Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Best Pocket Kit ESEE Knives Kit Best Small Pouch SOL Scout Kit Best Large Pouch Everlit Survival Survival kits are purpose-built for a very bad day, yet these kits don’t have a gloom-and-doom vibe for most outdoor enthusiasts. In fact, they usually evoke the opposite feeling. My survival students often describe these kits as offering hope and possibilities (not to mention some cool gadgets). Personally, I love buying and building survival kits and wouldn’t want you to think of them as a bad luck charm.…

A fuel tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen was hijacked by Somali pirates.  The Tanzanian-flagged fuel and chemical tanker MT Asana has a crew of 20 on board and was seized on Friday. Iran Accuses The US Of Acting Like “Pirates” After departing the Yemeni port of Mukalla, seven armed pirates reportedly boarded the MT Asana and forced it into Somali territorial waters near Puntland, according to the Associated Press, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the incident. While Tanzanian authorities have not confirmed any details yet, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has stated…

South Korean authorities ordered brief neighborhood evacuations on Tuesday after a leak of white phosphorus inside the U.S. Osan Air Base south of Seoul, the Safety Ministry said.No casualties were reported and the evacuation notice for residents was lifted after about half an hour, as South Korean fire authorities and U.S. forces carried out decontamination work, Yonhap news agency reported. “At 1708 (0808 GMT), due to a ground mishap and out of an abundance of caution, Osan AB (Air Base) established a 1,000-foot safety cordon to protect base and local populace,” the base said in a statement. “Our emergency response…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. I have an orchard and garden that I put a lot of work into. Unfortunately, every summer the local squirrels, opossums, and raccoons really appreciate all that work as they help themselves to my fruit and tomatoes. I’ve yet to have one of my home-grown peaches because both of my trees get stripped before the fruit has a chance to ripen. All my attempts to use netting, sprays, and sonic deterrents have failed. I’ve tried diplomacy, and now I must go to war. ​The Air…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Is it just my imagination or are an awful lot of folks on the trail, at the shooting range, and at hunting camps wearing some kind of parachute cord bracelet nowadays? What started a few years ago as a practical way for soldiers, firefighters, and outdoor adventurers to carry some extra 550 cord has mushroomed into a multi-million dollar business serving fashion-conscious urbanites and true wilderness aficionados alike. Since bracelets and jewelry were invented, they have been worn mostly for looks. Decorative wear typically doesn’t…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: This Super El Niño May Be “The Strongest By A Truly Mind-Blowing Margin” And Could Cause The Most Economic Damage Ever We are literally watching a slow-motion apocalyptic event play out right in front of our eyes, but most people in the general population don’t seem too concerned even though we are being warned that this apocalyptic event could cause trillions of dollars in economic losses. Large numbers of fish are being cooked to death, unprecedented wildfires are ripping across the United States and…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. There was nothing easy about frontier life. If you lived into your 40s, you were a novelty. Those who survived were of hearty stock, and their tales of survival still live today. We sifted through the stories and found some of the hardiest frontier folk to live through it all. Keep in mind, for the most part, these are indeed stories and tough to verify. So take them with a grain of salt. If just half of their trials are true, then “tough” doesn’t begin…