In addition to the TR General/Rope Rescue series I mentioned, I've been concurrently taking TR Wilderness classes on alternating weekend...

Quite a translation from the French.  I need to try to remember “ Salut à toutes et à tous .” That could be a useful phrase sometime. 

Last night I took the last exam in the Technical Rescuer - General series (which in NC is also combined with the Rope Rescue specialization)...

Bionic hands are enjoying a significant improvement. For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bio...

It’s taken a day of travel, but I’ve returned home to the far blue mountains .* I won’t be here long; by the end of the month I’m due to wan...

Longtime readers will remember Uncle Jimbo, former Green Beret and fellow BLACKFIVE blogger. I dropped in on him today while passing through...

Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea deal, which provided a grain corridor to the world from the war in Ukraine. Wheat prices...

The Orthosphere pens the most genuinely conservative post I have read in many years: an argument in favor of natural slavery . Conservatives...

These numbers are fairly small, which suggests to me that they already had a specific list in mind. The Inactive Ready Reserve is generally...

I would note that this is not for the base brand, but for its "Platinum" high ABV version. Still, I tend to agree with the assessm...

AVI asked earlier if we are experiencing an illusion of moral decline. There are arguments for and against this idea. He presents a long co...

This interview starts off with a very aggressive question from the journalist: can you imagine suggesting to Johnny Cash at any point in his...

This is absolutely brilliant. pic.twitter.com/lpGWDkBFh7 — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 9, 2023

As I was browsing a number of articles about wild yeast, I read several that mentioned the early evidence of deliberate fermentation, includ...

Always a good way to spend a weekend. 

From PowerLine : Is there no fingerprint or DNA on the baggie? Is video unavailable, as in the matter of Jeffrey Epstein’s death? This is pr...

My lurking neighbor persuaded me to take some of the natural starter she began developing from local airborne yeast several years back. I...