Wilderness Survival Home

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I've been introduced to one of the best Wilderness Survival sites. Check it out at:


http://www.wilderness-survival.net/

The forums are down to earth, but there are a few rules you have to follow at first, like a limit on direct clickable links. No doubt this is to prevent spammers from clogging up real information with junk.

I just posted a messaged on Fuels for The Soda Can stove. This new guy just made one, and several people made comments on it. Having a lot of experience with one, I suggested they check out my page here, where I even have a video demo-ing how to make your own fuel tablets, complete with burn time test.

http://thefemalesurvivalist.blogspot.com/p/fuels-for-ultralight-soda-can-stove.html

These little stoves are handy for several reasons, and are especially efficent if you use a 2 pint cooking pot and windscreen. Most trail meals or pots of hot water require just one ounce of fuel. Of course, you need a pot support for this stove. Use hardware cloth, tent stakes, or a modified tin can.

Best of all, the stove is free. Make it yourself with plans gleaned off the Internet...
http://www.thesodacanstove.com/alcohol-stove/how-to-build.html


May all your trails be lighter.

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Reader's Comments on Grid Down Series

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I'm getting some mail from readers who are starting the River Survival Series. I have finished four books in this series, called, No Storm Like This. You can read more about his series on my page, All
The-River-Survival-Series-Why-and-How
 
 

Hi Carol,
I read 3 more chapters last nite and Carla just ran out out of gas and is on her own now after Dave's untimely death. You are really detailed in Carla's escape after she burned the retreat and I am really enjoying the book! I have not came to the graphic stuff yet but I imagine it is pretty close. i am exactly half way thru the book. Sign me up for the next 3 as well.. And don't be nervous about what I may think, it all needs to be put out there and make a book like this although fictional really close to what will probably happen.
 
 
 
 
 

Good morning Carol!
Your book 1 is mesmerizing me and i love it! I read 4 chapters yesterday and am about 70% thru it. Carla is now in Chicago and i love Jesus the wolf being her friend. Have not figured out Chris yet but i am sure that will come with a little more reading. Your detailed writing makes it seem as if i am there, very good!



All four books are available at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. See the  links to the right for easy access.

The first book details our survivialist-prepers on their homestead in the mountians of North East Georgia. I write about things I've actually done, building and harvesting a garden, making wine, cooking with acorns, baiting and observing black bear.

Please email me or comment here if you are also on book one, or are farther in the series.


 

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Fire Watch at Lake Hotel-A Night of Reckoning

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Most of the guys couldn't believe I was actually going to spend all night, alone, walking the floors on Fire Watch at the Historic Yellow Hotel, up here at Lake Yellowstone. It is widely known and believed to be haunted. In Novemeber, I wrote a thriller about this very thing. John Deerfield, retired Ranger and Caretaker, a ghost with an attitude whose bones reside in his summer cabin, has been known to fling things when people messed with his place.
Primal Cut  
 is available at Amazon.com for kindle or computer download.
 
 I arrived at 7 p.m while the hotel was still occupied by construction workers, painters, tilers and sheet rockers. They smiled, listened as I walked past, clip board in hand, listening to the Boss detailing everything I had to look for. He told me to check all the cords, probably a million or more, seemed like it anyways, for frays, loose plugs or anything of concern. Then I was to tag them, unplug them and roll them up. The least spark could send this place to its firey glory where all historic monuments go to rest. He showed me the basement, and the yellow pipes that had to be monitored. One was frozen, one of the reasons our fire supression system was not up to par. If the gages changed, or the compresser thing quit, I had to call them.
We located pull stations. Then he said good luck.
 
Eventually all the guys left and I began my rounds, starting at the attic, descending stairs, walking long halls, shinning my head lamp into dark vacant rooms. I swept up dry wall and nails. Suddenly something would fall and I'd jumped, and reason it out. Musta been that broom I left against the second floor window. Thats just what Madison Shelby, notorious cook in my thriller would have done. Reason it away.
 
Eventually I found some cordage in a back corner and started braiding it as I walked along, Keep the hands busy, think good thoughts. I walked to the end where the whicker furniture went, facing the off limits Stage Two. A dark shadow moved away from the light, hid agaisnt the wall by the silent elevator. I shuddered, turned around, quickly heading back, glancing twice over my shoulder. Had to just be the way I used that lamp, nothing more. I couldn't get the darkness out of my mind, way darker than any shadow I had seen all night.
 
I found three cords of question, and then radioed our driver  from the office. He was making his way back to West Yellowstone. His rig was creeping along a 6 mph. I would walk between hotel and the office three more times, alone, griz roaming near the lake, to radio Rory, asking his location. Telling him, copy that. At 1:30 a.m, all I got was static and was pretty sure he'd made it past Madison Juntion. Nearly home.
 
