http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/ Are YOU ready? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2343 jeff Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:23:47 +0000 http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2343 With me, every camping trip is Training! Whether car camping or backpacking, setting up a basic camp efficiently and if I am staying a few days, then I start converting the basic into a base camp. I practice setting up a defensive perimeter, with a simple alarm system, scouting for animal trails for future food opportunities, building windbreaks, and natural materials shelters, etc, etc. I try to squeeze the most bang out of my camping bucks!! With me, every camping trip is Training! Whether car camping or backpacking, setting up a basic camp efficiently and if I am staying a few days, then I start converting the basic into a base camp. I practice setting up a defensive perimeter, with a simple alarm system, scouting for animal trails for future food opportunities, building windbreaks, and natural materials shelters, etc, etc. I try to squeeze the most bang out of my camping bucks!!

]]> http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2227 Kipper Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:04:10 +0000 http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2227 Briain: Double?? more like quadriple ;) (marksmanship, navigation, tracking and general outdoor survival skils (ie, firelighting, signalling, water purification, butchering etc etc). Briain: Double?? more like quadriple ;) (marksmanship, navigation, tracking and general outdoor survival skils (ie, firelighting, signalling, water purification, butchering etc etc).

]]> http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2225 Brain Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:21:12 +0000 http://www.shtfblog.com/backpacking-as-a-shtf-preparedness-technique-survival-fiction-books-preparedness-techniques/#comment-2225 If you’re a hunter, you can use your backpacking/bushwacking adventure to scout terrain for game sign. That way you’re double skill building: tracking and navigation. If you’re a hunter, you can use your backpacking/bushwacking adventure to scout terrain for game sign. That way you’re double skill building: tracking and navigation.

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