From heatwaves or famine to nuclear war, these survivalists are ready for anything. Just don't call them a ...

A few weeks ago, I became convinced I ought to buy a compass. Also a tent, a LifeStraw, and solar chargers. Was I embarrassed about this 48-hour panic? Yes. But reading an op-ed at two in the morning ...

The day after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Eric Shonkwiler looked at his hiking bag to figure out what supplies he had. “I began to look at that as a resource for escape, should that ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: “I’m not obsessed with prepping. I’m obsessed with living.” This is the mission statement of one of the titular subjects of Doomsday Preppers, the National Geographic ...

Do you have your “bug-out bag” (BOB) ready for when the “s*** hits the fan” (SHTF), or will you “bug in” for “the end of the world as we know it” (TEOTWAWKI)? This jargon is well understood within ...

Two reliable fire starters most preppers leave out of their survival kits ...

Prepping has long been dominated by those on the political right. The classic stereotype, albeit not always accurate, is of the lone wolf with a basement full of Spam, a wall full of guns, and a mind ...