Fortress Survival Podcast

This was Day 2 at the Prepper Camp 2021. I highly recommend this event for excellent networking and learning practical things. I look forward to your comments.

This was a talk I gave at the Prepper Camp 2021 event in Saluda, NC. What a wonderful time with amazing people. I spoke 3 days and each was different, so I will spread them out over several different weeks with other topics thrown in there. Enjoy!

Misery Inoculation

PACE - Primary Alternate Contingency Emergency

Preparing While Living in the City

Mindset Needs - Stress Inoculation

• Check out PDP Ep. 13 & 18
• What is Stress Inoculation?
• Why is Stress Inoculation important?
  • Physiological and Cognitive effects of Stress
  • Military Basic Training is centered around this concept
• How do you do Stress Inoculation?
  • Stop avoiding hard or uncomfortable things
  • Start doing mental scenarios that you don’t want to think about. Child at gun point...
  • Train specifically to deal with stress

72 Hour Drill

How to Combat Overwhelm - Response to Bear Independent

Skillset - Mindset - Toolset

Mindset Needs - Situational Awareness

• Why should you care?
• What is going on around you?
• Who is around you?
• Is there anything unusual about the situation around you?
• Is the area relaxed or under tension?
• What threats are around you?
• Where would you go/What would you do if...?

Defending Without Getting Hurt

Psychological Preparedness

Sparring & Sport Fighting

Skill Needs - Medical

• Basic medical knowledge: what is the difference between an anti-bacterial (neosporin) and anti-histamine (hydrocortisone)
• Basic understanding of each medication, ibuprophen vs acetaminophen vs doxycycline vs Benadryl. What does each do?
• Basic wound care
• Emergency first aid: animal attack, cut/stab wound, eye injury, gun shot wound, limb stabilization
• Basic wounded transport: litter carry, buddy carry, lift/lower
• Trauma care: surgical and extreme care. Specialty...make friends

Backpacking Stoves

Camp Hygiene 

Campfire Cooking

Skill Needs - Repairing Items

• Not sexy, but critical
• Small engine repair & vehicle mechanics
• Sewing skills - clothes, packs, pouches, etc
• Shoe repair - soles, insoles, zippers, laces, grommets
• Knitting, crochet, making fabrics
• Armorer skills - should be able to completely disassemble and reassemble your firearms
• Basic electronics
• Look at something and be able to basically figure out how it works and how to do basic repairs on it
• TOOL KITS!!