How our Spanish Reference Translation Sticker came to be, why it's important, and how it could save your life someday

Why wood stoves are important, and how you can make one light enough to carry anywhere

In America, apples are probably the most prolific food available to forage freely. This is presumably the case in much of Europe too. No...

A $140 tent/cabin woodstove that doesn't suck?

Lessons learned from Shivworks' martial arts-focused vehicular shooting course

Important lessons learned from attending a 48 hour force-on-force training event in the mountains of West Virginia

NOTE: This post has been written by my good friend D Drum over at Thwackster Crafting, and is, I think, some insightful knowledge on a...

TL;DR: buy a Foretrex 601 if you can afford it, otherwise get a 401 or 301. Buy used off ebay or tacswap In almost every photo of me in...

Military surplus has a funny way of breaking the normal rules of economics. If I were to, say, manufacture and sell an exact copy of a...

I've got a lot of hot takes, but so far none have received as much feedback (from both sides) as this. THE TL;DR VERSION Combat boots are...

I recently got back from a double overnighter in snow and cold of january in the Colorado Rockies. Surviving and thriving outdoors in the...

Hoping to make a little series of these deep dives on specific areas of my kit and how I save weight and why I use the gear that I do....

I get a lot of feedback (some good, some bad) about the things I pack in my LFR. To an ultralight backpacker, some of it seems odd. To an...

Writing this because every time I post what book I'm currently reading, I get questions on reading recommendations. As someone who spends...

So fair warning: this is largely copy pasted from a powerpoint presentation I gave in February 2021. So the layout and tone might come...

Since posting your "recce rifle" seems popular at the moment, Much as I hate posting gun stuff, I thought I'd go over mine, since a...

Lately I've been getting some common questions about the Lightfighter Rig regarding things like sizing and compatibility, so I figured...

One of the most common questions I get about my gear is an explanation of what I keep inside my Hill People Gear Kit Bag, AKA the weird...

BACKGROUND I don't think I need to sell anyone on the ideal that a compass is an important tool for land navigation. It's also just a...

This one's for my homies in the One Shepherd community, the Brushbeater community, or anyone else who still appreciates the value of the...