Rockbottom Survival Skills
Rockbottom Survival Skills
You Wake Up To: No Shelter, No Income, No Water, No Food.
Now what?
Answer: Rockbottom Survival Skills It’s what you need to know when the bottom falls out.
You hear it on the radio and video feeds every day: extreme weather conditions like heat waves, hurricanes, and wildfires could increase by 50% in North America. The Federal Reserve has warned that climate change threatens the financial system. Extreme weather threatens crops, supply lines, storage facilities, power supplies, and many other aspects of modern business and life.
Only a little over 50% of the lost jobs have come back after the shutdown. Automation replaces more and more jobs every day. “The biggest challenge for U.S. consumers will be that food demand will outstrip supply.” “1,000-year” events are becoming more commonplace. Home prices will continue to rise in the long term, thanks to low inventory. Many are experiencing shelter insecurity with the reduced amount of good jobs.
Who is John Elden Gibbons?
Besides living the dream with over two decades as an NYS licensed guide, John Gibbons is the grandson of author, naturalist, and TV personality Euell Gibbons. Yes, John Elden and his wife Teresa are full-time homesteaders. John Elden is an expert in outdoor, primitive, and wild food skills.
At the same time, he has held various jobs such as teaching, import/export, writing, and construction. John Elden has a great deal of knowledge and experience from his adventurous life. John Elden Gibbons is the grandson of the writer and actor Euell Gibbons of cereal fame. John first appeared on a cereal commercial with his grandfather. John Elden’s first role was as a walk-on extra in a James Bond movie while living in Las Vegas.
You may know him from “Welcome to Rockbottom,” a standalone pilot-style short film. Stan and Betty Rockbottom are characters created by John and Teresa Gibbons (Teresa S. Landry) from their paper log (Plog/FanZine – “Rockbottom Tattler”: 3,000 units circulated to date). This is one of the many bootstrap techniques John Elden uses to finance his homesteader lifestyle.
Part of what you will learn: John Elden can now be seen on the small screen with his current project, Rockbottom Survival Skills. This is a reality show, docudrama, and how-to about survival. It features yurts, camps, homesteading, off-grid living, and life problems, along with survival how-to. +2
Take advantage of knowledge from a Navy Vet with 45+ years of outdoor living and a family tradition of over 100+ years to guide you.
The Heritage of Euell Gibbons
John Elden’s grandfather, Euell Gibbons, was born in Clarksville, TX, and spent much of his youth in the hilly terrain of northwestern New Mexico. His father drifted from job to job, usually taking his family (a wife and four children) with him. During one difficult interval of homesteading, Gibbons began foraging for local plants and berries to supplement the family diet.
After leaving home at 15, he drifted throughout the Southwest, finding work as a dairyman, carpenter, trapper, gold panner, and cowboy. The early years of the Dust Bowl era found Gibbons in California, where he lived as a self-described “bindlestiff” or hobo. His later fame after seven books would land him on TV shows and commercials in the 70s. You could not turn on a TV without seeing Euell Gibbons on a commercial.
His true talent was his writing and photographic memory. Books to his credit include:
- Stalking the Wild Asparagus (1962)
- Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop (1964)
- Stalking the Healthful Herbs (1966)
- Stalking the Good Life (1966)
- Beachcomber’s Handbook (1967)
- A Wild Way to Eat (1967)
- Stalking the Faraway Places (1973)
- Euell Gibbons’ Handbook of Edible Wild Plants (1979)
Professional Background
For several years, John was a partner and chief instructor in a successful outdoor school located in northern NY. At that time, he worked with Job Corps of VT as a contractor teaching wilderness skills and leadership programs. He also offered week-long instruction open to the public specializing in camping and wilderness survival. During part of the year, he offered workshops and seminars on outdoor topics.
After leaving the school, John worked with an NYS wilderness program for juvenile offenders for about six years. During this time, John logged on average approximately 145 days—about five months—per year in the woods and on the waters, guiding and teaching woods skills. That is a lot of “dirt time.”
