In a survival situation, knowing how to build a successful shelter is extremely important in helping to keep you dry, warm and alive. Equally important as knowing how to build a shelter is knowing how to adapt your shelter building techniques depending on the weather conditions, the environment around you and the resources you have […]
Fresh after our last blog article which featured survivalist children, another awesome happy-ending story about another small child surviving the wilderness appeared last week in the media and we could not resist sharing it. Five year old Benjamin Sanchez got separated from his family during a day trip walking in the El Salado desert in […]
We love a good survival story. We especially love good survival stories that feature children or pets. And we particularly enjoy good survival stories that demonstrate how important it is for even young children to learn basic survival skills. In this case, the local police speculated that the survival of the two young girls central […]
February is the time of year when we start eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring, while all around us it still looks very much like winter. The weather is unpredictable, swinging between surprisingly warm sunshine, sudden hailstorms and icy winds. The mud is at its heaviest, the ground is waterlogged and much of the plant […]
We have previously discussed the importance of a positive mental attitude in survival. In extreme circumstances, your attitude and mental response to the situation can literally mean the difference between life and death. That’s all very well, we hear you ask, but exactly how do I develop a positive mental attitude? Here are some tips […]
You may have seen the story in this week’s news about a group of Thai teenagers trapped in a cave. The young footballers aged 11-16 along with their coach had entered the The Tham Luang Nang Non cave, a tourist attraction which runs for many kilometres underground in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand. Although […]
May is the time of the year when the landscape really wakes up after winter. There’s some warm sunshine (in between the still heavy rain showers), colourful flowers bloom in the hedgerows, the trees are covering themselves with leaves again and new plants seem to emerge and take over everywhere (why do weeds grow faster […]
Much of Britain was lucky enough this last weekend to have experienced a mini heatwave, the first of the year and a welcome change from the inclement weather of the previous months. The London Marathon is reported to have experienced the hottest temperatures in its history. In a country that simply doesn’t see enough sunshine, […]
The daffodils are budding and bringing hope that another very wet (and unusually cold) British winter is finally on its way out – and that the mud that goes with it might actually dry up a bit so that we don’t get caked in the brown stuff every time we venture outside. Even trips into […]
Wild Survivor Celebrate Remarkable Feedback Offering Essential Survival Training Courses in the Woods of Shropshire From Left to Right; Chris, Ryan, Jay, Dillon and Tony Learning how to survive in the wild can be an amazing personal or team-building experience. In the woods of Shropshire the ex-military veterans of Wild Survivor are offering a wide […]