SURVIVAL TIPS

One Question

There are no answers on how to survive or techniques to learn to do so. Not really. Survival, all survival, comes down to answering just one straight-forward question. Who will you be? In a world plagued with an ever increasing number of manmade catastrophies and natural disasters, there looms for each of us a moment of decision. In the blink of an eye, your eye, you will need to answer just one simple question.
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B.E.S.T. CHANCES FOR SURVIVAL

When you total up all of the natural disasters, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, violent storms and their aftermath, extremes of heat and cold, it’s enough to give us all pause. Add to these residential and high-rise fires, terrorists attacks, automobile accidents and a host of other man-made emergencies its easy to wonder about our chances for long-term survival. Given the variety of crises that can present themselves in any moment, its good to know that there is one thing you can do, in advance, to mentally prepare yourself for any disaster, to give yourself the BEST chance for survival.
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EMERGENCY FIRST AID

The greatest misunderstanding about Emergency First Aid is a timing one. The term implies that it is in the opening moments of the emergency that our thoughts and actions of First Aid kick in. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Emergency First Aid, to be effective, begins long before the actual emergency.
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WINTER SURVIVAL TIPS

Outdoor adventure expert Brian Brawdy offers advice for staying healthy both in and out of the house.
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SUMMER SURVIVAL TIPS

Here a few tips that, frankly, most of us know already yet tend to forget once the temperatures climb towards summer.
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AVALANCHE SURVIVAL

With winter just around the corner, I’m told it already snowed in the high-country of Colorado, Avalanche Safety tips are on my mind. I wanted to quickly mention a segment I shot with Keith McCord of KSL TV in Salt Lake City last winter. The interview contains some cutting edge gear that just might save your life this winter in the backcounrty.
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URBAN DISASTERS

Urban disasters, of all survival situations, are the most good news/bad news types on the survival curve.
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MINDUPS

Nature challenges each of us mentally, physically and spiritually is age-old wisdom. That Adventure and Wilderness Exploration make us smarter, healthier and happier becomes apparent when we remember that the Mind is a muscle like any other in the Human body. Our mental faculties rely on exercise and “progressive adaptation” to build strength and flexibility regardless of our age. The Human brain shares another trait common to every muscle group; the weakening of prolonged atrophy. What strength and stamina we choose not to use, we soon forfeit. “Use it or lose it” is a “total body” ailment.
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