Modern Outdoor Survival
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A wilderness skills and outdoor safety podcast about realistic and relevant survival skills in the outdoors, making best use of modern equipment and knowledge.
Hosted by Richard Prideaux, an outdoors instructor with over a decade of experience leading groups and individuals in wild and remote places.
For outdoor skills training courses and events visit https://outdoorprofessional.co.uk/
- Update frequency
- every 87 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Sacrifice at Christmas : The Tragedy of Solomon Browne
This is a different episode for us, but it's one we felt compelled to make.On 19th December 1981 a dramatic rescue played out on the English coast, involving a stricken cargo ship being driven toward…
00:47:01 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
57: Cold and Alone on the White River
This is the story that we promised in the last episode - a tale of cold water, dogs in canoes and unexpected swimming. Also a tale of hypothermia, kit choice, decision making and reflecting on the ci…
01:01:23 |
Tue 14 May 2024
56: Wet Cold vs Dry Cold
There are many elements which affect how cold you feel and how cold you actually are at the core, in this episode Richard talks about the subtle external factors which can have a big impact on our bo…
00:49:25 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
55: The Knoydart Gear Exchange
Firstly, apologies for the change in audio quality partway through the episode.
This episode is a little bit different, Richard was invited to go with Dave, Chris and Alistair for a multi-day hike on …
This episode is a little bit different, Richard was invited to go with Dave, Chris and Alistair for a multi-day hike on …
01:19:50 |
Sat 04 Nov 2023
52: Big wall climbing, real-life survival and accidental comedy with Andy Kirkpatrick
Richard Prideaux talks with Andy Kirkpatrick about all things big wall, winter expeditions and doing things the hard way.
It's safe to say that Andy has made his way through life so far by pushing hi…
01:45:45 |
Sun 14 May 2023
50: UK Military Survival Training with Chris Smart
Chris Smart is an ex-military SERE (survive, evade, resist, extract) instructor and now runs 112 Survival, a training company based out of a wood in Shropshire, UK. Richard and Chris delve into the i…
01:22:00 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
46: Snow- the return
Richard Prideaux and Ralph talk about avalanches, what they are, how to avoid being caught in one and the personal skills to develop if you want to spend time on snowy mountains.
On this episode of Mo…
On this episode of Mo…
00:52:44 |
Fri 16 Dec 2022
38: Surviving the Outskirts of London? - Tangier Wood
For this episode of Modern Outdoor Survival Richard welcomes Jodie and Jordan of Tangier Wood to talk about how and why they became small woodland owners in the UK and the unique survival challenge w…
01:31:11 |
Mon 16 May 2022
37: The Psychology and Personality of Expeditions - with Ash Routen
Ash Routen is our guest this week, a British polar adventurer and adventure writer. He and Richard delve into the psychology behind adventure, talk about some of the inspiring people Ash has had the …
01:04:13 |
Wed 04 May 2022
35: Hunting deer and surviving Africa with Barry Stoffell
Richard Prideaux talks with Barry Stoffell, a hardrock exploration geologist who has led groups as first boots on the ground in some very interesting places. In Africa he encountered hazards presente…
01:34:23 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
31: YELLOW - Why Cooper's colour code is always applicable
Yellow is the prompt for this episode of Modern Outdoor Survival, yellow as in the stage of awareness on Cooper's colour code. This time Richard Prideaux is joined by Terry, a good friend, knowledgea…
00:58:22 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
29: WARMING - with Adam Gent from REAL First Aid
For this episode Richard delves deep into the world of first aid and training with Adam Gent from REAL First Aid.
Richard and Adam talk about not having a proper job and how they got there, what it is…
Richard and Adam talk about not having a proper job and how they got there, what it is…
01:03:09 |
Mon 24 Jan 2022
22: Interview with Andrew from Valley Deep Mountain High
Episode 22 features Andrew, founder/creator of Valley Deep Mountain High and team member of Lakota Outdoors. This episode is recorded in the woods next to a roaring camp fire whilst the rest of the g…
00:29:26 |
Mon 15 Nov 2021
21: Interview with Stuart from Lakota Outdoors
Episode 21 features our first ever guest Stuart, Navy veteran and creator/founder of Lakota Outdoors. This episode is recorded in the woods next to a roaring camp fire whilst the rest of the group ga…
00:33:53 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
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