Preppers and Survivalists

[Paul]

NR, I dunno where "the fit young paramilitary male type" stereo type came from.
It certainly doesn't apply to me.
When I started off my search for information and like minded souls regarding prepping, I was already sliding down the health ladder BUT was and still am actively pursuing the practical side of prepping which some call survivalism.
That's because when my resources run out (and I'm pretty sure every prepper has a limit to their resources), I'm going to have to forage for supplies.

Besides, winters coming and we lose our electricity a lot.
Now I'm thinking fire lighting and lamps.

My water pipes occasionally freeze like most people's do in the village so when the bottled water runs out, snow melting and rain purification skills without electricity come into operation.

Money is tight, bunnies in the field become stew in the pot.
Not only by shooting but also with snares. Not prepping skills, survival skills.

Survivalism isn't all Rambo and for me it's mainly Bambi level regarding fitness and force.
Doesn't mean that I can't survive as knowledge and practice is something that some urban preppers aren't prepared to do.

Hence I classify myself not as a hardened prepper, more as a "prepping survivalist".