Search

'THAT'S MY BLOOD, not the deer's,' said Eden Kloetzli, a senior at Washington College, in Maryland, as she gazed at the red liquid staining her palm. She and about a [...]

IT WAS A BLISTERING DAY ON OCT. 3, 1993, DURING OPERATION RESTORE HOPE WHEN ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MICHAEL DURANT, A UH-60 BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER PILOT, CRASHED IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. [...]

HUT ONE, HUT TWO Maine Huts & Trails joins a growing list of hut-to-hut hiking options around the country. In 1876, 34 outdoor enthusiasts met in Boston and formed an [...]

Something very large, 1,000, maybe 1,500 pounds, was outside Garrett Conover's tent trampling over large branches as if they were kindling. 'MOOOO-AAAAAAHHH,' the animal cried, its deep voice echoing through [...]

A participant in a two-week wilderness survival course in Wind River Range, WY, learned valuable lessons about outdoor living. The course is offered by the National Outdoor Leadership School, which teaches the principles of simple living, environmental protection, and safety.

A man enlisted in Boulder Outdoor Survival School's seven-day course in aboriginal living skills. He was taught how to survive in the wilderness with only a water container, blanket and knife. He also learned to make a fire with a cottonwood fire board and a sagebrush.

Nathan Harter's headaches were gone. His shivering has stopped. And a mild burning sensation slowly replaced the frozen numbness in his fingers and toes. As the 17-year-old Life Scout from […]

Outward Bound was started in Great Britain in 1941. The US program was launched in 1962 in a variety of locations and appealed mostly to high school and college students. In 1976, it re-focused its services and began to provide programs for adults in their 30s and 40s.

Always wanted to know how to build a debris hut out of branches and leaves? Try taking a wilderness course at Tom Brown's Tracker School, which offers classes in New […]

When do Sailors trek through the desert? When they train at Naval Air Facility, EICentro, Calif. The school is Desert Environment Survival Training (DEST) [*], and All Hands sent PH2 [...]

NAM PUNG DAM SPECIAL FORCES BASE, Thailand -- The golden brown almonds sat on a plate surrounded by fruits, vegetables, fish and the rest of the lunch. Thal Special Forces [...]

Being one with your rattlesnake NATHAN SCHOMBURG THOUGHT the whole idea behind the Wilderness Awareness School was to get up-close and personal with nature. Endeavoring to become "one" with fellow […]

Instead of putting computers in our elementary school classrooms, we should take children into nature, away from those virtual worlds in which they spend unconscionable hours.... Let them know that […]