Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about lights. What makes a good light? What makes a bad light? Why I don’t carry one everyday? What the light would have to be for me to carry it. You know the stuff
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Blog Archives
Revisiting a not so bright idea
Why do you carry, what you carry…
…or maybe a better question is why don’t you carry what you leave at home? You only have the tools and equipment, you have available to solve any problem. So it only goes to reason the more you have with
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Improvise, Adapt and Overcome
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome… is an unofficial motto of the Marine Corps and a staple of the preparedness mindset. Occasionally I get little reminders of this in my daily life and got one of those today. Mrs. WTBGU needed a prescription
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Disappointed by how fake my “Real Deal Brazil” hat is
I have known about the hats from Real Deal Brazil for some time and I finally pulled the trigger and ordered on Friday. Well it came today and I was less than impressed. Simply due to the nature of the hats what
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The right side is facing a heat wave and many don’t have power…
… but at least we aren’t on fire! While we aren’t danger of a wild fire destroying our home, ultra high heat indexes do pose a very real danger to your health. If you follow me on Twitter (if you
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Swinging in the breeze
I have wanted to write a review of the Eagles Nest Outfitters Single Nest Hammock since last fall, but I have never done it. Today however, the weather is perfect and I am just hanging out in it watching the kids,
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My discussion with Surefire at SHOT 2012
The real benefit of attending the NSSF SHOT Show is not seeing the new product, but having the ability to speak with experts from each of the companies. One discussion that I had at the Surefire addressed 2 important topics
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The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire… And we want don’t want to let it burn.
Starting a fire is as much about controlling the forces that will extinguish the fire as it about creating the heat which will allow ignition so before I cover fire starting, it makes sense to talk about putting one out.
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