About the author

Kyle Thomson

<p><em> Kyle is the owner of Wilderness Wild Survival School LLC and a fulltime wilderness skills instructor. He lives in Utah where he travels around the state teaching wilderness living skills and primitive survival skills. </em></p><p><em> He has spent the last two decades learning and teaching wilderness survival, bushcraft, and primitive living skills. </em></p><p><em> In that time Kyle has also lived for long periods of time in the wilderness using the skills he teaches and devoting his time to become proficient in each skill. </em></p><p><em> Teaching has been a passion of his since he was young. In his teen years Kyle would teach survival basics to the BSA and run local survival classes for other teens. </em></p><p><em> Wilderness living skills is more than a skillset to Kyle, It's a way of life and something he's passionate about sharing with everyone!</em></p><p><em> Kyle isn't a purest in primitive skills. He doesn't believe in living primitively, but he believes that all these skills have a place in today's world for those wishing to be more self-reliant. He believes in using certain modern items that are what he calls "modern counterparts" to the old way of doing things.</em></p><p><em> Today you will find Kyle out in the wild alone or with his family practicing and living the skills he teaches. He truly has a passion for the wild places and self reliance living.</em></p><p></p>