Are you learning any skills to help survive after SHT??

[TBurnham]

I have made it a point to learn as much as I can for surviving outdoors. I took up trapping and learning the "old school" ways of doing things. I am just wondering if any others are learning the old ways of doing things......for like when there is not running water.....no grocery store......no Wal mart.....etc.... My wife has been learning as much first aid as she can. I would love to hear what others are learning. It would be my thoughts to stay away....far away from stores as we seen what happen during Katrina. To get kill of injured would not just be the end for you but your family that depends on you.

 

[Tonyf6188]

My wife and I were schedule to attend the Med Corps training this year.
A new baby stopped all that until next year. Advanced first aid as well
as minor surgical procedures are taught and experienced. Here is the link

http://www.medicalcorps.org/

The only problem is they only offer it in Ohio and only once a year.

 

[TBurnham]

WOW....that is sad that they dont have something like that more "local" That would be great to attend

 

[Tonyf6188]

Yeah I wish they did. I did contact them to see if they would do a travel class
but they won't.

I have also heard that the local CERT training is good. Have not tried that myself.

 

[TBurnham]

Coweta County does "Man Tracker" classes once a year......there is alot of first aid class in it as well. Some of them are pretty good. But still they most deal with the simple first aid.

 

[BIKER13]

Somebody put together a meet and lets talk about these things.Share some notes and swap ideas.

 

[Bellman2]

I've had thirty years of mandatory first aid trainning, everything from wound prep and closure to rashes, to cpr, heat stroke heat ex. ect. Hope I never have to use it but.............

 

[jsquared]

I have really been wanting to learn more about agriculture and how to work soil over year after year. I don't have much of a green thumb at all and I think knowing how to "grow your own" is going to be invaluable when you can no longer buy produce.

 

[EchoFiveIndia]

Liquor.

Learn to distill liquor. If everything ever does collapse it will be one thing that can be easily bartered and can be used as antiseptic...

I've got a total nut job buddy that spent a good bit of time in Laos when we weren't there so to speak, I think that's the most useful thing he's ever said to me...

 

[Baele]

I have trapping and tanning hides without chemicals. You know, Indian style.

Also working on map reading and hiking the Pinhoti this fall.