Updated July 11, 2025 01:09PM
Survival Lab
Our man-in-the-field, Drop Dead Ted, tests lifesaving gear and equipment with ingenuity and elbow grease. You can trust his results to provide the truth that every backpacker needs to know in a survival situation.
'Drop Dead Ted'
Foraging – March 2013
- VIDEO: Finding Food in the Wild
Bivy Sacks – November 2012
Finding Water – September 2012
- VIDEO: Harvesting Dew
- VIDEO: Set up a Transpiration Bag
Signaling Devices – August 2012
- VIDEO: Use a Signaling Mirror
- VIDEO: Signaling Devices Roundup
Knives – June 2012
- VIDEO: Ultimate Knife Test
- VIDEO: Carve a Feather Stick