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About Ian

Trying to live a preparedness lifestyle, developing new skills to help me strive for that better life. This will serve as a memoir for myself and my family, friends and anyone who is interested as we take this crooked path towards an infinite destination.

The Friendly Swede – Beta Product Testing

Prepare 2 Survive are please  to announce their association with The Friendly Swede as Beta Product tester and evaluators. “The Friendly Swede’s success story began in 2011, when John Lundqvist took a chance trying to set up a new business. … Continue reading

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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles – part 2 Boots and Socks

Last time I considered which Shelter would be the most adequate for a wild camping trip up into the hills and determined that the lighter the better, I discounted my hammock setup on the basis of not knowing whether there … Continue reading

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Wild Camping – Applying Preparedness Principles

One of the prepping activities this year will be to explore the remote areas of Snowdonia (Wales, UK), and to wild camp there. Leading up to this I want to produce several short blogs looking into the preparation for this … Continue reading

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Group Cohabitation Survival

Group survival, by this I mean the actual continuation of people cohabiting or working together as a group requires the same formula as that used in long term partnerships in everyday life. It’s said that anything that you’ve done successfully … Continue reading

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PSA Prostate – the follow up

A few weeks ago I reported on the PSA test for Prostate to help raise awareness. My results came back abnormal, this wasn’t something that I was expecting and to be honest was a little scary. However the fact that … Continue reading

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RFID – A hard Pill to swallow!

This post has been inspired by a listener call on Jack Spirco’s ‘The Survival Podcast’, the listener, who claimed to be in the medical sector, raised the concern over RFID in pills, specifically with regards to the data being used … Continue reading

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Bench Marks

Often you see this type of marking ‘ Ordnance Arrow’ on stone structures, these are called Bench marks and are the origination of the modern use of the term benchmark when referred to as a set datum or point of … Continue reading

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Prostate PSA – No finger up the bum!

A few weeks ago I posted a blog that linked to ‘Surviving Prostate Cancer: Why Early Detection Can Be Important’, coincidently I saw a poster locally for a Prostate awareness event that included a Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) check. Having attended … Continue reading

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E.M.P. No finger on the pulse – Book Review

Having finally had time to complete this book purchased on Kindle quite a few months ago. The story is about how “The world becomes technologically devastated following the electromagnetic pulse from a coronal mass ejection thrown out by the sun. … Continue reading

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Operation security, health and protection when abroad

Having just ended a week away in a foreign country, operational security (Opsec), health and protection abroad is a topical subject. Travelling abroad mixes us together with people that we are not familiar with, from various cultures and backgrounds, both … Continue reading

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