Survivopedia

There is a question that doesn’t get asked nearly enough in the prepping community, and honestly, the silence around it is a little unsettling. We spend a lot of time talking about gear lists, bug-out routes and survival protocols. Sure, all of that is valuable, and none of it is wasted effort, but somewhere along […]

By its very nature, survival is a hands-on, Do-It-Yourself proposition. We evolved to improvise, adapt and overcome. We learn as we go, experimenting and tinkering, making many small mistakes along the way. The trick is to avoid the huge, life-ending mistakes and to learn from the small ones. As social animals, we benefit from cultural […]

According to estimates, ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) has saved some 70 million lives since its introduction in the 1970’s. Not bad for a simple solution of salt, sugar and water. (Dadonaite, 2019) Dehydration: An Old-Fashioned Killer When people think of dehydration, I think most people think of a survivor deprived of water in a desert or […]

If you are a student of survival, I probably don’t have to tell you how important the psychological aspects of survival are. In all but the briefest survival ordeals, most of those who die, do so because they gave up. Once a survivor loses the psychological battle, the loss of the physiological war soon follows. […]

Having studied OPSEC and privacy and having been mentored by others who are really good at it has been a humbling experience. I can’t say that I feel like I have always been a model of bulletproof OPSEC or PERSEC. I have made a great many mistakes in my lifetime. So, please, learn from my […]