Online survival course
Learn to survive. Properly.
A demanding, self-paced survival course. Study hundreds of techniques in depth, see them in a living landscape, then prove them in a practical test on the island.
Free to watch
The Stampede Trail, 1992
Chris McCandless walked into the Alaskan wild to live on his own terms. Follow his journey over the real land, from the end of the road to Bus 142.
How it works
Learn it. See it. Prove it.
Every module follows the same path, and none of it is a breeze. You only move on when you can show you understand.
Learn
In-depth lessons on hundreds of techniques: shadow sticks and improvised compasses, reading clouds, water and trees, fire by friction, finding fish, signals and first aid.
See it on the island
Walkthroughs on a virtual island with real sun, stars, rivers, forests and farms. An instructor shows you what to look for, and why it matters.
Do it yourself
Immersive events with no hand-holding. Read the land, find water, choose a route, make the judgement calls, then answer for them.
Pass the practical
A demanding final test on real terrain. Pass it to earn your Survival Skillset certificate.
The island
A landscape that tells you things
Sawn stumps in rows mean a timber road is close. A beck’s flow points you downhill to the valley. The sun and stars sit exactly where they would for the date and the place. Everything on the island is there for a reason, and the course teaches you to read it.
- Real sun, moon and star positions for direction finding
- Rivers, lakes, forests, farms, crags and coast
- Real places around the world, built from real terrain
- No health bars or game tricks: just you and the land
The course
Twelve modules. Hundreds of techniques.
From the first hour of being lost to the day you’re found. The bushcraft depth to live well out there, and the judgement to make the hard calls.
Module 1
Mindset and judgement
Stop, think, observe, plan. Priorities, risk and the calls with no good answer.
Modules 2 and 3
Navigation
Natural navigation, improvised compasses, the stars, then map and compass in any weather.
Module 4
Mountains and terrain
Reading the sky, the dangers of the ground, and making yourself findable.
Module 5
Water
Finding it, reading it, judging it and making it safe to drink.
Module 6
Fire
Tinder by habitat, ferro rods, friction fire and fire in the wet.
Modules 7 and 8
Resources and food
Shelter, cordage and tools. Plants, fungi, where fish lie and how to catch them.
Module 9
Fauna
Tracks and sign, animal behaviour, and the animals to respect.
Modules 10 to 12
Signals, first aid, real stories
Being seen and understood, care in the wild, and what real survivors teach us.
Built for learning alone
Your pace. Your record. No audience.
No group calls, no leaderboards, nothing live. Work through it quietly, repeat any event as often as you need, and keep a private field journal as you go.
- Self-paced: start and stop when you like
- Every event can be repeated
- A private field journal for every lesson
- Progress that is yours alone
Start with Module 1
Mindset, priorities and judgement: the foundation everything else rests on.