SAR Walt?
 

I've just seen this over on e-goat.... Does anyone know him?

Brett Day

He sounds a bit of a Billy Bullsh!tter to me. He's clearly got the SAS Survival Manual (picked up at Sandbach Services for GBP4.99) memorised, but his account on TV was pretty amateurish.


And he hardly looks like Bear Ghrylls...mentioned he was a SAR Loadmaster...surely someone must know him?

Just goes to show the media will use anyone on television and not necessarily a legitimate "subject matter expert". Never let the truth get in the way of a good media story.

Googled this with a pic:

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Apparently, there is a need to learn bushcraft skills to survive in Essex !

And you can see plenty of bushes around town on a Friday night...in all colours..

I've worked with cadets with more survival knowledge than that load of crap shown on Sky News. You can get a more comprehensive guide from Halfords!!

What is the breaking strain of a SAR winch cable? Also, it looks like you can eat well as a survival instructor!

That said, the first rule of survival is "the fat get thin and the thin die!".

LJ

PS. He's been in the media again Survival expert speaks about ferry jumpers (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)

There's a picture of him in this video wearing his NCA Sgt's Rank Tab...

Bushcraft Knife Sharpening basics - YouTube

I smell 'Walt' having read the E-Goat posts as well...

...the Chief Instructor doesn't come over very well either, in my humble opinion! I keep thinking 'David Brent from the Office does survival!'

LJ

"Brett Day, a former RAF Search and Rescue winch man, said the men would have had between four and ten minutes at most to survive.

The senior instructor at Wildcrafts bushcraft and survival school in Essex said: "Once your body temperature, normally 36 to 37 degrees, reaches 27 to 30 degrees your muscles start to cramp and tense up."


That is IF the person gets over the shock of chest constrictions from the very cold water that can stop you being able to breath - at the same time as panicking and trying to tread waterer / swim. Then you might have 4 - 10 minutes.

Leon,

to be fais, Ray Mears isn't exactly svelte!

I'm always entertained by Mr Grylls. He's never given the real reason for his leaving 21. ;)

Oh, gone on A-A, spill the beans....

No, Mr Mears is no lightweight, and having seen him in person recently he was just as big off TV as on :)

That said, I also was once employed as a bushcraft instructor (not a survival instructor) and I'm pretty rotund too, so I feel I'm in good company :)

Sadly in my case I'm overweight from being too successful as trapping wild haggis, bratwurst and chocolate !


Edit:
I have only just been able to view the linked videos.
It always irritates me when people say 'purify' water when referring to sterilising it. How would boiling or adding chemicals remove any foreign bodies or poisonous chemicals (or even small twigs etc). I always found it useful to inform people about the differences of filtering and sterilising.

I then viewed the knife sharpening vid. Apparently you need to have your knife sheathed (don't forget to leave your sheath inside your coat when stowing your knife so it is nice and close to your main organs) or pegged at all times unless you have been gutting something.........

But then it's also ok to leave it on a stump a minute later, or to stand up while holding it in front of you, to walk around with it in your hand etc etc.

It may also be a bit pedantic but that wasn't the best way to strop a blade either, but then I was still stuck on the idea of it being ok to put poisonous oil on a blade you may be using to skin and eat with!

Check yr PMs Whenurhappy :E

sycamore you surprise me.

One would have thought an affiliation to a Portuguese-speaking South American country to have been more likely thereabouts...... :E

SAR Walt?
 

Ray Mears is a bit on the porky side as he eats extremely well when in t bush

I refer you all to case A, he is in the Alaskan back country and has caught a large salmon

He proceeds to flake it and smoke it Indian style
To quote the yoof of today OMFG, I was scraping my way thru the television

He then proceeds to say you have to be careful as bears can smell cooking fish from twenty miles away

He then does a line about how he'd have to fight the bear for his salmon, I'll have twenty on the judo guy over a bear

Oh and I suggest you reads his biography for more .

If the apocalypse happens I will be heading for the woods

Brett Day | LinkedIn

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Brett is a former Loadmaster who served in the RAF Search and Rescue for 4 years, during which time he completed the aircrew survival cadre and later assisted in teaching it.

He has an active interest in the outdoors and has taken part in events such as the Munro challenge and The 3 Peaks challenge.

Brett enjoys passing on the skills he's learnt, in his spare time he enjoys mountain biking and is a keen photographer.
Brett is also the Qualified First Aider for Wildcrafts, combined with his experience in Search and Rescue you cab be assured of being in good hands.

Instructor and H&S Advisor (Part Time). at Wildcrafts. The Essex bushcraft and survial school

What is a survial school?

Its all elf and safety to me! That speaks volumes :=

...he completed the aircrew survival cadre and later assisted in teaching it.


Not the same thing as teaching it, is it?

Get's around

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