21st CENTURY SURVIVOR

Biography

A former New York police investigator and Military Weapons Specialist who has spent the last 20 years studying philosophy, psychology, comparative religion and the survival mindset, Explorer Brian Brawdy is an independent television journalist educating international audiences on the importance of exploration, survival and emergency preparedness. Hiking with the grizzly bears of Alaska, the wolves of Yellowstone or kayaking with the alligators of the Everglades, Brian often endures extremes in temperature and weather from -40 degrees to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Whether buried in a simulated avalanche or hiking across the desert in extreme summer heat, Survival Expert Brian Brawdy honed his skills and cultivated a heart-felt belief in a human being’s ability to survive nearly anything. Called upon by CNN, Fox, ABC and Good Morning America to share his expertise in emergency preparedness and wilderness/urban survival, Brian highlights the basic skill sets for any
human to thrive, no matter what circumstance throws at them.

In 2008, Brian traveled to 48 States in 10 months with over 100 personal appearances and 80 television news segments spreading the message of 21st Century Survival and Conservation thru Exploration. Highlighting the importance of self-reliance, emergency preparedness, exploration and survival, Brian challenges individuals to take a proactive roll in their lives.

Referred to as a ‘Survival Expert,’ ‘Outdoor Adventure Expert,’ and ‘Environmental Pioneer,’ Brian is certiﬁed in Wilderness First Aid and has been featured on CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, The Early Show, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, The Vancouver Sun and on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, The CW and GlobalTV afﬁliates across North America.

One Question

There are no answers on how to survive or techniques to learn to do so. Survival, all survival, comes down to answering just one straight-forward question.

In a world plagued with an ever increasing number of manmade catastrophes and natural disasters, there looms for each of us a moment of decision. In the blink of an eye, you will need to answer just one simple question.

In an emergency situation, when it hits, and it will, who will you be?

Whether an Act of Nature or a Terrorist Act, in that moment when your body urges you to fight or flee, who will you be?

When confronted by a tornado or terrorism, hypothermia or heat-stroke, a hurricane or a home invasion, a bridge collapse or a bomb scare, when it comes to protecting yourself or defending your family, will you panic and perish or will you stand and survive?

The human will to live is as basic and powerful an instinct as you and I possess. When it hits, and it will, will you abandon that instinct or embrace it fully? In that moment of indecision/decision who will you be?

A victim or a survivor?

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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