We can never say it enough; your best chance of survival is to be prepared and arm yourself with the right skills before a crisis happens. While the dark nights, stormy weather and Christmas approaching might not be filling you with enthusiasm to get outdoors as much, don’t forget you can still be brushing up […]
We’re going to state the obvious here; it’s been raining a lot lately, hasn’t it? Some areas of the country have seen torrential rain every single day for the past month and according to Met Office statistics, rainfall for many areas of the country over October was far higher than average. For some of us, […]
Being able to utilise fire for heating and cooking is key to human survival. But so is remembering just how dangerous fire can be. Fire can devastate virtually everything in its path, can spread unbelievably fast and as it burns, it releases toxic smoke which is often the cause of death more than the flames […]
“You’re not dead until you’re warm and dead” – Norwegian medical quote. If you have ever wondered whether it’s possible to survive extreme hypothermia and what happens to the human body in that state, then you need to read the story of Anna Bågenholm, who survived the lowest ever recorded body temperature in an adult […]
Food, water and shelter. The three key physical things any person needs to find quickly in a survival situation to have the best chance of staying alive and well. There is, however, an important fourth aspect that all survival experts train for: finding and maintaining the right state of mind. While the phrase ‘’positive mental […]
Both survival experts and scientists know that insects are a very nutritious and plentiful source of food. So do millions of people around the world who consume insects as part of their daily diet. The habit of eating insects even has its own name; entomophagy. While many westerners find the idea of eating insects pretty […]
Most parents would probably agree that a large part of raising children is about keeping them alive and healthy until they become adults ready to make their own decisions. We do our best to prevent them from getting into dangerous situations and try to equip them with the knowledge, experience and skills to keep them […]
Last summer, we published an article about the dangers of Toxic Algea, the risks it poses to health and how to avoid getting into trouble. With a new outbreak of cases fuelled by the recent hot weather, we thought it would be valuable to revisit the article we shared to help our readers make the […]
The Marathon des Sables is one of the most famous endurance running events in the world. If you are not familiar with it, then it involves a 156 mile, 6 stage, 7 day run through temperatures in excess of 50°c, through one of the most inhospitable places on Earth: the Sahara Desert. While being completely […]
Every year in the UK, there are a number of preventable deaths as a result of people getting into trouble in open water. To help raise awareness on this important issue, we’ve revisited a blog post we shared last year. It’s fair to say that the human race evolved to live on land. Although most […]