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If you’ve perused the Internet for websites or blogs related to prepping or survival lately you have no doubt notice that they have a tendency to be over whelming gear related.  I myself love gear, but the problem is that this can be somewhat misleading.  These great looking websites leave you with the impression that if you have all this cool gear you will be able to handle any survival situation, when in fact that is not the case at all.

Gear and tools are an integral part of survival, just look at a police officers duty belt or fireman’s truck or a soldier’s rucksack.  The thing to remember in these examples is, all of these individuals went through a tremendous amount of training before they were ever issued any gear.  Why?  Because gear without training is useless.

For me personally, I can’t tell you how many times I have had what I thought was a terrific idea related to surviving, go out and buy some stuff, only to find out when I put my theory to the test it failed miserably.  I didn’t have enough information to make a good decision and good decisions come through practice and training.  Watching youtube and reading Internet post are great, but if you fail to practice these new found skills you will no doubt fail when you are tested.

The whole point of the article is to impress upon you that gear (while cool!)  will only take you so far, ultimately your knowledge and skills is what will make you successful in a survival situation. So the next time you are about to spend a wad of money on a new bag or weapon, check out your local Community College and see what classes they offer that might increase your knowledge and skills.

Classes to increase your skills and knowledge:

First aid training

Red Cross training

Defensive driving

Escape and Evasion

Shooting and Safety classes

Water survival

Wilderness survival

Orienteering

Thanks

Security Guy

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