Description
Collapse Ready: Wilderness Survival is the definitive, American‑focused survival field manual for grid‑down, post‑collapse conditions. Adapted from US Army FM 21‑76 and rewritten for civilian capability, this guide teaches the skills, mindset, and fieldcraft required to survive in forests, mountains, deserts, swamps, coasts, and post‑SHTF urban environments.
This volume draws directly from the manuscript:
“The will to survive is the single most important factor in any survival situation.” “Shelter is not a comfort issue — it is the first tactical priority in nearly every American survival scenario.”
Across 14 chapters and 12 technical illustrations, you’ll learn the core survival disciplines that keep you alive when infrastructure collapses and help is not coming.
What You’ll Learn
Survival Psychology & Mindset
- The SURVIVAL acronym explained with real-world application
- Stress responses and how to override them
- The Rule of Threes and collapse‑specific time horizons
- Real‑world case studies from grid failures, hurricanes, and infrastructure attacks
Shelter Construction
- Site selection principles
- Debris hut construction (with diagrams)
- Lean‑to shelters, tarp shelters, and emergency improvisations
“A properly built debris hut maintains 15–20 degrees of warmth above ambient temperature…”
Firecraft
- Tinder, kindling, and fuel architecture
- Modern ignition methods
- Primitive bow‑drill fire starting
Water Procurement & Purification
- Finding water in U.S. environments
- Improvised filtration
- Solar still construction
Food Procurement
- Universal Edibility Test
- Edible plants by U.S. region
- Trapping (wire snare, figure‑4 deadfall)
- Improvised fishing
Navigation Without Electronics
- Map reading
- Compass fundamentals
- Celestial navigation
Movement, Evasion & Concealment
- Route planning
- Camouflage basics
- Silent movement techniques
Wilderness Medicine
- MARCH protocol
- Tourniquet use
- Wound packing
- Improvised splinting
Special Environments
- Cold weather survival
- Desert survival
- Coastal survival
- Post‑SHTF urban survival
Appendices
- Edible plants of North America
- Dangerous plants & animals
- Survival kit checklist
- Essential knots
- Signal reference guide
Who This Book Is For
- Preppers & collapse‑aware families
- Hunters, hikers, and outdoorsmen
- Bug‑out planners
- Homesteaders and off‑grid builders
- Anyone who wants a real, American survival manual that works when everything else fails
This is Book 8 of the Collapse Ready Household Series — your wilderness survival doctrine for the world after normal ends.
When Systems Fail, We Don’t.
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