I read Bison pretty regularly if not daily.Dakin is some unique insights to survival.
http://bisonsurvivalblog.blogspot.com/
However the guest post called Death to prepping by someone called Big Cactus I take exception to! While well written and he states his argument well I disagree!
In a nutshell what I got out of it was you don't need all the prepper/survival crap.Knowledge is much more important.
Skills like making your own ceramic water filter is cool.He says if ya bug out you can't take all your crap with you! Possibly true! However will you be taking your firebricks to make your own flowerpot ceramic filter.No I don't think so.Firebricks are heavy.
However is right certain elements of prepper community are out to liberate your money and nothing else!
I say Prep! No telling which scenario may go down.I do agree knowledge is very important. Staying calm is probably most important in any crisis.
Be prepared!
China
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Knowledge is useless without tools, and vice-versa. Like everything in life, it's a balancing act...
ReplyDeleteBrother thats my thoughts exactly!
ReplyDeleteChina
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Preps and gear for the short term, Skills and knowledge for the long term. Some of it mixes and both are important.
ReplyDeleteScott,thats the way I see it Bro.
ReplyDeleteChina
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You read my post, but did not understand what I was trying to communicate. I always take this to be my fault. If the people reading what I write don't get the point, it's on me, not them.
ReplyDeleteThe lead in was about ambivalence. I love prepping, and I hate prepping. I happen to believe that all preppers are actually ambivalent about what they are doing, but people may disagree with this. The post was about my frustration over prepping (one side of the ambivalence). The long lists of things (aka, crap) that I had been working on month after month was just getting to me. Yes, I practice skills too. But far more often end up just accumulating tools and materials... how much is enough? At what point is the latest doo dad someone is talking about on a blog just a waste? At what point might the emphasis on buying survival crap lead people to stop prepping altogether?
Big Cactus