The most important thing any experienced and seasoned survivalist or outdoorsman will tell you is that you are always a student, and always learning. Complacency leads to mishaps. Mishaps out there in the wilderness are much more consequential than a mishap in the mall. Even veteran woodsman caught in a precarious situation will inevitably forget […]
Urban survival
Sign Up Now for the Crate Club (members only) Special Forces Fighting Seminar
Jim “Smokey” West has a great evening in store for us in New York City on December 8. We just spoke to him this week and you’re going to love it.At one of our favorite places (a bar) Jim will demonstrate and teach (with audience members participating) skills to help you win a street fight—or […]
Disaster Preparedness | Key items to include in your go-bag
First off let’s real quick cover the intent of the go-bag. The go-bag is meant to sustain you in the interim until you can either make it home, make it to your bug out location or evacuate to a secondary location due to a natural disaster. The contents of your go-bag will vary depending on […]
SOG Baton Q3 | Urban EDC essentials
SOG has recently released a new line of multi-tool products known as Batons. Being a long-time fan of SOG and their knives, I was very eager to give the Baton Q3 an in-depth look to see how it holds up against my small arsenal of multi-tools. First, we need to talk about what the Baton […]
Scavenger Hunt For Vinjabond Go-Bags
I have survival / tactical / bug out / life kit / go-bags stashed all over the world and I’m giving away 15 of them… If you can find them. For more than a decade I’ve been doing the “vagabond survival prepping method” of which evolved from stashing small city-specific go-bags around the world as […]
Urban Survivalist: The Concrete Jungle
This is a part of a series of posts about urban survival. Guides, skills, tips and gear for travel, crises and everyday life. – view all survivalist posts “Survival in any form for any environment is an act of prevention and or recovery.” – JOHN V CAIN (Founder of VINJABOND) Natural jungles are covered with dense flora and formations, dominated […]
Urban Camouflage as a Traveler
Urban camouflage isn’t about blending into the physical city around you but to appear as if you’re from and belong there like a local. In the wilderness and combat, camouflage (crypsis) is used to be visually concealed by matching the patterns of the immediate background. For urban camouflage as a foreigner, mimesis is the way. […]