TEOTWAWKI Blog: Wilderness Pocket Survival Kits - My Kit

TEOTWAWKI Blog: Wilderness Pocket Survival Kits - My Kit: When it comes to building a pocket kit for surviving in the wilderness, I try to make sure that I hit the big survival priorities. Pictured above is one of my personal pocket survival kits. I'll walk you through the capabilities that I wanted my kit to have, and I why I've chosen specific gear to meet those needs.

Ever wonder what a Navy SEAL has in his survival kit in case he finds himself stranded in enemy territory? | TIME.com

Ever wonder what a Navy SEAL has in his survival kit in case he finds himself stranded in enemy territory? | TIME.com: SEALs aren’t supposed to find themselves in trouble that they can’t get out of. That’s why the Navy is seeking to buy 300 new survival kits for the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, sometimes known as Navy SEAL Team 6. They’re the guys who raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011 and sent him on an all-expenses-paid trip to the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Save for the downed stealthy MH-60 Black Hawk chopper, the mission was a grand success. But, being military men, they have to prepare for worst-case scenarios. That’s where Wednesday’s solicitation for what they call Personnel Recovery and Survival Kits comes in.

This article provides a nice list for building a great kit.

Online Banks Defy the Rise in Checking Account Fees

Online Banks Defy the Rise in Checking Account Fees: The most important type of fee on a checking account is the monthly maintenance fee, because this is a fee that you pay month-in and month-out, regardless of how you use your account. In the latest survey, the average monthly maintenance fee rose by 18 cents to $12.26. That means the typical customer paying this kind of fee would have to fork over a total of $147.12 a year, just for the privilege of having a checking account.

What's your bank costing you? I use a credit union and only pay for ATM fees (and then even get reimbursed sometimes).

Survival, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Anything Outdoors. It's all that we do.: Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About A Bug Out Bag

Survival, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Anything Outdoors. It's all that we do.: Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About A Bug Out Bag: The bag you choose should be big enough to hold your gear, light enough to grab and go, and be comfortable to carry. You may also want to consider a pack that has a self contained water system or camel back capability. The gear that you chose to carry is the most important part of the bug out bag. You can assemble a simple bag to sustain yourself for 72 hours or a more complex pack that has long term capabilities. The following is a list of the essentials you will need to survive. Learn how to use everything in your bug out bag, a piece of equipment is useless if you don't know how to use it.

Survival, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Anything Outdoors. It's all that we do.: My EDC Survival Kit

Survival, Camping, Hunting, Fishing, Anything Outdoors. It's all that we do.: My EDC Survival Kit: Field and Stream magazine is always doing features on altoids tin survival kits but lets face facts most of us would not carry it unless we were going into the woods. The number one most important thing to have on you is a quality knife. I always have a kershaw lock back in my right pants pocket. Next, I smoke so I always have a bic lighter or zippo on my person and as we all know fire is essential for boosting morale, warmth, water purification, cooking, and countless other things.

SPOT Connect

SPOT Connect: Today's smartphones provide a level of social connection far beyond what we imagined just a few years ago. But when you go beyond the reach of the grid, your smartphone needs the help of SPOT Connect to keep you in touch with friends, family, and emergency personnel. Simply pair your smartphone with SPOT Connect, and get connected to a global satellite network that lets you send messages and GPS coordinates from virtually anywhere on the planet. Update Twitter and Facebook. Send email and text messages. Request non-emergency help from professional service providers. And in the case of a critical emergency, send an SOS message requesting emergency assistance.

How To Clean and Season Old, Rusty Cast Iron Skillets Apartment Therapy Tutorials | Apartment Therapy

How To Clean and Season Old, Rusty Cast Iron Skillets Apartment Therapy Tutorials | Apartment Therapy: There are a lot of tutorials out there for seasoning your cast iron, but not a lot about getting rust off. (One I found involved oven cleaner. NO thank you.) The ones I did find used steel wool, which I didn't have handy and I don't much care for it anyway because I always manage to cut or scratch myself with it. So...I used what I had sitting around and got to it.

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Ask Well: More Repetitions vs. More Weight? - NYTimes.com

Ask Well: More Repetitions vs. More Weight? - NYTimes.com: In a 2012 study by Dr. Phillips and colleagues, published in PLoS ONE, college-aged young men were randomly assigned to a weight training program in which they repeatedly lifted either 30 percent of the maximum weight possible for them until their muscles were exhausted; or 80 percent of their maximum until, again, their arms or legs were noodle-y. Afterward, both groups developed cellular changes related to muscle growth, meaning either routine would add similar amounts of muscle. But lifting the lighter weights, Dr. Phillips said, also builds muscular endurance, far more so than grunting through fewer repetitions with heavy weights, and results in less risk of muscular injury. As a bonus, completing more repetitions with lighter weights also results in “a greater amount of total work” per session, meaning more calories burned than fewer repetitions with heavier weights.

Getting in shape? Is it endurance or strength that counts in a survival situation? I'm going with endurance.

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