How to Use A FireSteel.com FireSteel
A you may know, a FireSteel.com FireSteel is the surest way to start a fire in survival situations.  However, survival gear is only as good as the abilities of the person using it... More from SurvivalTopics.com

The Greatest Wilderness Medicine that You can Make
You are deep in the wilderness with a sprained ankle that is swelling and very painful.  With no aspirin or ibuprofen in your survival kit and miles from the nearest drugstore, what are you going to do? You’re going to treat your pain and discomfort with a potent painkiller and anti-inflammatory that you can easily make.  Survival Topics will show you how…. More from SurvivalTopics.com

Edible Pine Bark
Have you ever been hungry enough to eat a tree?  Survival Topics will show you just how delicious a huge old tree can be... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Making Pitch Glue
Tree pitch has a variety of survival uses including the making of glue.  In this survival topic we try our hand at making glue by combining pitch with other naturally occuring ingredients... More from SurvivalTopics.com

The Best Fire Starter Ever Invented
Being able to start a fire is the first survival skill you should have.What's the best firestarter? Read this and get one for yourself... More from SurvivalTopics.com

How to Make a Minnow Trap from Plastic Bottles
Discarded plastic is causing immense environmental damage to the earth we all need for survival. But the hungry wilderness survivor can turn this plastic into useful items by making lightweight minnow traps. Here's how... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Passive Wilderness Survival Food Acquisition
In wilderness survival, energy and time are the yardsticks of wealth. Going into debt on this account could very well jepardize your ability to survive.When it comes to finding food in the wilderness, go about it as would a skilled investor seeking to increase wealth. Invest! Here's how... More from SurvivalTopics.com

How to Make a Zeppelin Bend Knot
The best knot ever made for tying two ropes together has been virtually forgotten. That is, until now.Learn how to tie this knot and forget about all the others you have ever used for this purpose; your very survival could depend upon it... More from SurvivalTopics.com

A Scorpion is a Scorpion
Parables can often help you understand a subject far better than simply stating the facts.Often the creators of parables speak from a wisdom that can only come from experience and deep reflection. Read this valuable piece of wilderness survival advice and consider the many facets of its meaning... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Mail Bag: Blades and Firestarters
A Survival Topics reader asks Ron questions about blades and firestarters... More from SurvivalTopics.com

The Dakota Fire Hole
Of all the methods for making a survival fire the Dakota Fire Hole may be the best ever devised.Simple to construct, efficient, and stealthy when you do not want to be found, apply this excellent survival fire skill during your next adventure... More from SurvivalTopics.com

New Bear Grylls Knife
An observant Survival Topics reader contacted me about the new Bear Grylls survival knife. More about this blade here... More from SurvivalTopics.com

How to Make a Survival Blanket Sleeping Bag
You have a single blanket or tarp and it is going to be a very cold night.What is the best way to use it to stay warm while sleeping? Survival Topics will show you... More from SurvivalTopics.com

How to Make a Firebed
You're cold, exhausted, and need to sleep. But your clothing is inadequate and you have no sleeping bag. If you lose conciousness you will freeze to death before morning.You're going to survive. Survival Topics will show you what to do.. More from SurvivalTopics.com

Do Not Feed the Wildlife
Feeding wildlife is not in the best interest of man or beast. When wildlife comes into town the animals are susceptible to a variety of hazards. Warning to the sqeemish - graphic picture... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Clean Your Cooking Gear with Wood Ashes
If you learn how to clean your cooking gear with wood ashes, you will have an unlimited supply of "soap" for this purpose - and you do not have to carry it... More from SurvivalTopics.com

That Water is Unsafe to Drink
Taking a nice cool drink from a crystal clear mountain stream could be one of the biggest mistakes of your life. Here's why... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Ice Flowers in Springtime
Spring has not yet sprung at the Survival Topics compound but flowers are blooming... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Learn to Predict Local Weather
An important survival skill that takes years of observation and practice to master is the ability to predict the local weather with a high degree of accuracy... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Late March Snowshoe Trek
Fresh moose blood in the snow and the discovery of a rare chaga conk while on a Spring snowshoe hike in the Great North Woods... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Still Winter at Survival Topics
Survival Topics is of necessity still in winter mode because it is still winter here in spite of what the calendar claims... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Real Survival Skills at Survival Topics
Many other survival websites merely regurgitate survival skills between one another as they sit in comfortable armchairs.Survival Topics survival skills as true and real as the situations you may find yourself in should you need to use them to save your life... More from SurvivalTopics.com

How to Make a Klemheist Knot
Another handy friction hitch similar to the Prusik knot is the Klemheist. However the Klemheist knot will slide in one direction when a load is applied... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Wilderness Survival Priorities
Once you acquire the basic wilderness survival skills one vital piece of information remains: the order in which you should apply these skills in a wilderness survival emergency... More from SurvivalTopics.com

Winter Survival Clothing System
The best method of dressing for the outdoors is known as the "Three layer system". Learn these principles and you can survive any weather, anytime, anywhere.... More from SurvivalTopics.com