Learning + Tutorials
Bug Out Tools
Updated November 2025
There are certain items which are difficult if not impossible to recreate from raw materials in the wild.
They are:
Cook Over a Campfire
Cooking over a campfire, or over open flame is a dying art to be sure. And let's face it, its not really considered a necessary skill to know anymore since electric and gas stoves are ubiquitous. Unless you are into prepping...!
But there are reasons to know how to cook over open flames and to have the right equipment to do so. Extended power outages come to mind.
How to Find Direction Using the Sun and Stars
If you don't always carry a compass around with you (who typically does?) then having the knowledge of how to find out your direction and where you want to go could be lifesaving.
Editor’s note: The following excerpt was taken from FM 21-76: Survival Evasion and Escape, an Army field manual published in 1968.
