Review: The Cave and the Sea

"The Hunger Games" got my daughter and one of her friends interested in archery. Maybe John A. Heatherly's novel "The Cave and the Sea" will do the same for teenagers regarding learning primitive survival skills.
by Leon Pantenburg

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There is too much fiction in the preparedness/wilderness survival area, passed off as fact, and written by people with little or no knowledge of the subject matter. But The Cave and the Sea, a Novel by John A. Heatherly is up-front fiction, a good read, and you might learn something from it.
Set in North America in the 1600s, the story combines Native American survival skills with an adventure tale. To read the review, click on The Cave and the Sea.
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Outdoor Quest: Snow Caves For Fun and Survival

Outdoor Quest: Snow Caves For Fun and Survival: My friend Leon reviews the book ‘Snow Caves For Fun and Survival.’ by Leon Pantenburg A group of Boy Scouts and volunteers were on our...

Jace Gets Lost, Jace Gets Found

Though warmly dressed, this youngster would be hard to find.

Few things could be more frightening to a parent than to look around and discover their child is missing in the wilderness. This book, “Jace Gets Lost, Jace Gets Found” can help you train your child so this doesn’t happen.

Click on "Jace Gets Lost, Jace Gets Found”  to read the review.

Snow Caves For Fun and Survival

I have helped build snow caves as emergency shelters in the past, and didn’t think they were particularly effective. But that was before I read “Snow Caves For Fun and Survival” by Ernest Wilkinson. I’ve changed my mind. To read the review, click here.

(Read my story on building a snow cave using Wilkinson’s techniques by clicking on building snow caves)

Peter Kummerfeldt: A Better Way to Build a Fire

The ability to build a fire under survival conditions may save your life. The inability may cost your life!

As a Boy Scout survival skills volunteer, I have helped teach well over 10,000 people basic flint-and-steel firemaking skills. This instruction has been done during all sorts of weather extremes. I have tried and tested many different firemaking methods, with the goal of being able to recommend the right tools to make a firemaking kit that could a person’s life.

One thing I learned after all this research and training is this: The average person, even if given matches and gasoline, couldn’t start a fire under survival conditions! Firemaking, like any survival skill, must be practiced, and you have to start out with the right tools and training.
One of those training tools might be Survival expert Peter Kummerfeldt's new ebook: "A Better Way to Build a Fire."

Bug Out Vehicles and Shelters

The fertilizer hits the fan and you may have to evacuate your area.

Immediately, the roads and highways will be jammed with unprepared refugees, most of them fleeing in panic to go somewhere - anywhere - else.

A prepper will be prepared for this eventuality, hopefully, and will not join the mindless crowd. But there may be no choice regarding staying or going prior to or during a flood, earthquake, hurricane or tsunami. You may have to join the exodus.

So what is your plan, to get your family to safety, and do you have a vehicle you can depend on? Get some ideas by reading this review of "Bug Out Vehicles and Shelters."