Survival Tip (of the Day)

Review of the Nite Ize Inova X1 Torch. My new favorite EDC torch.

Hand forged steel strikers for flint and steel fire lighting. All 4 forged from a farriers rasp.

An update on my everyday carry system. Still missing a few items, and there are a few objects i wish to carry which i cant legally, but thats a different story. Feel free to comment on any items i showed or ask any questions you have.

Depends on the apocalypse.

In any potentially life threatening situation, the feeling of hopelessness is a constant enemy and giving up becomes a constant threat. These mental threats are just as if not more dangerous than the physical in these types of scenarios. This is why the resources in your mental tool box are just as important as those in your knowledge and physical tool kit. The will to fight and survive is your most important weapon in the fight for your life, and you can use your mental resources to forge that weapon. Your mental resources are the things that can help you fight off whatever the world throws at you. Friends, family, loved ones and life goals are the resources you will find in almost every mental resource stash. When they are with you in person it is easy to take advantage of them to help you overcome the adversities life sends your way. When you are alone, you must think and remember these things and realise that your goal is to get back to the people and things you love in the minimum amount of time while still staying safe. Anything you have to do to survive and return to your loved ones will become far more manageable when you realise you arent just working towards survival for yourself, but also for everyone who cares for you, and all the people you will effect positively throughout your life. For all those times life throws shit at you, remember that giving up doesnt just effect you, but all those who love and care about you, and fight to the last to protect yourself and them.

Build your own survival kit. That way you know what is in there, how it works, and most importantly that it works. It will also save you money, and you wont be lugging gear you dont need.

No challenge? I think they are mixing up HUNTING and sitting on the side of a hill with a high powered rifle and picking off animals from hundreds of meters out. As for immoral, do they eat meat? Whats the difference between buying meat from a supermarket and killing it yourself? You know how the animal died, and any real hunter would show the animal the respect it deserves. As for pointless, if its pointless for them, then its pointless for them. They probably do things that i think are pointless. If they enjoy them and find challenge or pleasure or interest in the activity, who am i to stop them?

Slingshots are an excellent piece of equipment for survival kits. Just make sure they are legal in your area of the world. As with any hunting tool, practice until you are accurate with your chosen ammunition and with stones, just in case you are in the field and lose your ammo/use it up. Also a good plan to learn how to tie slingshot bands onto a fork, then you can just carry bands and ammo.

Alas it was about half midnight when i got back, so had to quickly clean them, but one of these days i'll probably shoot a video on how to clean a rabbit :)

Trap as in trap animals for food? Yes, rabbits mainly, though i have been known to set a few fish snares aswell.

So, made a new slingshot from a natural eucalypt fork. As you can see, it works. Good food, harvested humanely. The skin is salted and in the freezer awaiting fleshing and tanning, the meat is in the freezer awaiting a pot luck dinner with friends. Also, 1 less bloody pest floating around, so win, win and win!

Dont beat on metal with the back of your axe. Chances are it hasnt been specifically hardened to take the strain, and you could end up deforming or cracking the eye on your axe.