Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Reviews The Woobie Gets an Upgrade By Jim Cobb In the mid-1960s, the U.S. military began issuing a poncho liner that soon became legendary. Nicknamed the woobie, it served... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Doomscrolling – Strategies for Breaking the Habit By Jim Cobb I think we’re all guilty of sitting like a lump, flipping through an endless stream of negative stories on social... Read more »
Every Day Carry - EDC Featured Gear Prepping, Camping, & Survival Marlinspike – A Handy EDC Tool By Jim Cobb In the prepper world, tools that serve multiple purposes are always welcome. The marlinspike is deceptively simple in design, and... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Baby Steps – How to Get Started Prepping By Jim Cobb Every day, it seems more and more people are jumping on the prepping bandwagon. As a result, one of the... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Brrrr! – Staying Warm if the Power Goes Out By Jim Cobb Where I live in southern Wisconsin, as I write this, it’s currently -9°F with a wind chill of -25°F. While... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival More Strategies For Successful Firewood Arrangement By Reuben Bolieu Two Fire-Lays For Success starts with one idea. The way you stack wood decides if your fire smokes, struggles, or... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival H2O is Critical — Water Treatment Options By Jim Cobb Water is a critical survival need. Without a reliable source of potable water, survival gets sketchy. Therefore, knowing how to... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Ironclad: Cold Condition Work Gloves By Reuben Bolieu Cold weather punishes exposed hands fast. When your grip fades and dexterity drops, that’s when you need cold-condition work gloves.... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Survival Fallacies: Separating Fact from Fiction By Reuben Bolieu Survival Fallacies spread fast. They get repeated, recycled, and dropped into books and PowerPoints until they feel like truth. Here... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Forked Wood! The Naturally Occuring Multi-Purpose Tool By Reuben Bolieu The woods hand you tools if you pay attention. A forked branch ranks high on that list. The Mighty Y‑stick... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Bug-Out Bag vs. Get-Home Bag – Are They Really That Different? By Jim Cobb For right or wrong, one of the first things a budding prepper often does is assemble a bug-out bag (BOB).... Read more »
Athlon Outdoors Featured Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival Colder Weather Means Longer Blades Against Frozen Wood By Reuben Bolieu I grew up in the era of the survival greats like Ron Hood and John “Lofty” Wiseman, and the long‑blade... Read more »
Featured Gear Prepping, Camping, & Survival Burn, Baby, Burn – Fire Ignition Options for the Survival Kit By Jim Cobb An important element in any good survival kit is a means of lighting a fire. Ideally, at least two different... Read more »
Featured Knives & Tools Prepping, Camping, & Survival Kershaw Knives Coming Soon – First Release of 2026! By Jim Cobb I’m a big fan of Kershaw Knives. The models are well-designed and flawlessly executed. I’ve been using them for about... Read more »
Featured Prepping, Camping, & Survival Protecting the Jewels – Choosing a Home Safe By Jim Cobb While you don’t need to hide it behind a valuable painting on the wall in the study, a good-quality safe... Read more »