Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Michelle Finch on June 28, 2008

ABC News in phoenix arizona has an excellent report on hiking in extreme temperatures. While few of us will ever have to worry about the sort of temperatures Phoenix sees in the summer, it's impo...

National Interagency Fire Center: Where There's Smoke....

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Michelle Finch on May 26, 2008

With the camping, hiking and general outdoors season in full swing, another traditional summertime season has begun - Forest fire season. Anyone heading into the wilds needs to check on local fire c...

Can You Survive Anything?

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Terah Shelton on October 25, 2007

Next week marks anniversary of the Donner Party disaster. For those who do not know, the group of migrants became trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains (yes, the same mountains Steve Fossett&...

Woman Rescued After Floating in Ocean for 19 Hours

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Terah Shelton on October 21, 2007

The sheer will to survive never ceases to amaze me. Lillian Ruth Simpson was rescued after floating for 19 hours on a water container off the coast of Maui. Simpson was canoeing alone when winds fli...

Tips to Surviving in the Desert

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Terah Shelton on September 12, 2007

While reading an article about Steve Fossett, I came across Desert Survivors. According to their website, the group of 690 members is a "non-profit organization founded in 1981 with the mission o...

Outdoor Survival Army Style

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Beverly Durfee on December 15, 2006

If you're ever lost in the outdoors, your main thought should be survival - literally S.U.R.V.I.A.L. The U.S. Army Survival Manual provides this list for you to keep in mind if the worst should ha...

Internet Mapping Services Not Reliable

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Beverly Durfee on December 12, 2006

After reporting on the tragic death of James Kim - who was found dead after his family was lost in the Oregon mountains - SFGate.com's Tom Stienstra speculated that the Kim family was using a pape...

Rescue Signals

Filed in archive Outdoor Survival by Beverly Durfee on November 15, 2006

All of our survival kits come with those spiffy little mirrors, but besides using them for shaving in the morning or applying sunblock to our nose, do we really know how to use them? Tony Nester, an...