Few moments feel worse than when your bike sputters to a stop in the middle of nowhere. You’re miles from pavement, no cell ...

I just spent a week backpacking around Utah’s Dixie National Forest, learning a mix of primitive and modern survival skills while traversing terrain that ranged from sandy desert canyons to ...

"Survival kit is a term that notes something that we hope never happens to us, like ‘Oh my God, we’re fighting for our life or our buddy’s life,’ whereas a 'possible pouch' is this thing that I have ...

I read recently of a hunter in my home state of Kentucky who slipped and fell from a short rock face. As he was falling, his boot got hung in the root of a tree, and he was then hanging upside down.

Ronan, the database manager for the Montana Wilderness Association, recently led one of the organization’s wilderness walks. From the top of MacDonald Pass west of Helena, he took a group of about a ...

Craig Caudill is the award-winning Director of Nature Reliance School. He has led backcountry, survival and leadership programs for the US Military, Corporate work groups and thousands of civilians.

It wouldn't be all that great to be stranded deep in the woods in real life. In videogames, though, trying to persevere against the elements can be downright enjoyable. This framework lends purpose ...

Imagine this: You’re deep in the winter backcountry, hunting as snow begins to fall. The sun sets, exhaustion sets in and navigating back to camp grows harder. Though experienced, you packed light — ...