13 in Thirteen: No pain no Gain!

I know a lot of you are listeners to The Survival Podcast. As such I’m sure you may have heard about the new project Jack’s launching, his 13 in Thirteen skills challenge at 13Skills.com. For those of you who have not heard about this the basic premise is for people to learn/ master at least 13 new skills in the year 13. Of course it does not need to end with 2014 and really learning 13 new skills a year is a good number. Although I’ve been slow to sign up I knew when I first heard about this project I would be getting involved. To be honest I planed a personal version of something like this anyway this was just more concrete and has a sexy site to track your progress and brag with friends about. Let me tell you why I think this is a great idea, what I plan on learning this year and why you need to get your ass involved and learn a new skill or 13.

 

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SOE Cobra Riggers Belt

My Top Holiday Gift Picks

Today I’m going to pick my top picks for Christmas gifts. This will not be the average survival holiday list. The Scope of Survivalpunk is too big to be contained in a single subject. So for the list follow the great advise of the legendary Bruce Lee:

 

“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.”

I’m sure you will find at least a few things on the list worth getting. Now lets get down to the goodies!

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What is Survivalpunk?

What is Survivalpunk and who the hell is this James guy? I realized last night I hit the ground running with the blog without ever explaining who I am and what I want to do here. So today’s post will not really show you how to make anything but will give you some insight into why I think the way I do. If that doesn’t scare you off stick around and delve into the mind of a survivalpunk.

Survivalpunk Tattoo
Survivalpunk Tattoo

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Monk Fruit To go

Nevella Monk Fruit To Go Review

A few weeks ago

saw an odd little canister in a grocery store on the baking aisle. It was called Nevella Monk Fruit . I had never heard of a monk fruit before. So I hit up Wikipedia and and learned that is has been used as a sweetener and for medicinal purposes for centuries in China. The liquid monk fruit to go is zero calories and zero carbs which is great for my low carb paleo diet.Let me share my thoughts on this product.

Monk Fruit To go
Monk Fruit To go

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