Brought to you by Outdoor Professional.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/
Latest episodes
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47 min
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…
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1 h 01
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 r…
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49 min
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 b…
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1 h 19
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…
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1 h 45
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 s…
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1 h 22
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 Chr…
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53 min
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…
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1 h 05
41: Delving into Bug Out Bags
On this episode Richard Prideaux is tearing apart a bugout bag -and not just any bug out bag, but one which was purchased by a listener and supporter of the show.We go through item…
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1 h 31
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 s…
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1 h 04
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 peop…
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1 h 34
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 encounter…
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58 min
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…
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1 h 03
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 go…
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29 min
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 whils…
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34 min
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 r…