Tom Brown Jr., Tracker School

When survival trumps beauty sleep, sacrifice your closed-cell foam mat for a higher purpose.

Save your eyes, your electronics, and your life—as if you needed more reasons to start every trip with a breakfast burrito.

Use this expert advice to convert your shell into anything from a water carrier to a sling.

Traditional or modern, snowshoes can do a lot more than help you float on powder.

Where there’s a blade, there’s a way. Use these techniques to carve, chop, scrape, and signal your way out of trouble.

In a bind? Turn to humankind’s oldest tool.