How to Tell Direction Without a Compass

A compass may not be the first thing you think of when surviving in the wilderness, that would be shelter, fire, food and how to cook it, and water. However, knowing your Naughty Elephants Squirt Water (your mnemonic may well…
Lessons from Cast Away the Movie

What Tom Hanks’ Character Got Right (and Wrong) About Survival What is the first movie that comes to mind when you think about uninhabited islands? Chances are it is likely to be the Robert Zemeckis movie Cast Away, featuring an…
What is the Most Remote Island in the World?

What would be the furthest you could go to escape a world that often feels overcrowded and overconnected? Can’t take a trip to the International Space Station? In this case, the allure of remote islands hold a special fascination. These…
Mr Beast Tries Out the Desert Island Life

The intrepid YouTuber Mr Beast recently shared his desert island adventure with the world. Millions of viewers watched as he and his group of friends took on the challenge of surviving with minimal rations on a remote island. Although the…
Ditch the Kitchen: How to Cook in the Wild

Whether you’re camping in a forest, enjoying a beach day, or stranded on a desert island, you’ll have the skills to turn survival into a fun experience. Table of Contents Harnessing the Wilderness: Resourcefulness at Its Core Cooking in the…
Top 3 Items to Take To a Deserted Island and Survive

What Would You Bring to be Stranded on a Desert Island? You know those quizzes, “which 3 items would you take from this list to survive on a desert island?”, well we asked survival expert Tom Williams to let us…
Sunny Side Up – The Benefits of Sunlight and Why Vitamin D is so Important

For the past million years, we humans lived as hunter gatherers, spending ample time outside which got plenty of sunlight, therefore plenty of Vitamin D. When we left our home continent of Africa 60,000-90,000 years ago something interesting happened, something…
Unlocking a Balanced Life: The Comprehensive Guide to Digital Detox

Table of contents Introduction: Embracing Balance in a Digital World What is a Digital Detox? The Need for Digital Detox Signs You Might Need a Digital Detox What Does A Detox Do for Your Mental Well-Being and Well-Being in General?…
Tom wins Alone

Below, a summary of the video: Good morning, castaways and castaways to be. It happened. I won Alone. I mean, it has sunk in because it was 11 months ago that it happened. But it’s a great achievement. I’m really,…
What 10 items did contestants on “Alone UK” take?

TABLE OF CONTENTS Tom Williams Elise Wortley Pip Wright Alan Mike Javed Eva Louie Seddon Laura Try Naomi Aldwyn-Allsworth Kian Baig Contestants of “Alone UK” were allowed to bring 10 survival items with them. However, these couldn’t be just any…