What is a Ferro Rod?
A Ferro rod is a fire-starting tool also known as a metal match. With a Ferro rod, you can create sparks by quickly dragging a metal striker along the rod’s surface. These sparks can ignite dry kindling, allowing you to start a fire in the wilderness. Ferro rods are lightweight and compact, making them ideal […]
Camping Tent Buying Guide
Camping tents have been used as shelter for outdoor adventures for centuries. Historically, they were primarily used by soldiers on campaign, traders, and explorers. However, it wasn’t until the mid-19th century that recreational camping became popular. The first commercial camping tent was created and sold in the 1850s. Since then, camping tents have continued to […]
Top 10 Survival Items for Your Bug-Out Bag
Convenient Hobby Survival goes hand and hand with outdoor life and should be taken into consideration with most outdoor activities. It is usually somewhere in the back of your mind every time you leave your house. Many have made ‘survival’ a convenient hobby and some even make a living teaching advanced survival techniques known as […]
Best Sports Nutrition Brands
Modern Sports Nutrition Sports nutrition, as it is called, finds its roots in Scandinavia, where in the 1930s scientists began to study the metabolic behavior of carbohydrates and fats in relation to physical exercise. In 1965, at the University of Florida, Gatorade was developed for the football program by Dr. Robert Cade and his lab […]
5 Best Survival Shovels
Tactical Origins You will no doubt find one stashed in the back of MacGyver’s brown Wrangler. A survival shovel brings along with you some of the most important tactical tools needed for any given adventure. In 1891, the Karl Elsener company produced the first model of the famous Swiss Army Knife to supply the Swiss […]