Category: Old Ways
Cutting Edge: The Basics of Axe Safety When You Camp
Safety when doing outdoor activities, including using axes, comes down to managing risk. Risk can be divided into two components: probability and severity. While the probability of…
10 Blunders Often Made By Hiking Beginners – Yes We Have Worn Denim Before
When hiking, careless hikers are more likely to poke Diamondback Rattlers, tumble off a cliff, and otherwise get themselves into trouble. And, quite frankly, our country…
Five Things to Do If you Get Lost in The Great Outdoors
It’s amazingly easy to get lost while hiking. One moment you are on track, and then you get distracted and are soon wandering in circles. …
Primitive Technology, This is How It Can Be Mastered
Heck, there’s some great video’s on youtube, I’m not talking about the cute cat video’s (Although I’ve heard it’s moved on to cute dogs now)…
Torch Made From Pine Resin To Light Your Way
Having fire and making some light is an important survival skill, this isn’t just a way of brightening up an area but of having fire…
Millennials lack Necessary Survival Skills
It is a little scary to think that if a survival situation happens, I am more likely to survive if I pair up with my…
Inuit – 10 Facts About The Natives Of The North
I’ve always been amazed by the Eskimos; there’s just something about being able to survive and even thrive in the harsh tundra of the north…
Outdoor skills we can learn from the 19th century Wild West settlers
The life in the American Wild West was nothing like it has been portrayed by the Hollywood western classics. The people of the west did…
Master canoe maker teaches high school students
There are some seriously lucky students in Maine, I’d have loved the opportunity they’ve been given. Here at the Outdoor Revival office we regularly talk…
The Pacific Northwest saw some of the most significant number of settlers looking for a new life all through the nineteenth century, however, the journey…