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Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. He grew up in Southern England, and started tracking foxes at a young age. It was his Judo teacher who gave him the idea to learn survival skills. He has been teaching survival skills since 1983, when he founded the “Woodlore” School of Wilderness Bushcraft. His Outdoor Survival Handbook was published in 1990, and his first TV appearance was in 1993 in the BBC2 series Tracks. His presentation style is often praised as authoritative but relaxed and friendly. His love of his subject and his sense of communion with nature are evident in his programmes, as is his respect for indigenous cultures. He has developed something of a cult following amongst students in the United Kingdom. Ray Mears has become synonymous with survival and wilderness bushcraft through his television series Tracks, World of Survival, The Essential Guide to Rocks, and Extreme Survival. He spent his life leaning these skills and is a master of the subject. Wanting to be able to sleep out on the trail and unable to afford camping equipment, he resorted to a Robinson Crusoe approach to solving the problem. Digesting every scrap of information relating to survival that he could find in his local library, he soon began to re-learn skills that had not been employed on the North Downs for hundreds of years. Since those early days Ray has expanded his horizons by travelling the world. He has won the …

Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. He grew up in Southern England, and started tracking foxes at a young age. It was his Judo teacher who gave him the idea to learn survival skills. He has been teaching survival skills since 1983, when he founded the “Woodlore” School of Wilderness Bushcraft. His Outdoor Survival Handbook was published in 1990, and his first TV appearance was in 1993 in the BBC2 series Tracks. His presentation style is often praised as authoritative but relaxed and friendly. His love of his subject and his sense of communion with nature are evident in his programmes, as is his respect for indigenous cultures. He has developed something of a cult following amongst students in the United Kingdom. Ray Mears has become synonymous with survival and wilderness bushcraft through his television series Tracks, World of Survival, The Essential Guide to Rocks, and Extreme Survival. He spent his life leaning these skills and is a master of the subject. Wanting to be able to sleep out on the trail and unable to afford camping equipment, he resorted to a Robinson Crusoe approach to solving the problem. Digesting every scrap of information relating to survival that he could find in his local library, he soon began to re-learn skills that had not been employed on the North Downs for hundreds of years. Since those early days Ray has expanded his horizons by travelling the world. He has won the …

This is a modified figure four deadfall trap. It was made by Adam Wonski during a Basic + Advanced Bushcraft weekend in September 2009. This particular trap improves on the traditional figure four deadfall trap that has a tendency to be difficult to set up. The improved version is bidrectional, easy to hold with two fingers, and can be set up using only one hand for the trap leaving the other hand to maneuver the deadfall. This trap was taught to the instructors here at IPNA by Jason Knight from Alderleaf Wilderness School. More info at www.ipna.ie

Charly heads to Windermere in the Lake District, to learn how to outdoor survival and wilderness living skills.

The Mora knife is ideal for backpacking, wilderness survival, a survival kit or general purpose use small and easy to use but not too large and bulky www.peaksurvival.us

Turn up your volume and click through the link in order to view some of the finest moments from our Outdoor Survival Day adventure. For those of you lived and breathed the experience we are sure this will bring back some emotional memories and be a great memento to keep and send on to those who know you. Obviously large groups would have scared all the wildlife away so if you couldn’t make it this time, here is a look some of the outdoor pursuits we all enjoyed. You missed a great adventure, but don’t worry… David’s already started scheming for the next event. This video contains explicit material that may upset some vegetarians. “But to survive self preservation is paramount and risks may be involved which would otherwise be out of the question” John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman, SAS survival instructor Best regards THE LONDON INDEPENDENT AGENCY TEAM

IPNA Residential Student Pontus Dowchan from Sweden demonstrates how to start a fire using the bowdrill. He used local willow found here on the Ring of Kerry in Southwestern Ireland. The demonstration took place during a Basic + Advanced Bushcraft weekend in August 2009. More info at www.ipna.ie

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