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The Ultimate Survivalism Thread

John Connor

John Connor

Lifer
This thread is for the sharing of all things survivalism and prepper related. Be it a zombie apocalypse, how to survive in a stranded car during a blizzard or how to light a fire, etc. Feel free to share prepper related tools and tradecraft.


I'll start by sharing a video on how to create a fire with nothing more than a sandwich bag and water.




The same guy shares how to open a coconut. Very interesting as I always wanted to know how to do that.

 
Chaotic42 said:
Essential knots:
https://www.animatedknots.com/essential.php

Magnetic Declination calculator (important to make note of before travelling):
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/#declination
Epoch 2015 PDF map (very large): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/World_Magnetic_Declination_2015.pdf
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Rope work is way underappreciated by the general population. I see people all time driving with noob straps, or shit tied down with rope/twine/shoestrings... that has an incredibly small chance of making the whole journey.
 
Back in high school while I was in JROTC, we learned how to tie several knots. I even learned how to tie a Swiss seat. Talk about restricting the blood flow to your balls.
 
Chaotic42 said:
Essential knots:
https://www.animatedknots.com/essential.php

Magnetic Declination calculator (important to make note of before travelling):
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/#declination

Epoch 2015 PDF map (very large):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/World_Magnetic_Declination_2015.pdf
Click to expand...
Nice. I'd really like to learn about knots cause besides the basic one you tie your shoes with, that's about all I know (yes I'm a pleb). I think I'll start by picking like 5 of the most basic/useful/common ones and learn those. Hopefully I don't forget them cause honestly, I hardly ever find the need to tie knots. I'll probably have to periodically do a refresher/practice on them haha.
 
clamum said:
Nice. I'd really like to learn about knots cause besides the basic one you tie your shoes with, that's about all I know (yes I'm a pleb). I think I'll start by picking like 5 of the most basic/useful/common ones and learn those. Hopefully I don't forget them cause honestly, I hardly ever find the need to tie knots. I'll probably have to periodically do a refresher/practice on them haha.
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You can do almost everything you need with a sheetbend, bowline, truckers cinch, and anchor bend. That'll get you everything from a repaired shoelace, to all your crap home in one piece from homedepot.
 
lxskllr said:
You can do almost everything you need with a sheetbend, bowline, truckers cinch, and anchor bend. That'll get you everything from a repaired shoelace, to all your crap home in one piece from homedepot.
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And for those who will end up like Waggy the hangman's noose is a must...


Too soon?
 
lxskllr said:
You can do almost everything you need with a sheetbend, bowline, truckers cinch, and anchor bend. That'll get you everything from a repaired shoelace, to all your crap home in one piece from homedepot.
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Hmmm. Well thanks, I think I'll start by learning those first. I got a bunch of paracord, I'll just cut a couple lengths of that. Gives me something to practice while watching YouTube/Netflix haha.
 
BudAshes said:
And for those who will end up like Waggy the hangman's noose is a must...


Too soon?
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I thought it was interesting that in Boy Scouts we learned how to tie that knot. I have my doubts it's in the book now though. This was in the early 90's.

Hell, when I was in JROTC in LET 1, the book talks about shooting, but the teacher said we won't cover that.
 
You can burn crayons for light.

If you are in a flood zone you can store things in your dishwasher.

If you need to store a crap load of water. Put two trash bags together in a trash can and fill with water.

The water in your toilet tank is generally safe to drink. Providing of course you haven't added any chemicals.

Buy a few of these for a SHTF scenario. https://www.amazon.com/Filtration-E...sr=8-1-spell&keywords=drinking+purified+starw

Cosco and Sams Club are now selling 1 moth food supplies. Look into that.

You should have one or two go bags. https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=go bag&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20

You might be able to build your own cheaper. I bought a lot of my stuff including a surgeons kit on eBay.
 
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John Connor said:
You can burn crayons for light.

If you are in a flood zone you can store things in your dishwasher.

If you need to store a crap load of water. Put two trash bags together in a trash can and fill with water.

The water in your toilet tank is generally safe to drink. Providing of course you haven't added any chemicals.

Buy a few of these for a SHTF scenario. https://www.amazon.com/Filtration-E...sr=8-1-spell&keywords=drinking+purified+starw

Cosco and Sams Club are now selling 1 moth food supplies. Look into that.

You should have one or two go bags. https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=go bag&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20

You might be able to build your own cheaper. I bought a lot of my stuff including a surgeons kit on eBay.
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Trash bags are often treated with chemicals meant to repel various nefarious life forms. Best not to use them for Food or Water storage.
 
sandorski said:
Trash bags are often treated with chemicals meant to repel various nefarious life forms. Best not to use them for Food or Water storage.
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Interesting. There goes that idea. I seen it on FaceMoron during the hurricanes. So Perhaps just clean out and fill the trash can? LOL
 
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