My Sling Observatons

 

Following the video posted below, I made my sling. A few notes...first, you start with a 9 foot cord, about 3/16 inch paracord is best. Anything thinner and you'll be weaving forever. Anything fatter and you'll have trouble feeding it through the weave, unless you just want a bigger basket.

 

So, cut and heat seal both ends of the cord so it doesn't fray. Then, measure up 30 inches, and make your loop. This cord was sort of slippery, so the little white clip you see in the photo was used to anchor both loops as I wove the basket. My fingers are small, and still it was challenging to get the weave started properly.

Don't worry, as you weave, you can scrunch the cordage down, making it a tight weave. At first its sort of open.

 

When you finish the basket, pull up the ends, be sure and knot it so it doesn't come loose. Then tie in your finger loop so that both ends of the cords are about the same. Once you start practicing, you'll put a rock in that sling, hold both ends, get good momentum, then let it fly.

 

I'll report on that next! Look out trees....

How To Make Rock Sling

While surfing http://surivalistboard.com , I came across a short youtube imbedded video demonstrating how to use an Apache Rock sling. The video showed a guy slinging it pretty acurately. It raised my curiousity. I clicked on a related video and found this demo on how to make one. Figured it was worth embedding here for future reference. I'm going to make one and start practicing. The instructor made a valid observation. If David could bring down Goliath with one well placed shot, a survivalist could bring down some game. Stay tuned for field observations.

Survival Head Quarters A Must!

Yesterday afternoon I was invited to join SurvivalHQ....a fantastic resource of knowledgeable people discussing survival skills, philosophy, and real life skills in a friendly forum format.
Check it out:

http://survivalhq.net/forum.php

There are necessary steps for the sign up process. Be patient, its worth it.

As things tighten up in the real world, violence and scarcity threatening a civil society, those of us who want to protect ourselves and our families should be thinking about the skills and the tools necessary to do this.

Firearms, shelters, scavenging skills, connecting with honest like minded people, and the ability to stay below the radar are some of the things I'm working on.

Stay tuned to this blog, check out my sister blog, Brawnyview, and sign up for SurvivalHQ.

Instead of playing bubble games on facebook and requesting sheep for imaginary farms in online game applications, I'd rather be learning how to survive when, not if, the Shit hits the fan.

Ok, back to playing on my volcano, here in Yellowstone National Park.

This photo was taken on my 4 mile round trip ski across the thermal mapped Lake Yellowstone, where my friend and I reached Stevenson Island. There are hot spots under this fresh water lake, the largest lake in the world about 8,000 feet. This fact allows open water to be found  in the lake despite the fact most of the ice is 3 feet thick on average during extreme cold.

My layers have done well. Its March 12 and some mornings its still below zero. I back country ski most days.

Surivivalist Links of Great Use

In the last two days I have been incredibly busy connecting with other survivalists around the United States. These three links have been very useful in learning about upcoming events, weapondry, skills and basic philosophy.


www.survivalblog.com This site is huge with easy navigation tools on the left side bar. Its up to date and has guest posts as well.

survivalistsingles.com Check this out instead of e-harmony or match.com if you're a survivalist. In twenty four hours I've "met" many great guys, all potential friends. Its easy and free to join and post a profile, get mail and surf. There is an upgraded membership. I don't know anything about that yet, haven't had time to check it out fully.


survivalistboards.com This is a massive, interactive forum and group web site. Be prepared to spend lots of time surfing. Its easy to post, easy to join.

Just Released-Book Four

 

I just finished and up loaded No Storm Like This-Book Four of the River Survival Series.

 

Available at Barnes and Noble for Nook readers,  and  at Amazon. com for Kindle readers,

Here. This book is much longer than the first three, 464 pages of warfare, sex and violence. Beware, its not suitable for young adults.

 

There are many long running battles between the Federal Government trying to retake control of the nation after 7 years post-grid collapse, and the Resistance, which uses ham radio to network among their people. We learn about the battles via suicide reporters stationed on top various buildings in communities under attack.

 

 

 

 

KIll You Back!

 

A friend posted this photo to my facebook page.

I love it.

Zero jails, 513 cemeteries.

Location, Location, Location.

 

This is a pretty accurate message, too.

 

Have a great day.

Ski Adventure on Lake Yellowstone

March First my friend and I skied 2 miles to Stevenson Island. We checked out the Island, then skied back.

On the way, I saw a crease in the snow. I had my binoculars, scoped it and felt some concern over the water levels. You see, there are "hot spots" in Lake Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park sits on top a volcano. Steam comes up in various places in the park. The most famous is Old Faithful geyser.

I brought my day pack with me in case we had to overnight on the Island, stuck because of dangerous slush. I did hit one spot. I moved to the right and although the snow was wet, didnt' come across any more issues. We had rope with us in case we felt the need to rope together.

I also had fire starter, plastic bag, rain jacket, a light, some food.

I took alot of photos and footage, so did Barbie.

I think March 1 was pushing it for this trip, but we couldn't get out sooner.