I’ve been a professional survival instructor since 2007. Before that, I worked at a canoeing/kayaking outfitter from 1998 to 2006. I’ve seen the booming interest in survival television shows (hell, I’ve even been on camera for History 2x), the popularity of survival gear surge in retail sporting …

“We’re going to put a car out in the snow and you’re going to teach a survival course around it”. I’m not sure if those were the exact words from Kevin Owens but I’ll paraphrase him here and when I do I can picture him saying that sentence with his signature Irish accent. I’m used to doing some …

“Bushcraft” is a term used interchangeably with “survival,” but they are not true synonyms. Bushcraft is the art of doing more with less and using nature’s resources whenever called upon. Survival is the art of getting by at any cost and is generally considered grittier than bushcraft. Many of t …