Stories By Todd Walker
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Spoon Carving with an Ax
January 16, 2015Woodcraft, bush craft, camp craft… whatever term you prefer, is all about building skills of self-reliance.
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Input → Output: Survival Math Made Easy
January 11, 2015What’s Math got to do with survival? Everything!
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5 Tips to Cure Nature Deficit Disorder in Your Child
November 27, 2014As a whole, our younger generation doesn’t get out much except to hang out at the...
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Daily Disaster Drills and The 5 C’s of Survivability
September 24, 2014Emergency preparedness doesn’t cover the entire scope of self-reliance. However, it often times serves as a...
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Plans Fail → Skills Endure
August 22, 2014In the early stages of my journey to self-reliance, I packed so much shiny survival stuff...
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Unstoppable Self-Reliance: The Tree is in the Seed
August 12, 2014With each new skill I teach or post I write, I add more value to myself...
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How to Build a “Stairway to Heaven” Rat Trap in 15 Minutes
August 2, 2014I’m always trying to build a better mouse trap. I saw a couple of bucket rat...
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Backyard Bushcraft Skills: No Wilderness Required
July 20, 2014Your journey to self-reliance starts in your own backyard!
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5 Tips for Epic Self-Reliance Skills
July 3, 2014Our modern entitlement culture may not reflect this fact – but all humans are hardwired for...
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Headlines & Head Lies
Sick of Ticks? Take Brad Paisley’s Advice
July 2, 2014These blood suckers are anything but petty parasites for anyone venturing outdoors. Their genetics seem to...
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6 No-Drama Survival Tips for a Clothed and Confident Summer
June 24, 2014It’s Summertime! A season where families and friends hit the trails and waterways for hikes, boating,...
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Functional Fitness: The Wild Woodsman Workout
June 21, 2014Could you fireman’s carry a family member to safety – or split firewood without hydraulic equipment...
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50+ Dumpster Diva Hacks that Convert Waste to Wealth
June 13, 2014A possum mentality will lead people to think you’re cheap. In our propped up economy, I...
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10 Reasons to Add Plantain to Your SHTF Medicine Chest
May 24, 2014No matter how domesticated we’ve become, at our genetic core, our hunter-gather within longs to be...
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Born Again Tools: Giving New Life to an Old Ax
May 14, 2014A recent trip to the mountains of Georgia produced a good haul of old tools… namely,...
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Pondering Poison Ivy Remedies and Itch Relief
May 9, 2014Spend any amount of time in the outdoors or in your yard, it’s very likely you’ll...
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31 Ways to Help Kids Trade Screens for Streams
May 5, 2014Up for the challenge of cutting the electronic umbilical cord? Modeling and facilitating is your job....
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14 DiY Projects for Wilderness Self-Reliance
April 28, 2014Turning your bushcraft buddies green with envy isn’t the goal, but you gotta admit, munching on...
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23+ Items You Need to Retool for Self-Reliance
April 9, 2014Those who are paying attention are actively retooling to escape the noose of modern consumerism and...
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Foraging Feral Food: Trout Lily
March 20, 2014Craving feral food? Now’s the time to hit the woods. The Trout Lily is blooming!
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The Art of ‘Smoothing It’ in Struggleville
March 9, 2014We all have comfort zones and comfort items we’d hate to do without. These places and...
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The Definitive Guide to Dehydrating Jerky
February 24, 2014Survival was never guaranteed. But we are a creative, wily species. Thanks to our fat-fed brains...
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The 2% Solution to Prepper Paralysis
February 22, 2014The modern convenience-store mindset conditions us to want immediate results. If we could only reach that...
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Live Wild Where the Pavement Ends
February 19, 2014Every trial has a story, every tree has a tale, every rock sings. You can smell...
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Crime/Police State
Surviving School Shootings with Weapons of Mass Instruction
February 11, 2014It’s quite possible you, a family member, or a friend work in a Weapon Free Zone....
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Top 5 Reason to Stock Silly Juice for SHTF
February 8, 2014Regardless if you consume alcohol personally or not, silly juice has a place in your SHTF...
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A Waterproofing Hack That Guarantees Fire
February 3, 2014Fire starting woes are compounded when the dry stuff isn’t available. Every bush craft, camping, hiking,...
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Armageddon Scenarios
Live Like a Prepper but You Don’t Have to Be a Prepper: A Tale of Two Cities
January 31, 2014Let’s start by asking: what are you prepping for?
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Best Prepper Practices: Add a 4th B to Your 3 B’s
January 20, 2014“Best” practice (BP) is used to describe a method that has consistently produced superior results over...
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Economy and Finance
Silver Bullion or Junk Silver for Long-term Bartering?
January 5, 2014In a primitive barter economy, tangibles become currency.