All of the wilderness survival stories found on this site are unedited first hand accounts that have been emailed to us by people from all over the United States. Below are the most recent ones we have received listed alphabetically by disaster type.
We were stupid and foolish and didn't tell our moms where we were
For your second question it would have been a lot better if we had a cell phone or some kind of communication with our moms(or a tarp to stop the rain and a magnesium stick and dry tinder to keep us warm) and yes my "prepared
Out For A Hike SURVIVAL STORIES
Nightmare at 14,000 feet
I couldn't tell if I was shaking from fear or the hypothermia setting in. My hands actually looked blue!
Practice Survival SURVIVAL STORIES
Ol’ Fat Lady Survival Adventures #1
I felt it was my duty as one of the “elderly” (an opinion expressed by my children and grand children who are no doubt experts) to undertake some experiments involving a variety of survival materials usually touted in pre
Ice has a fickle face to it
But, this time I want to make something very clear: ice has a fickle face to it. If you don't know it, DON'T trust it! Even deep into winter, there are signs that I should have looked for, but didn't know.
Test Yourself SURVIVAL STORIES
That whole thing about going 45+ days without food is BS
That whole thing about going 45+ days without food is BS in my opinion because in a real survival situation you need the energy to continually collect wood to keep a fire going if it is very cold or if you need to purify wate
The Unexpected SURVIVAL STORIES
Crushed by an ATV
Lying there, I really thought it was over and prepared to die by hypothermia.
Unprepared adults lead scary camping adventure
We arrived at the site and were setting up camp, come to find out we did not have enough water for 12 people for the weekend, the "adults" that were in charge did not have the experience to handle 10 hormonal teenagers in the
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