Kitanica, “Exoskeletons for Humans,” are manufacturers some of the most rugged and interesting jackets and pants on the market. They are probably the farthest thing from “grey,” but they are very “tacticool.” Mark IV From Kitanica: Made famous by co-host Adam Savage while worn on “Myth Busters” the MARK IV is designed to be as durable as possible. It is … Read More
Friday Gear Report: Spy Coins
This week we bring you hollow spy coins for hiding important data or messages and the Zippo Hand Warmer. Hollow Spy Coins These days spy tools have all gone high tech… don’t get us wrong, it’s pretty cool to packet sniff someone’s network to ferret out secrets, but it just doesn’t have the same spy flavor as using a tiny … Read More
Neil Strauss On Ragnar’s Urban Survival
Ragnar’s Urban Survival as an Urban Survival Guide Ragnar’s Urban Survival is a book packed with lots of information, but nearly as many faults. About The Author Ragnar Benson (assumed pen name) is a prolific writer specializing in non-fiction survival topics. He is the author of approximately 37 books (this number may be low) covering such topics as retreats, hunting, … Read More
11 Quick Time Management Tips
I recently tried an experiment. I decided to see if I was a morning person. Instead of staying up all night writing, I decided to do one of my thirty-day experiments: I spent a month going to bed at 9:30 p.m. every night and waking up at 5:30 a.m. Though it meant dashing out of dinners early, turning down all … Read More
Survival Gear Guide: Swiss Army Adventurer Pocket Knife
Just a few months before my 15th birthday I was preparing for a two month long stint at summer camp. What made this year special was that it was my final year as a camper which meant approximately four weeks would be spent backpacking, mountain biking, repelling, and white water rafting across Colorado with 20 some odd other kids my … Read More
Friday Gear Report: Survival Stoves
Gear Report: An October Zombie Edition. This Friday we bring you two new camping/survival stoves to hit the market; the Biolite Camp Stove and The Survival Stove. Ah, the survival stove. What self-respecting survivalist, urban or otherwise, doesn’t own a lightweight portable stove. After all, when the Zombie Hordes are nipping at your heals, you don’t want to be weighed … Read More
Gimme Shelter: Modern Disaster Shelters
There are five main tenants of survival: Food, Water, Shelter, Warmth, and Security. The last two, warmth and security, you will find change from survival “expert” to survival expert, but the first three everyone agrees on. Shelter is often one that does not get enough attention. Preppers will focus on mountains of food, dozens of gallons of water, large stores … Read More
Friday Gear Report: Lock Picking
Gear Report: An October Zombie Edition. This Friday we bring you some of the best Lock Picks I have found and a good educational source on the topic. Why you would learn lock picking was covered in our previous article Lock Picking: Why Would You Learn It. In this article we will touch on it briefly and then move on … Read More
Neil Strauss On World War Z
Set ten years after Humanity’s victor over the Zombies, World War Z is the story told by a journalist for the U.N. Postwar Commission of the Zombie Apocalypse. The individual chapters are composed of first-person interviews in style of Theodore Judson’s Fitzpatrick’s War. Through the piecemeal stories of survivors, author Max Brooks tells the story of how Humanity nearly succumb … Read More
Friday Gear Report: October 15
Gear Report: A October Zombie Edition. Zompoc: How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse Learn everything you ever needed to know and more about keeping yourself and your loved ones alive in a Zombie Apocalypse. This is the complete Zombie guide.