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Choose Strength

Choose Strength

Posted by Kevin Estela on Jun 15th 2022

If you ever spend enough time around me, you’ll likely hear me bring up the concept of weakness and strength. It comes up, almost daily, in my conversation and frequently in my inner monologue. What drives my decision making process is the concept of being stronger today than yesterday which usually …
Survival Fishing

Survival Fishing

Posted by Kevin Estela on Jun 2nd 2022

“Want to know how to catch fish, learn from poachers.” I’ve said it over and over in my survival courses. There is a direct correlation between what is illegal and what is effective. Think of the most extreme cases. In my younger juvenile years, I watched a guy tape a M80 firework to a rock and thro …
How to Organize Your Survival Kit

How to Organize Your Survival Kit

Posted by Kevin Estela on Apr 28th 2022

“Organization is correlated to efficiency and efficiency is correlated to productivity and productivity is correlated to success”. I recall saying that as a teacher to my students over the years both in an academic classroom and in an outdoor setting as a survival instructor. You probably know so …
If You Only Had One Tool

If You Only Had One Tool

Posted by Kevin Estela on Mar 2nd 2022

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 …
Cold Water Challenge

Cold Water Challenge

Posted by Amber Elle on Feb 24th 2022

If you’ve followed along on my social media, @ms.amber.elle you may have noticed that I decided back in the fall to challenge myself each month in 2022 with new exposure that would help to build and increase my resilience in a variety of ways, and hopefully inspire everyone watching in the practices …
Winter Vehicle Survival Course Recap

Winter Vehicle Survival Course Recap

Posted by Kevin Estela on Feb 17th 2022

“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 …