Is it possible to navigate the outdoors accurately without a map and compass? What about all the “rules of thumb” that we’ve heard forever? Do they work? In fact, there is no single natural observation that will tell you directions. You need to be observant of many features and understand...
One Man’s Quest to Make Fire
How Adam Nestor made fire for the first time One of the classes I conduct regularly is called the Survival Skills Intensive, where students learn a little bit about everything: wild foods, cooking, making fire primitively, shelters, water purification, traps, making rope from yucca, and more. When Adam Nestor was...
WHAT SHOULD I CARRY IN MY BUG-OUT BAG?
Some real-life considerations about how to think about this topic During one of my survival skills courses that I teach at a local college, a student asked me to list the items that should be carried in an evacuation bag, also known as the “bugout bag.” In other words, if...