“The ultimate goal of the survivalist is NOT to build an arsenal of high tech gadgetry that will allow him/her to “survive” in the wilderness.
Rather, the intention is to use modern equipment until the skill is mastered and to gradually liberate yourself from relying on it.
As a survivalist, the ultimate freedom is being able to walk humbly into the wilderness, with nothing but the knowledge in your head and a knife in your sheath (preferably a Hedgehog sheath!)… and yes, the true purist goes a step further by using only stone tools.
This article will give you one more skill, but if you don’t practice and make it your own, then no amount of knowledge will be enough to sustain you in the wild… so please don’t be an armchair survivalist!
Get out there and let the learning happen…”
