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Personal Survival Kit (PSK): tools

“Every survival kit should include a sense of humour” I resent having to carry a first aid kit.  I have never used anything from my first aid kit and, when it comes to packing it, a reckless little...

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PSK series: fire kit

“A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark” (Dante Alighieri) A lighter is a godsend in the jungle but they can run out of fuel.  Luckily it isn’t too difficult to turn an empty lighter into a ‘spark...

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PSK series: search and rescue

“A clever man can get himself out of a situation a wise man would never get into” In Yossi Ghinsberg’s book Lost in the Jungle he describes how, at a point when he feels more optimistic about self...

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Jungle speargun

“There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot”  (Steven Wright) An item you commonly see in PSKs (personal survival kits) is a single loop of snare wire.  For the...

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Emergency repair for a tarp that’s ripped apart

“What do you actually need?  Food, clothing, shelter.  Everything else is entertainment” (Aloe Blacc) Aloe Blacc (in the quote above) seems to have neglected to include water – which I suspect he would...

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A survival kit item you may have missed

It is often the case that the simpler the piece of kit the more useful and dependable it is: a compass is more reliable than a GPS, the simplicity and cutting ability of a parang makes it superior to...

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Should you trust your compass?

Lodestone: (definition) a variety of magnetite that possesses magnetic polarity and attracts iron. In days gone by ships would carry a lodestone as part of their navigation equipment.  Should the...

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