Two thirty, three, I logged my rounds, checked the basement whistling. I made sure I told the guys I carried mace. They said it didn't work against ghosts. I told them it worked against Guys pretending to be ghosts.
 
The dining room got colder, way colder. I remembered the Sixth Sence, the movie where a deep coldness preceeded a ghostly arrival. I glanced around nervously, said, "John, I'm helping to keep the place clean," and picked up a scrap of lumber, placing it in the dark wheel barrow.
 
Finally 4 a.m arrived. I was heading down the second flight of stairs. I heard foot steps. whistling. The boss had said I'd be on duty til 7 a.m when they would arrive to work.
A broad shouldered man appeared. "Randy!" I said, happily, taking a deep breath of relief.
 
"How'd it go?" he asked.
"Great, pretty tired though."
"Well, I'm on duty now, so you can get some sleep."
Turns out, 4 a.m is the normal shift change. Thank god, I was ready to head back to the man camp.
 
 

 
Man camp refers and dorms, about a tenth of a mile from Hotel.

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My Sling Observatons

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Following the video posted below, I made my sling. A few notes...first, you start with a 9 foot cord, about 3/16 inch paracord is best. Anything thinner and you'll be weaving forever. Anything fatter and you'll have trouble feeding it through the weave, unless you just want a bigger basket.
 
So, cut and heat seal both ends of the cord so it doesn't fray. Then, measure up 30 inches, and make your loop. This cord was sort of slippery, so the little white clip you see in the photo was used to anchor both loops as I wove the basket. My fingers are small, and still it was challenging to get the weave started properly.
Don't worry, as you weave, you can scrunch the cordage down, making it a tight weave. At first its sort of open.
 
When you finish the basket, pull up the ends, be sure and knot it so it doesn't come loose. Then tie in your finger loop so that both ends of the cords are about the same. Once you start practicing, you'll put a rock in that sling, hold both ends, get good momentum, then let it fly.
 
I'll report on that next! Look out trees....

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How To Make Rock Sling

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While surfing http://surivalistboard.com, I came across a short youtube imbedded video demonstrating how to use an Apache Rock sling. The video showed a guy slinging it pretty acurately. It raised my curiousity. I clicked on a related video and found this demo on how to make one. Figured it was worth embedding here for future reference. I'm going to make one and start practicing. The instructor made a valid observation. If David could bring down Goliath with one well placed shot, a survivalist could bring down some game. Stay tuned for field observations.

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Survival Head Quarters A Must!

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Yesterday afternoon I was invited to join SurvivalHQ....a fantastic resource of knowledgeable people discussing survival skills, philosophy, and real life skills in a friendly forum format.
Check it out:

http://survivalhq.net/forum.php

There are necessary steps for the sign up process. Be patient, its worth it.

As things tighten up in the real world, violence and scarcity threatening a civil society, those of us who want to protect ourselves and our families should be thinking about the skills and the tools necessary to do this.

Firearms, shelters, scavenging skills, connecting with honest like minded people, and the ability to stay below the radar are some of the things I'm working on.

Stay tuned to this blog, check out my sister blog, Brawnyview, and sign up for SurvivalHQ.

Instead of playing bubble games on facebook and requesting sheep for imaginary farms in online game applications, I'd rather be learning how to survive when, not if, the Shit hits the fan.


Ok, back to playing on my volcano, here in Yellowstone National Park.

This photo was taken on my 4 mile round trip ski across the thermal mapped Lake Yellowstone, where my friend and I reached Stevenson Island. There are hot spots under this fresh water lake, the largest lake in the world about 8,000 feet. This fact allows open water to be found  in the lake despite the fact most of the ice is 3 feet thick on average during extreme cold.

My layers have done well. Its March 12 and some mornings its still below zero. I back country ski most days.

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Surivivalist Links of Great Use

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In the last two days I have been incredibly busy connecting with other survivalists around the United States. These three links have been very useful in learning about upcoming events, weapondry, skills and basic philosophy.


www.survivalblog.com This site is huge with easy navigation tools on the left side bar. Its up to date and has guest posts as well.

survivalistsingles.com Check this out instead of e-harmony or match.com if you're a survivalist. In twenty four hours I've "met" many great guys, all potential friends. Its easy and free to join and post a profile, get mail and surf. There is an upgraded membership. I don't know anything about that yet, haven't had time to check it out fully.


survivalistboards.com This is a massive, interactive forum and group web site. Be prepared to spend lots of time surfing. Its easy to post, easy to join.


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