{"id":52114,"date":"2015-11-20T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=52114"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:47:28","slug":"podcast-157-primitive-pursuits-winter-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/survival\/podcast-157-primitive-pursuits-winter-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #157: Primitive Pursuits &#038; Winter Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is coming.<\/p>\n<p>And if you spend time outdoors during the cold weather season, be it skiing, snowshoeing, or hunting, you need to know how to survive in the wild if for some reason you find yourself stranded with nothing but your wits and the clothes on your back.<\/p>\n<p>Surviving in the cold and snow presents some interesting challenges that you don&#8217;t have during the warmer months of the year. How do you build a fire when all the wood is covered in snow and ice? How do you avoid hypothermia? How do you build a shelter when the only material you have is snow?<\/p>\n<p>Well my guest today on the podcast is an expert on winter wilderness survival and he&#8217;s written a book on the subject. His name is Dave Hall and he&#8217;s the co-author of the book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0801479959\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0801479959&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winter in the Wilderness<\/a><\/em>. Dave is also the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/primitivepursuits.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primitive Pursuits<\/a>, a nature awareness and primitive skills program for children and adults in Ithaca, NY. Today on the podcast Dave and I discuss why it&#8217;s important for kids to get into the wild and how to survive Old Man Winter face-to-face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is coming. And if you spend time outdoors during the cold weather season, be it skiing, snowshoeing, or hunting, you need to know how to survive in the wild if for some reason you find yourself stranded with nothing but your wits and the clothes on your back. 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