Tag: survival

Primitive Cooking Fires in the outdoors

Paul Pinkerton

Cooking Fires FIREWOODS – There are many things which make some woods burn hotter than others – rate of growth, resin content, age of tree,…

How to Talk with Grizzly Bears – Part 1

We’re grateful to the amazing Nikki van Schyndel (aka Daisy Crocket) for sharing some of her life and adventures with us here on Outdoor Revival.   There’s…

Wool Blanket Anorak – Make your own in a few easy steps

Here’s we have a timely article by MickeS in the UK on how to make a smock out of a woolen blanket. Generally, you can…

Making a Glue Stick using primitive methods

In this article, Patrick McGlinchey of the Backwoods Survival School based in Scotland guides us through making a glue stick, a primitive method of creating…

Could the Genome Sequence of Water Bears could help us Live longer

Doug Williams

If you think we have evolved to be the toughest and most brutal of all creatures, think again and then again. The toughest of all…

How to Become Wild by Daisy Crocket

We’re grateful to the amazing Nikki van Schyndel (aka Daisy Crocket) for sharing some of her life and adventures with us here on Outdoor Revival.   So…

Tent and Hammock all in one neat package

Here at Outdoor Revival we’re always on the lookout for cool kit and exciting innovations, the bottom line is that we love to get out…

Tech: Devices Change the Behavior of People, Sadly Taking More Risks

With a record number of National Park visitors in 2015, more people are facing the challenges and dangers of the wild – and news stories…

Great Bannock recipes for when you’re on the trail

Paul Pinkerton

Hoodoo’s recipes There was a period in my life where I lived out of a pack for months at a time, and this was one…

Pyroflint Super Alloy Firesteel Striker – Review

Thanks to our cousins across the pond for this great little review. Wow, that certainly is a mouthful. But I thought I’d make everyone aware…