If you’re curious about my running background I think you’ll find it unimpressive. I’ve logged some good miles over the last decade and a half; but to be quite honest, I had never really run before I joined the military. At basic training I experienced something new; running until the tears were streaming out of […]
Patriots: A Novel of Surviving the Coming Collapse
I have to give thanks to my brother for another great book review. I’ve also read this book but was introduced to it from another source. Among prepping circles this will typically be among the top recommended books. Personally I think the story telling is good but not superb; but the information and other literature […]
Warm Wet Wool
I got turned onto wool for outdoor socks from what my brothers had told me and what I learned studying the Vikings. For thousands of years wool has been used by people for socks, pants, and leg wraps. Today, many of our best survival socks are total or part wool blends. One of the reasons […]
Treat Burns
When my father was a youth he was working in the kitchen and bumped the stove. A pot of boiling oil was disturbed and a portion spilled over his hand, literally melting the skin. He told me his hand looked like a duck’s foot. In Iraq I saw a guy pick up a ramming staff […]
Don’t Touch It
So; for Christmas we drove down to the California LA area to visit my wife’s family. While there we went on several walks into the hills after meals, especially when the kids needed to get out of the house. They told me about the abundance of poison oak in the area and how one of […]
Aspen as Aspirin?
My youngest sister tells me that once while camping or playing in the woods with the other kids she had a headache, and I apparently made her chew on aspen leaves as a remedy. I don’t remember this but it sounds like me; and it sounds even more like something I would have heard from […]
Change is Good
Just to show you that there’s always hope. I’m not that solid at the moment, but i’m getting back there. as a health tip, the only thing i was doing was eating healthy, focusing on the three core lifts, and having a protein shake after workouts (whatever was cheapest); no other supplements. if you are […]
Medical Urine
“Your own urine can be a powerful home remedy, especially as a way to immediately soothe the sting of insect bites, jellyfish venom, and the toxins in certain plants such as stinging nettles. Urine is naturally antiseptic, making it great for treating fungal infections, preventing infections of open wounds, and generally restoring skin health (including […]
Spartan Beast
Take the opportunity to test yourself physically and mentally, especially if it is a test that has a high wash out rate. My first real non-military test was a Spartan Beast category obstacle race. I don’t advocate any course above another because they all have their perks and pitfalls. The race we ran was slightly […]
Herb Tea
There I was, sick in the tropics, no hospital within several hours of travel, and the only shops within walking distance are run out of the fronts of residencies; these little shops, or tindahans, often carry little more than snacks, soda, and some local produce. A good Filipino friend of mine was kind enough to […]