Wendy gave me one of these for Christmas after we saw Les Stroud use it while in the Amazon jungle during an episode of Survivorman. A Magnesium Fire Starter is essential a pile of magnesium shavings that when scraped off onto some wood and them lit with a spark from the striker, burns at 5400 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Survive!’
Essentials for Your Personal Survival Kit
After reading Les Stroud’s book Survive!, I thought I would post Stroud’s list of equipment that should be in your own personal survival kit. The comments after the gear are my own. Bandanna :: I have a shaved head and once or twice a year I go out without a hat and burn the top [...]
Survive! by Les Stroud
Wendy gave me a copy of Les Stroud’s book, Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive. The book follows a pretty simple concept. When everything goes wrong and you are stranded, trapped, or just left behind, this books goal is to teach you what you need to do to [...]
