Posts by G. Jay Kerns
I like the other answers (+1). Here is a method based on that described in How To Stay Alive in the Woods by Bradford Angier. You need a stick, another rigid object or string, and a sunny day. I...
I had the same worries as the OP, but a buddy of mine brought a store-bought hammock on a 3 night trip a few years ago. I started investigating and found this site. I made my own for a few bucks ...
This question has been answered already, but this problem interested me and I thought I'd share for future readers what I found by playing around with it. The North American Wind Chill Index as pr...
An astronomer with a protractor and pocket-calculator can figure almost anything. Unfortunately, though, astronomers don't fit very well in survival kits (and grumble when you try to stuff them in...
