Cascadia Survivalist

  In spirit of the Canadian Rangers 75th anniversary, this week’s equipment showcase is the C19 service rifle. The C19 is an arctic adapted version of the FTC Tikka T3 developed by SAKO (Finland) ( https://www.tikka.fi/rifles/tikka-t3x/t3x-arctic ). The C19 replaced the longer and heavier Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1 which had been the Canadian Rangers’ service rifle since their inception in 1947. The primary role of the C19 is self-defence from large Northern carnivores such as polar and grizzly bears. The rifle also bears a unique red laminated stock with the Ranger insignia stamped on the side.

The ADS-SR1 is a multi-function voice recorder device that connects to virtually any handheld, base, or mobile radio. It features exceptional voice recording quality and higher capacity than any other comparable device on the market. The ADS-SR1 functions as a simplex repeater, and also as a voice mail and voice beacon device. Cascadia Survivalist has found the ADS-SR1 to be very useful for temporary operation in remote areas, when beyond the range of more common duplex repeaters. By placing the simplex repeater on a remote hilltop communication is extended to surrounding areas that were not previously possible using a hand-held radio (HT). When leaving the area the ADS-SR1 and its associated radio is easily packed out (after someone climbs back to the top of the hill to retrieve it :-( )  We also use a ADS-SR1 in a more populated area to allow individuals to leave and retrieve messages for others. When purchasing a ADS-SR1, we recommend paying the additional $15(US) to upgrade the rec

But don't fail to carry the 10 Essentials.   https://cascadiasurvivalist.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-mountaineers-ten-essentials.html  

Indian Fishing And Camping by: Robert Hofsinde (Gray-Wolf) In this book Robert Hofsinde tells us how we can fish and camp as the Indians did and how we can make the gear that they used. The Indians learned to make their fishing equipment from the natural materials they found around them. They obtained cordage from roots, fibers, and the inner bark of trees. Mr. Hofsinde shows how the Pacific Coast Indians fashioned their fish traps out of this cordage and describes the many ways other Indian groups put it to use. He also includes a chapter on Eskimo ice fishing, clear directions for making such equipment as hooks, spears, and spinners, and instructions for cleaning and cooking one's catch. Illustrations by the author increase the usefulness of this book. It will add to the pleasure and safety of the modern camper and to the knowledge of anyone interested in Indian lore. Download a copy from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/indian-fishing-and-camping/page/n9/mode/2u

National Geographic is allowing everyone to easily download any USGS 7.5 minute topo map of the continental U.S. as a multi-page PDF that can be printed on letter size paper on any printer. These are the same topographic maps that were published by the U.S. Geological Survey for decades. Page 1 is an index map showing each of the printable quarter-quad maps in their broader context Pages 2-5 are the topo quarter-quads, sized and scaled to print on US-letter size paper They've added hillshading to help visualize the topography https://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads    

Thousands of Washington residents fled their homes over the weekend after more wildfires broke out in the state. The Nakia Creek Fire started October 9 on Larch Mountain in the Yacolt Burn State Forest, which is northeast of Camas in Clark County. Firefighters were reportedly making good progress on the blaze until this past weekend. Fierce winds, low humidity, and unusually hot temperatures whipped up the fire, which burned 2,000 acres within hours on Sunday (October 16), according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. Reporters say nearly 3,000 homes were under mandatory evacuation orders by Sunday night, while over 29,000 were told to get ready to leave. --- This is an example of why someone might have to "bug-out" (evacuate) their home. In the case of a wildfire or similar disaster (i.e., hurricane, flooding) having a bug-out plan is important. This plan should focus on getting to a safe area (which may be a hotel in a neighboring town, or with friends

In 1928, the Canadian National Railways published a small booklet called Campcraft and Woodlore ( https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_camp_craft_woodlore_OCTAVO_868-20437 ). The booklet contained, among other things, 29 Well-Tested Hints for the Outdoorsman . Those hints are reproduced here: 1. Do not sit or lie on bare ground; it is harmful and likely to cause sickness. It is better if caught out in the rain to sit on your hat and go bareheaded than to it on the ground. 2. Always carry two waterproof match boxes of the hard rubber kind that will float-one full of salt and one full of matches-and do not use them ail the time, but keep in reserve in case of accident. This is cheap life insurance. 3· Drink sparingly of water in a strange country; it may cause dysentery or be very constipating until you get used to it. 4· If your horse won't drink water don't do it yourself; trust your horse, but don't trust your dog, for he will drink any filthy water. 5. Don'

Among shooters the question is often asked, "if you could only have five guns, what would they be?" There is no single best answer to this question. But, it is often interesting to see what some choose as their favorites.   Massad Ayoob listed his five guns in this video... Massad's Top 5 Guns: Critical Mas Ep 09 with Massad Ayoob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR81MBvrocQ Clint Smith listed his five favorite guns here... Clint Smith's Top 5 Guns: Thunder Ranch Edition   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW1-XzQFWDg Cascadia Survivalist's five guns are....  1. A general purpose rifle, in .308 Winchester. A "scout rifle" as described by Jeff Cooper would be ideal for this rifle. While no rifle can do everything perfectly well, this rifle would meet most of my rifle requirements.  2. A .22LR, specifically the Ruger 10/22 would be the next gun on my list. I would also include a suppressor (silencer) on this rifle to allow quite shots on small game.   3.

