed in April.

On April 14, 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank within 2 hours.

Of the 2223 passengers, 1517 people died.

First class 130 died Second class 166 died Third class 536 died Crew 685 died

706 people survived

More women and children survived than men. Male crew and third class had the lowest odds.

Would you have survived? How and why? What would you have likely done? What can we learn from this?

some valuable take away from this past weekend:

1: Don’t sleep with hot hands in your wool socks unless you want to wake up with BAD burns.

2: Just because your diesel fuel won’t gel with antigel, doesn’t mean your fuel pump won’t become encased in ice.

3: All luxury warmth items should be planned around them failing.

4: Use coolers to keep your food from freezing. Keep your propane tanks for cooking in the cooler when not in use and on the floor heaters when driving.

5: Stay hydrated even when you’re cold

A bit of survival and some off-roading. Enjoy!!

https://youtu.be/hNV-InMuY8s?si=_ItgxlLyxfHLnWoO

I've seen few vids on YT that there are those who put stones stacked together, I forgot how many stones but may I know what these mean?

Seems to be a polarizing top

Has anyone bought a Grim Micro EDC knife or Grim EDC knife from GrimWorkshop.com? I ordered one of each, but they don't say what grind the knives have. Their ADZE card and axe card have a chisel grind, which is fine for those tools, I guess. I'm hoping the EDC knives have a flat grind or something better for a knife than an angled grind.

Hey everyone, I'm new here. I'm gearing up for a wilderness survival class with high school boys. This is my class for our school's special activity week where they take one unique class for four days with a faculty member instead of normal classes. This class was a lot of fun two years ago. I focused mostly on instruction and practice with them and by the last day they had a roaring fire going in February in near-freezing rain after about an hour. All I gave them was a keychain ferro rod and they were rightfully proud. We did a camp out later that semester at school.

Some of the boys this year will be new, but some have had it before. To make it more interesting and fun, I need help creating a game. I'd like to spend some time teaching and some time in a "simulation" of sorts where they don't get help from me but can "buy" things from me for a fake currency. I need help coming up with pricing and item ideas. I'm thinking $100 is a nice, simple budget for the week for the whole group. But I need to price things like paracord, twine, lighter, ferro rod, hatchet, saw, tarp, cookware, dry tinder, etc. in a "survival store." The hope is that on Thursday we will sleep in shelters they have built on campus with what they buy from the "store."

Does anyone have any resources for a game like this? And feel free to contribute ideas below.

Hi,

Looking for recommendations for any all in 1 survival books. That can educate with farming, general survival ect and all in 1 as I've said.

Cheers in advance

Im currently looking for a firestarter necklace that works but can also be a bit discreet/casual to have on a daily basis

The first thing I google that popped up was the wazoo firestarter necklace but I’m not sure since I couldn’t find any Reddit thread about their necklaces

Hello!! I hope it's okay that I'm asking this and that it's so general, it's for a story. I'm trying to get back into writing and I'd like to write something that I'm interested in without the pressure of it ever seeing the light of day. My favorite part about writing is letting it take me down rabbitholes— I love to learn everything I can about a topic. This is just for practice to relearn how to love the process of creating.

And that's what brought me here. The general gist of the character's situation is that he is surviving in the forests of Colorado in total isolation. The human population took a dramatic hit about 15 years ago, meaning he is without any significant contributions from modern life.

I would really appreciate just being pointed in the right direction of what I should research so I can ask slightly less stupid and more helpful questions. I was planning on him being located somewhere at the foot of the more southern mountains on the windward side, but if anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear them!! You have any general survival knowledge or some highly specific information about Colorado, I'll be frothing at the mouth. Thank you.

In my opinion I think the best Lighter to carry is a Zippo or other trench lighters my reasons are they last a very long time they're very durable they are cheap and you can make fuel in the wild and the flints are eight bucks for a hundred so that'll last you a couple of years in a long-term survival situation for people who think zippos dry up too quick here's a modification

When I said survival I meant long term post war or apocalypse

For me, the main thing is FAMILIARITY. Teach your children well.

P.S. It's not a miracle.

Hey yall, any good survival audiobooks that are entertaining and educational to listen to? Looking for something thats more of a story than lectures so I can listen and learn when my brain is fried from work or when I am going to bed

I am putting together a fire starting kit and I was wondering; is there some powder that I can put in a film capsule, that is garunteed to ignite even wet wood? I'm picturing something like magnesium shavings or gunpowder, sugar rocket-fuel mix, potassium permanganate, thermite/thermate, or some mixture that would be an "oh shit I need fire NOW" and it's cold and or wet to start wood kindling.

