Below are some random notes I took at the survival school the other weekend. It is not all of the notes, the ones that should be their own subject/post I have not included. Think of it as random bits of wisdom. –The animals were skittish for it was a full moon. The bunny rabbits were [...]
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Random notes from Survival school
Posted: May 31, 2011 in animals, arizona, experiment, native americans, prepper, weekendTags: apocalypse, prepper, research, skills, sonora desert, survival
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tracking the most dangerous game
Posted: May 27, 2011 in animals, animals, arizona, desert, security, weekendTags: ancient pathways, arizona desert, escape from Phoenix, sonora desert, track, tracking
Part of the Complete Survivor Class from Ancient Pathways was a brief introduction to tracking. We practiced tracking humans and then looked at animal tracks as we came across them. Just like everything else in the class the key to this skill is practice. I liked how our instructor, Tony Nester, set up the tracking exercises. Both [...]
Surviving Survivor School
Posted: May 23, 2011 in animals, animals, arizona, cooking, desert, edible, escape from phoenix, fire, food, meat, psychological needs, research, survival, weekend, wildTags: ancient pathways, apocalypse survival, arizona, arizona desert, desert, survival
This last weekend I took the Complete Survivor Class from Ancient Pathways. I picked up a whole series of skills to practice. Notice I said “practice” because, good lord, just cause I did these things once doesn’t mean I am actually competent at any of them. We set traps, snares, tracked, snacked on plants, [...]
GTFOOD and Disaster Preparedness for dummies
Posted: April 1, 2011 in compound, GTFOOD, thoughts, weekendTags: compund, GTFOOD, prepper, prepping
The DVD Disaster Preparedness for dummies is not bad for the first level of mulling over natural disasters. Probably the most valuable reason to watch it is when one is debating (as I am) of what to put in a GTFOOD bag. Phoenix is not likely need to flee (no hurricanes, tornadoes, minimal earthquake threat, and why in [...]
Weekend Update: Fire and Water
Posted: February 14, 2011 in cooking, fire, prepper, research, solar, Sonoran desert, water, weekendTags: apocalypse, arizona desert, basic survival, prepper, water
I did not have a lot of success with my experiments over the weekend. On Saturday I dug a shallow bath-tub size hole, put six handfuls of weeds in the hole, and covered it with clear plastic. This was my first attempt at a solar still. Water did collect on the bottom of the plastic, [...]
Weekend plans: Brittlebush, Creosote and a hole
Posted: February 11, 2011 in desert, experiment, Health, medicinal, Phoenix, plants, research, solar, Sonoran desert, survival, water, weekendTags: arizona desert, end of the world as we know it, medicinal plants, skills, solar, sonora desert, water, weekend, Zombie apocalypse
I am looking forward to the weekend. I had to work last Saturday, which made the last two weeks go long. I have not been able to do many experiments in the last couple of weeks, so I spent more time doing internet research. This weekend’s plans include the following: Turn Brittlebush leaves into medicine. [...]
