hi I'm Tim McQuay and this is Rick Houston I founded an operate earth connection school of wilderness survival and ancient skills in Fredericksburg Virginia Hugh came on board with us about five years ago and in this video clip series we're going to show you how to survive in the outdoors we're gonna teach you how to build a shelter how to find water how to build a fire and how to find food and also how to build a survival kit to keep you safe in any type of outdoor emergency the skills presented here will require only a few materials such as a knife matches and lighters and some water purification supplies these outdoor survival skills we're going to show you are definitely life saving skills however they are not without risk you could cut yourself carving wood you could burn yourself trying to purify water or any other number of dangerous situations so please exercise the greatest care when practicing these skills or when using them for real now a little bit about earth connection Hugh and I have a combined 52 years of outdoor skills experience a combined 21 years of outdoor skills teaching experience we've taught people from all around the world and Hugh has taught all around the world and today we're going to show you how to do shelter water fire and food so let's get started