Finding North Using A Wristwatch Finding North using a watch is a simple skill everyone needs to know. You can use a traditional watch to approximate a desired direction of travel. Here are the steps. Hold the watch horizontal. Point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Bisect the angle between the hour …
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Portable Homemade Water Filter
Cheech1968 show a great portable water filter that you can put in your bug out bag. Uploaded on Sep 27, 2010 This is a video of my bug-out/camping water filter. It is NOT a purifier…just a filter. Thanks to Colhane on Youtube for the design and concept…it really is a great working filter. Please remember …
Winter Emergency Car Kit
The The Peaceful Prepper gose over some items that we should all consider having in our cars, especially during the winter time. Its just common sense to have some items in your car don’t wait to get your kit together. Most of us spend a great deal of time in the car, its a good …
Vaseline Uses SHTF – Every Prepper Needs This!
THe all around prepper product, NukeSoldier breaks down the many uses of this must have for every bug out bag. Published on Feb 11, 2014 Vaseline Uses SHTF – Every Prepper Needs This! Vaseline has many uses which is why Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly) is something that should be on every preppers to hoard list. In …
The 20 Best Knives Ever Made
Roughly 2 million years ago, a particularly bright specimen of Homo habilis needed to cut something and decided to invent the knife. We’ve come a long way since then. And for the last 40 years we’ve been experiencing something of a boom in the development of ever better knives. Here are 20 knives that I …
How to Construct a Small Septic System
Most private septic systems are made up of two parts: The holding and digesting tanks and the dispersal field. The system shown here is a small system, designed for limited use of by two people with no laundry and a small travel trailer. The concept is not the same as a larger system. The tank …
How to Treat a Bullet Wound
Gunshot wounds are one of the most traumatic injuries you can suffer. It’s difficult to assess the extent of damage done by a gunshot wound, and most of them far exceed what you can reasonably treat with first aid. For this reason, the best option for most bullet wounds is to get the victim to …