Woods Competency

Recently, a client made the comment that he was a “student of wilderness survival, not a bushcraft type”. This struck me as sort of odd, so I asked him a bit about how he differentiated and why. The upshot was that he, although spending a lot of time in the wilds with minimal gear, saw …

Observation is Important, M’kay?

There is perhaps no skill, trait, attribute, or ability of more value to survival than simple observation. If you are not aware, and you are not able to grasp the meaning of what you are aware of, you are crippled in a very real way. Of late, a lot of my work and practice has …

Realistic Resiliency

“Solutions for Austerity and Hostility” – That’s what it says at the top of the page. But what does that really mean? Primarily we are interested in, and focused on, situations of immediacy that require dynamic action – Wilderness survival, tactical medicine, fight skills, and the tools and use solutions, that benefit these efforts. There …