preparedness

My name is Bjoern, and I am an overlander and adventurer since birth, grew up camping and traveling with my parents. Later journeys became longer, to more remote places on this beautiful planet earth and more challenging. After working successfully in the risk and incident management area for...

PREPAREDNESS We all at one point or another make the decision to head out and EXPLORE ON OUR OWN. Which is okay, however you still need to be LEGITIMATELY PREPARED. You should have set in place a "notice" of sorts to your whereabouts, and when you expect to be back. So that if something actually...

Hey everyone, so after reading a thread on how many days most people go on excursions for, it makes me wonder how many days do you bring supplies for. From personal experience I've had one trip in particular with very limited cell service, in a remote location, on a mountain and I had planned...

Here's my dilemma, which I'm sure many of you face - when you can't afford to buy needed safety equipment, should you look for short cuts? Let me give an example. I think most would agree that a winch is a desired tool out on the trail. Recently, I bought and installed a Warn Winch only to...