what did you do this week to prepare

[crashdive123]

Finished rotating my stored gasoline.

[mcfd45]

I got a great deal on canned veggies. I got an Esbut stove and some trioxione cubes for it. I got a couple bottles of iodine tabs. I bought a book about self sufficient living.

[dolfan87]

Made my first fire with a bow drill.

[Madrox]

Stored away more water, purchased some more ammo a few weeks ago. Apparently .45acp is hard to find in my town.

Also moving forward with more supplies here and there. Figuring out a few ways to secure the house more then it already is.

I usually buy a can of something (the large ones) every week or time I go shopping. The local King Soopers has Kroger 20lb white rice for $13 (they did 2 weeks ago) so I like to pick one of those up every so often.

[RunsWithDeer]

We stocked up on more ammo at a gun show this past weekend. .22LR, .223, and 7.62x39. Also purchased some fresh Mountain House meals.

[rockymtnchief]

I learned how to dog sled from Jason Montana and realized I better get back in shape.

[crashdive123]

I learned how to dog sled from Jason Montana and realized I better get back in shape.

Were you pulling.....or did he let you ride?

[rockymtnchief]

Were you pulling.....or did he let you ride?

He let me drive, but didn't warn me about pushing the sled through deep snow uphill with a 240 pound photographer in the sled while trying to keep up with the dogs. I let him know that I hadn't ran that much since I was on Cops running through the trailer court with no shirt on

I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything, though.

[crashdive123]

Sounds like a great time. Photographer? We need pictures!

[rockymtnchief]

I took some, but haven't downloaded them yet. The photographer was working for The New York Times. Turns out Jason is a national celebrity! lol

[dolfan87]

I have always wanted to do that Rocky...in fact I have owned four Siberians over the last 12 years, and had three of them hooked up to a skateboard once. It was fun, but really fast...and a bit uncontrollable. ;o)

What I did this week was re-organize my utility belt, added a molle 3 mag m-16 case and filled it with a poncho, emergency blanket, wire saw, flashlight, compass/whistle/match case/mirror combo thing, water tabs, condoms, and a couple tampons.

I also bought a new 3 liter hydration pack, knife sharpening stones, and a canteen pouch.

Phew.

[Stony]

NOTHING!
work, buy winter tyres for he girls' truck.

[welderguy]

Started the chicken coop, and trying to get the ground ready for the garden.

[sniperfx]

picked up a new knife,canteen,compass,survival manuals for edible plants. etc....

[endurance]

I picked up a new Lansky sharpener, Les Stroud's book, a Cormic McCarthy book that looks like it might be somewhat on topic, two boxes of Emergen-C, two bottles of Nyquil (had a cold last week and realized it's something I never want to be without), an inflatable mylar vest, and a straw filter for the BOB. I received my UPS order from a couple weeks ago that included three years of non-hybrid seeds.

[doug1980]

Stocked up on free icemelt. Lots of ice around here.

[A190]

Oh, I did some stuff. Food and ammo mostly. ALso working on my fence around the place. weather permitting of course

[Madrox]

bought another 20lbs of white rice ($13) along with a few more cans of beans, etc. added another 4.5 gallons of water to the supplies, also found the missing tent stakes so i now have a spare tent.

bought a nice kerosene lamp with 5 gallons of fuel.

already making plans for camping.

edit: also got a Lansky sharpener for myself over the holidays...love it.

[nell67]

Butchered a pig ,spent the better part of the day making sage sausage,and sweet italian sausage,had not done this for years,brought back a few memories of my mom and grandmom,when we butchered hogs it took all day to grind the sausage (3 pigs at a time,manual grinder) took about twenty minutes to grind all the sausage.

My first time making italian sausage.

[crashdive123]

Woo Hoo! Dinner at Nell's!