Looking for physical books that i could purchase and hang on to that would explain with lots of visuals the basics of building shelters/cabins/houses out of basic lumber and or logs/forest supplies.
Building other things is a plus as well.

thanks

I guess a "kit gun" is supposed to be 22lr pistol that you keep in your "kit", whether it's a tackle box, rucksack, the glove box of your vehicle, or whatever. I guess it's essentially a game getter when you just need something to throw in the pot, like squirrel, rabbit, etc. But, is the range and power you get from a pistol really worth it? I've never attempted to hunt with a 22 pistol. Any thoughts on this? Do Any of you carry one? If so, what has your experience been?

Obviously you need more than one but what is the one main important one ?

I was wondering about this recently and, if you were lost or at least a significant distance from any help and had fallen into a body of water during cold weather, and have NO change of clothing. Is it better to change out of your wet clothes and be naked in the cold weather, or stay in the wet clothing. I understand that you should change out of wet clothing, especially during cold weather to prevent cold related injuries, but what if you have no change of clothing?

Is it better to bear the cold weather naked or stay in the wet clothing?

Hi I live and soon moving to denmark, ive realized the vegetation is similar between the two but still some differences, I want to know what plants I can use from these 2 countries to make good cordage,

I'm torn between the silva pocket compass and the brunton tag along 9040. Are any of these accurate? Which is the most accurate and can be shipped to the UK. As long as the compass itself is accurate to around 5 degrees that's fine

I’m torn between the silva pocket compass and the brunton tag along 9040. Are any of these accurate? Which is the most accurate and can be shipped to the UK.

As long as the compass itself is accurate to around 5 degrees that’s fine

I have been investing the various options for survival firearms for years now and I am fairly familiar with the concepts most folks adhere to. I love the concept of a 12 GA with barrel inserts, but I have seen that in practice, you need to re-zero by a few clicks at least with each different insert. I feel that wasting ammo with zeroing is probably impractical for a survival situation. With this in mind I would probably chose a "drilling" style rifle with a 12 GA and some small centerfire cartridge.

This got me thinking though. Could you reasonably use any 1 cartridge for both class 1 game like rabbits, and also on something as big as class 3 game like elk? What i am imagining is something in the 6mm-7mm caliber range with two different hand loads. One is a lightweight, maybe 90 gr bullet with a lower pressure powder load, and the other is a 120 gr with a full power load. Then you aren't destroying small game (and your shoulder/ears), but you can simply chamber your "bigger" loading if a deer crossed your path. Barrel twist would have to be considered as well. Something like a 25-06 is what first came to mind. Something that uses a full length action like the -06 family to have enough power for elk, but in a small enough caliber to be reasonable for varmints when loaded down.

I think this would have to be a better system than the other "multi cartridge" options in a real world scenario. Considering actual accuracy needs and the questionable practically of carrying around multiple barrels and cartridges for different game.

Maybe this concept, 12 ga/25 cal, in a drilling rifle with a 12 GA if I'm being greedy.

Does anyone have thoughts or suggestions on this?

I’m looking to buy books that will teach me to identify useful plants from harmful ones.

Also with how to use the plants. As in useful for food, medicinal, hygiene…

It has recently occurred to me that while my family and I are pretty well supplied to bunker in the house - we are fairly inexperienced if we have to leave. So I am trying to remedy that. Eventually I want to build emergency bags. But first I will settle with knowledge.

I am also open to any recommendations on living out in the bush.

TIA

Aight so, I figured an open discussion about small shelters would be more indicative of knowledge and ideas than a closed question post, so here we are.

By “small shelter,” I mean something in the range of one-night, prepacked (not a natural shelter), fair weather shelter that can be thrown in a day pack or hunting bag just in case (or for spontaneous camping trips).

I personally had a ~5x7 heavy duty emergency blanket tarp with a large trash bag as a moisture barrier from the ground and a mylar blanket as some extra to catch radiant heat, but i found it too bulky for my needs. I picked up a small backpacking tarp and I’m looking for ways to spice it up for hunting/fishing trips that might end up overnight.

What’s yall’s systems and why did you choose it? What’s the basic principles you think about for your shelter regardless of whether or not you have the latest and greatest piece of kit?

How difficult is Survival in those temperatures?

Also what did you wear when you experienced these extremely low temperatures

I’m making cotton pad fire starters. I only have soy wax, any experience? Can you use soywax instead of paraffin? Im going to use them outside to make campfire.