“As of yet, I have not had to replace a battery in a map and compass,” said Eric Hunter, who teaches courses on wilderness travel and survival. “GPS is dependent on technology and if that fails, you ...

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In an anxious time, courses in wilderness survival and military tactics are thriving. Sarah Beth Riess took part in the California Survival School’s weekend-long course in survival and evasion.Credit.

I read recently of a hunter in my home state of Kentucky who slipped and fell from a short rock face. As he was falling, his boot got hung in the root of a tree, and he was then hanging upside down.

There’s something deeply reassuring about being prepared, whether you’re trekking through uncharted wilderness or simply navigating the unpredictability of daily life. Yet, finding the right tools to ...