As outdoor enthusiasts, survivalists, preppers and bushcrafters we often hypothesise about surviving with nothing but a knife, but what is that really like in practice? A knife really can make the difference between...

One of the most influential figures in camping and the outdoors over the last couple of centuries was George Washington Sears, known more commonly by his pan name; ‘Nessmuk’. He was an advocate of light weight camping...

First of all what is a bug out bag? Quite simply it is a bag packed with basic necessities to keep you alive or if you needed to leave or ‘bug out’ of home. As unlikely as a situation like that may seem, there are parts...

I have over 300 holds on my home climbing wall – crimpers, slopers, knobs, pinches, and buckets. But only 6 of my holds are commercial; the rest are homemade using wood, stone, or resin-sand mixture. I am by no...