Teach Yourself Survival Skills

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Note: This article was written in 1989 for the American Survival Guide. Much has changed since then. Some of the information maybe be useful in thinking and planning for different SHTF scenarios, remember this is the authors particular perspective, not my own BACKPACK SURVIVAL There's a lot of confusion about what survival means. To some, it's getting through the aftermath of an airplane

Ever since I'd first brought up the subject of survival, my father had scornfully rejected anything I had to say. He was one of those with the "it can't happen and it won't happen here" attitude. He reminded me of the brass in the US high command prior to Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. That evening, as I sat reading my latest issue of "The Survivor" in my room, my younger brother Jeff, who is