Category: News

Police say hermit stole to survive 27 years in woods

Doug Williams

Christopher Knight, a 47-year-old man, was arrested in April and spent his first night indoors in 27 years in the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in…

Baltic States Training in Extreme & Tough Survival Skills In Case of an Invasion

Doug Williams

In Lithuania, people just like us are spending time out in freezing conditions to learn basic and intermediate survival skills. I’ve done a number of…

Backpacking Checklist – Is It Essential To Have One

Doug Williams

Whether you’re a beginner or a more experienced backpacker, the worst thing that can happen is that you forget an item or two that you…

Extinct Animals to Walk Again: Clones of Tigers, Bison, Deer To Join Woolly Mammoths

Doug Williams

Sometimes I think about how nice it would be to be thrown (umm, maybe, placed gently) back in time to an age where the world…

China to Invest $14 Million Into Tibet to Develop Mount Everest Tourism

Doug Williams

Right on the border between Nepal and China, there is a town called Gangkar.  It is unclear if it is a part of Nepal or…

Close Escape: Hunters Shoot Attacking Brown Bear Just Before he Reaches Them

Doug Williams

In a Russian wilderness, a group of hunters was caught unawares by a brown bear that tore out of the bush and towards the men.…

Wolves are Vanishing from Isle Royale – Officials Looking at Increasing the Population

Doug Williams

Over the last few years, there’s been a large focus on restoring wolf populations to places where they no longer roam, or the population has…

Man Survives Double Bear Attack ‘I was perfectly still. It was the only chance that I had’

Doug Williams

Towards the end of last year Dan Richmond, a 54-year-old hiker, survived a very close encounter with not one bear but two. There’s a lot…

A city built on sawdust

Doug Williams

Here’s some news for our friends in Canada about the development of Chaudière Island which is located in the center of the Ottawa Metropolitan area,…

Mad, Bad SAS Soldiers – Rogue Heroes

Doug Williams

When it comes to fitness, adaptability, and toughness we’d all love to be as capable as the guys that serve in the SAS and other…