Category: Old Ways

The Rules of Living In A Wilderness Shelter

Nick Oetken

Heading off on expeditions doesn’t always mean needing to stay in a tent or roughing it in a bivi bag, because there are plenty of…

10 Things We Should All Know About Tracking

Geoffrey Guy

Tracking is the art of interpreting the ‘indirect’ sign left by other animals. Here are the top ten things you need to know about tracking…

Top 5 Bushcraft Skills You Need To Know

Geoffrey Guy

Bushcraft is basically the practice of living in the wilderness. Today, many such bushcraft skills would widely be considered old fashioned and outdated. It is…

How To Build A Signal Fire

Joann Clark

Even the greatest and most experienced explorers get into trouble in the wild, by either taking a wrong step or not accounting for the weather…

9 Tips for Prepping Your Camp Food, What Are Yours?

Before going to camp, there are many things you need to consider and plan ahead for. One very important thing to plan for is food.…

Erebus, Royal Navy’s Rocket Firing Ship of 1814

Rich Murphy

There are many great lines included in Francis Scott Key’s song The Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem. When Key wrote those inspiring verses, he…

The History of Log Cabins & One of The Best Survival Shelters

Nick Oetken

When most of us think of a survival shelter, the image that pops into our heads is that of the log cabin. Log cabins are…

The Best Non-Firearm Self-Defense Weapons

Rich Murphy

Firearms have long been called “the great equalizer” and rightly so. A petite woman with a gun in her hands is the match for the…

Your Life May Depend Upon It: How to Start a Fire When it’s Pouring With Rain

Ian Kershaw

Somehow or other, it seems that we all get this idealistic vision of what a survival situation is going to be like. At least, everyone…

Your Guide to Coastal Foraging in Survival Situations

Ian Kershaw

When discussing the great outdoors, and survival in general, many authors completely overlook an important part of the nature around us. While we have covered…