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6 Trees Every Survivalist Should Know
Editor’s Note: This guest post by Creek Stewart first appeared at willowhavenoutdoor.com. "Living in the ...
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How to Escape a Sinking Car: An Illustrated Guide
Nearly 12% of the bridges in the United States have been deemed "structurally deficient" by the Federal ...
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Power’s Out and in a Pinch? How to Create 5 Makeshift Urban Survival Lights
Editor's Note: This guest post by Creek Stewart first appeared at willowhavenoutdoor.com. It’s impossible ...
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6 Reminders on Hiking Etiquette
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Andrew Stephens. After spending a number of years in Utah ...
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Survival Lessons from World War Z
Before World War Z was ever a Brad Pitt flick, it was a bestselling book. It tells the story of the zombie ...
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The Art of Manliness Podcast #48: Survival and Prepping With Creek Stewart
In today's episode I talk to Creek Stewart, owner of Willow Haven Outdoor, and author of Building the ...
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What Drowning REALLY Looks Like
If you're heading out to the beach or lake this summer, be sure to know the 10 "quieter" signs of drowning ...
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It’s All About the Smalls: How to Make a Primitive Small Game Hunting Gig
Creek Stewart is a Senior Instructor at the Willow Haven Outdoor School for Survival, Preparedness ...
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How to Survive a Tornado
The flowers are growing, the birds are singing, and the storm clouds are gathering. Yes, it’s tornado ...
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How to Survive a Bear Attack: An Illustrated Guide
Illustration by Ted Slampyak How to identify a grizzly (brown) bear Stay prepared 1. Always ...
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How to Tie a Military-Style Shemagh/Keffiyeh
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. The shemagh ...
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Walking on (Frozen) Water: A Primer on Snowshoeing
Once upon a time in Central Asia, some prehistoric inventor watched his friends trudge through deep snow ...
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How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart of Willow Haven Outdoor. As the East Coast of ...
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Paddle Away From Civilization: 4 Amazing Wilderness Canoe Trips to Take
“What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any ...
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How to Remove a Fish Hook from Your Finger: An Illustrated Guide
Note: The String Yank Technique can't be performed on parts of the body that aren't attached (e.g., earlobe, ...
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How to Read a Topographic Map
Editor’s note: This post was written by Jason Robert and originally ran on ITS Tactical. Today ...
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How to Use a [BUSTED] Cell Phone to Meet 5 Basic Survival Needs
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart. Last week we talked about the many survival ...
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Yes, That’s a Tampon in My Mouth: The Swiss Army Survival Tampon — 10 Survival Uses
Do me a favor for the next five minutes. Try to forget everything you know about tampons. I ...
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How to Build a Get Home Bag
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart, Senior Instructor at the Willow Haven Outdoor ...
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Canoeing: Keeping the Inside Dry and the Outside Wet
There is no such thing as a tippy canoe...only tippy paddlers. I hear it all the time..."Canoes are ...
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