EMP is a low-probability threat, but one with potentially high consequences should it occur. Dr. Arthur Bradley, a recognized expert in EMPs, their effects and how to protect against them, has a video where he offers suggestions on how to protect against an EMP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBj3nkVqEQ Dr. Bradley's recommendations are based on his research and would seem to offer a reasonable degree of protection against EMP... unlike some suggestions we see in "prepper" groups suggesting such things as using a microwave oven as a Faraday cage. There is a common misconception that a microwave oven is a Faraday cage. It is not. Not even a close approximation. Go in your kitchen and open the door of your microwave. Look at the mating surfaces between the door and oven. There is no bare conductive metal at all, usually power coated sheet metal or plastic on both surfaces. It is essentially *wide open* from an RF perspective except right at 2.4GHz. Attenuation at 2.4GHz

  The Boy's Book of Hunting and Fishing : Practical Camping-out, Game-Fishing and Wing-Shooting by: Warren Hasting Miller (1916) Download a copy from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/boysbookofhuntin00mill  

There are many, many great books. Here is our reading list... books we have read, enjoyed, and would recommend to others. Many of these books are older, and perhaps out of print, but can still be found as PDF / E-books on-line. All-In Fighting by: W.E. Fairbairn American Boy's Handy Book by: D.C. Beard Another Country by: Jeff Cooper Art of the Rifle by: Jeff Cooper Atlas Shrugged by: Ayn Rand Bartitsu Compendium (Vol. 1 & 2) by: Tony Wolf (Editor) Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook by: Mors Kochanski Book of Camping & Woodcraft by: Horace Kephart Book of Woodcraft by: Ernest Thompson Seton Boy's Book of Hunting and Fishing: Practical Camping-Out, Game-Fishing and Wing-Shooting (1916) by: Warren Hasting Miller Bushcraft Illustrated by: Dave Canterbury Camp and Trail (1907) by: Stewart Edward White Camp Cookery by: Horace Kephart Camp Cookery: How to Live in Camp by: Maria Parloa (1843-1909) Camp Craft and Woodlore (1928) by: Canadian National Railways Camp K

Soon (maybe tomorrow, maybe decades from now), the Pacific Northwest will be hit with another massive earthquake originating in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Pacific Northwest is awaiting another giant earthquake like the more than 40 magnitude 8 and 9 events that have rocked the region in the last 10,000 years.  This is because of our proximity to the Cascadia subduction zone, a tectonic plate boundary where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate is diving underneath the North American plate. The building tension caused by friction between the two plates will eventually trigger an earthquake from northern California to southern British Columbia. Following the quake, western Oregon could be without water, fuel, and medical services for months. While recent press has warned the public about "the Big One," much of the Pacific Northwest remains unprepared. There is a new browser-based video game on surviving a 9.0 earthquake from a geologist & her research group at Lewis and Cla

In Cascadia we recommend the " Signals Handbook " by the Cascadia Radio Reconnaissance Group. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BD3VYMRF  The Cascadia Radio Reconnaissance Group provides low-level signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and communications support for public-safety and security missions in remote, sparsely populated, coastal and isolated areas of Cascadia, areas that cannot be conveniently or economically covered by other more conventional agencies or organizations. This is the United States Version of the Cascadia Radio Reconnaissance Group's Signals Handbook, A Communications Guide for Remote, Sparsely Populated, Isolated and Off-Grid Areas.

Have you ever wondered how you would live without modern tools and technology? In this BBC documentary series we get to follow a small group of historians and archeologists as they recreate farm life from the age of the Stuarts. They wear the clothes, eat the food and use the tools, skills and technology of the 1620's for one year. The first episode ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRj1YYnsBGk ) starts in September and it's time for ploughing the fields with oxen, baking bread in a hearth and harvest apples for winter storage. The second episode ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w9UlO0cl2k ) continues througout October and it's time for gathering pears, getting the cowshed's roof rafters ready for thatching with a bracken undercoat and a wheat thatch and driving the pigs to the forage. The third episode ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abfKWeOmz4w ) takes place throughout November and includes slaughtering and butchering a pig, building a wattle and daub wall, harves

John Titor and (TimeTravel_0) are pseudonyms used on the Time Travel Institute and Art Bell's Post-to-Post forums during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be an American military time traveler from 2036. John Titor offered 10 recommendation for individuals to prepare themselves for future events... 1. Do not eat or use products from any animal that is fed and eats parts of its own dead. 2. Do not kiss or have intimate relations with anyone you do not know. 3. Learn basic sanitation and water purification. 4. Be comfortable around firearms. Learn to shoot and clean a gun. 5. Get a good first aid kit and learn to use it. 6. Find 5 people within 100 miles that you trust with your life and stay in contact with them. 7. Get a copy of the US Constitution and read it. 8. Eat less. 9. Get a bicycle and two sets of spare tires. Ride it 10 miles a week. 10. Consider what you would bring with you if you had to leave your home in 10 min. and never return. Whether you believe that John Tito