BWFF: Wilderness Survival Talk

Part of the Birks Wilderness Film Festival 2025

Wilderness Survival Talk with Steven Hanton from Wilderness Folk School. (wwww.folkschool.uk)

Join bushcraft instructor and survival expert Steven Hanton for his no nonsense lecture on what you really need to know about survival in the wilderness.

In this engaging talk, Steven will dispel the common myths on survival, look at the evidence from survival stories and give practical advice on what really is important in a survival situation. Drawing on 20 years+ as a bushcraft & survival instructor, expedition leader and survival consultant to TV celebrities such as Bear Grylls and Ed Stafford, Steven distils his experience into the need-to-knows, including:

Myths in the world of survival
What is a survival situation?
What makes a good survivor?
What you really need to know
Thinking about a survival kit, what you should carry.
Bushcraft/Survival Q & A

Steven Hanton is currently director and chief instructor for the ‘Wilderness Folk School’. Based in Aberfeldy, this exciting new venture provides quality bushcraft, wilderness skills and nature-based courses in Scotland and overseas. Steven also works as a survival consultant for film and TV productions, regularly working in the world’s most remote desert, arctic and jungle environments.