By Ben on June 1, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear, Shelter, Tools, Water | Tagged backpacking, Bob, camping, clothing, fire, hiking, off-grid, sleeping gear, stoves, survival, tents, TEOTWAWKI, water purification, wilderness |
This is another great set of tips from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob discusses the optimal backpacking setup.
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My standard list of backpacking gear has changed very little in the past twenty years.
I favor fairly heavy leather boots [...]
By Kevin on May 26, 2010
Posted in DIY, Gear, Tools, Transportation | Tagged bug-out, car survival, clothing, first-aid, knife, medicine, multi-tool, survival, survival kit, wilderness |
I am always surprised by the number of people I run into that do not have any supplies in their car for emergency situations. I guess most of them have the, “it can’t happen to me” mentality — that mentality will get you killed.
Every year, stories pop up in the news about a person or [...]
By Harold on April 21, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear | Tagged alternative energy, biolite, invention, off-grid, stoves, sustainability, third world |
A new wood burning stove invention powered by a thermoelectric generator, will have the ability to convert waste heat from fire to electricity. The inventors say their BioLite stove can burn a wide variety of biomass fuels from wood, pine cones and underbrush to pellets, rice husks and even dung. The BioLite burning process performs [...]
By Ben on April 4, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear, Physical | Tagged backpacking, Bob, camping, canoeing, cooking, cycling, fuel, gear reviews, heat sources, outdoors, stoves, wilderness |
This is another very very useful write-up from my online buddy, Bob. A seasoned adventurer and backpacker; he discusses the pros and cons of various backpacking stoves, fuels, and techniques.
He also does a side-by-side comparison of the time it takes to boil water in various weather conditions, relative to a normal kitchen range.
Very informative [...]
By Ben on April 1, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Gear, Physical, Power, Tools | Tagged alternative energy, apartment, camping, gasoline, generators, noise, suburban, urban |
In light of all the (often deserved) buzz about solar and wind power; sometimes older, noisier technology is overlooked. So, lets talk needs, pros, and cons…
What do you need electricity for? During a normal day, you need it to power TVs, water-heaters, computers, the fridge, the stove, the microwave, and so on — but during [...]