Currently, John Elden is planting a small vineyard with Teresa because life is short. It is not his intention to ever teach someone how to live poor, but rather, as Henry David Thoreau said, to “Live Deliberately.”
Living Deliberately
John Elden and his family decided to get off the treadmill and live deliberately. They reduced their expenses and increased their income to create a self-sufficient lifestyle—a life lived on their own terms. They found the joy of a close relationship with the land, all done without eliminating or scrimping on the joys of life. There is still time for travel, food, fun, and adventure. Safety and security have been at the top of the list for their family and kids.
Who this is not for: This is not an overnight process. Rockbottom Survival Skills can give you fast solutions for immediate threats and set you in lockstep for an amazing future, but you need to do the work. It will require determination and work. Moreover, it requires the one ingredient lacking by many: Faith.
A Fighting Chance
Rockbottom Survival Skills: Skills you need to know when the bottom falls out. Because you have no place to go but up!
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No one can guarantee you a solution to all problems, financial situations, or life events. Rockbottom Survival Skills does not give you a guarantee; it gives you a fighting chance.
Here is a Glimpse of What You’ll Find:
1. The $100 Shelter
What if you found, through no fault of your own, that you had no place for you or your family to shelter? The $100 shelter can keep you warm and dry. It is portable and inexpensive, buying you the time you need to find or get into a permanent structure.
- Mobile
- Inexpensive
- Warm and Dry
- Large enough
2. Income in Any Location
The average American lives paycheck-to-paycheck. What do you do when the bottom falls out and no paychecks are coming in? We discuss the 15 most important strategies used to make money in any geographic location. These strategies are based on John Elden’s own experiences starting a homestead and founding Gibbons Media. Learn to make your home a base for income.
3. Sanitation and Hygiene
Go without a shower for two or three days and observe your emotional and mental state. Rockbottom Survival Skills offers three ways to build a shower and bonus tricks to clean yourself and your clothes in a field situation. We also address “what to do with your poo” using five distinct disposal methods.
4. Water Systems
Locating and obtaining water is an absolute basic need. We show you step-by-step how to:
- Locate and identify safe water sources.
- Build pumps, storage units, and purification systems.
- Find public springs or place a well using maps and public info.
5. Personal Security: The 7-Step System
We have synthesized lessons learned from centuries of conflict and modern Game Theory to create a 1 through 7 step process. These strategies help you decide when to fight, flee, or freeze. Rehearsing these steps allows you to react biomechanically when there is no time to think.
6. Tools and Resources
We list the tools, materials, and supplies needed to rebuild your world. Beyond just a list, we explain why each item is necessary and where to obtain it.
7. The Medicine Cabinet Herbs
John Elden explains the top 15 herbs that our ancestors used before modern medicine. This is an historical look at wild herbs and is not a replacement for professional medical advice.
8. Food and Cooling
- Movable Pantry Plan & Ration Theory: A system to provide the right amount of food for any group at any time of year.
- Fresh Greens: Learn to grow microgreens and sprouts on the road with minimal cost.
- Off-Grid Cooling: Five DIY plans for food and personal cooling without being on the grid.
Just a few things from the book
- The $100 Shelter
- $20 Camp Set
- Solar Pump and Redneck Fridges
- 55 Gallon Drum Pizza Oven
- Deep Water Pump & Field Water Filter
- Wood-Fired Hot Water Build
- Rocket Stoves & Ram Pump Plans
- Portable Power Systems (Solar/Wind/Gas)
- And Much More!
Other Books by John Elden Gibbons:
Gibbons’ Guide to Wilderness Survival
Canoe Camp Cooking by John Gibbons.
Magnetic Personal Development: Change Your Life & Create The Life You Want!
First Longhunter: The Beginning
An Adirondack Guides Cookbook: Classic
An Outdoorsman Talks with God by John Elden Gibbons.
What People Are Saying:
- “I sleep better knowing I have this information.” – Patrick Wright
- “So much information my head hurts.” – Travis Baker
- “This information can save lives.” – Bryan Campbell