Mission Statement & Impetus

This Website was Created with the Hope of Leaving A Positive Mark on the World

Commentary from Will; Founder & Primary Writer of PracticeSurvival.com, PracticePreparedness.com, and more.

The point of PracticeSurvival.com is to launch you on a quest for information. As depicted in the inverted pyramid graphic which I created (on the right and the main page of the Useful Information section) indicates; informational input should be taken through a process to an end which is not knowledge, it is enlightenment.

PracticeSurvival.com’s motto when it comes to preparedness is there is that There is no catastrophe when you are prepared

I love to teach and mentor. I have always been pretty good at it or so I am told by many who I have counseled and coached. I realized that I could use that skill and my vast and broad experience, knowledge and my network of well rounded and skilled cadre to help others, to make a difference. As I said previously; My life has been spent in a never ending quest for information and enlightenment. As an investigator, inventor, off road jeep adventurer, camper, hiker, climber, skier, and more I have always been a sponge. I have had the good fortune of meeting, knowing and even working with people from all over the world with unbelievable skills which they were happy to share with me.

The primary job of an investigator was to gather information, process it, formulate conclusions and determine how things happen based upon that information. As a formally trained interrogative interviewer I learned to gather information at high speed, vette it, log it, absorb it and go back for more. No one ever knows everything and as I have told my sons since they could talk; you should learn a new thing every day and you can learn something from everyone, no matter who they are, where they are from and their walk of life. Life is truly an adventure and being highly didactic I am never satisfied. Everyone brings something of value to the table if you are willing to learn.

The accident that has altered my life course will not stop me. It has caused both financial and physical trauma. It has also caused me to stop and contemplate my life. I have done so much, learned and gathered much, invented, built, taught, saved and much more. But as I perceive it had I died in the course of my ordeal after the accident it would have all been wasted; lost. Prior to the accident I had started fleshing out PracticeSurvival to help people understand the proper and safe way to enjoy outdoor adventuring. Since then it has become the conduit whereby I will leave, hopefully, something of positive value for others who appreciate the outdoors and the texture of life as I do. It is my humble attempt to do some good, not of Ego, PracticeSurvival.com is wrought from the sincere hope that the few gifts with which I was lucky enough to be endowed will in some way help others now and after I leave this mortal coil. Hopefully I will get to enjoy many more sunsets on the Shenandoah Mountains, either way I will do my best to help others enjoy it too while being safe and informed.

It took nearly 3 years to recover from those issues. I had help from several friends and a few doctors. Thanks to a bit of time, a new workout routine and some joint perseverance. But as of December I was finally back in the full swing of things.

You should never overlook your health or your wellness. Even when it seems too much, trust me, it will be way more important if something goes wrong.