by katie.d | Jun 16, 2016 | bushcraft, camping, knives, Naked & Afraid, review
When I travel in the tropics and expect to do a lot of rural and wilderness camping with a lot of off trail exploration, a machete type tool in addition to a smaller knife is my go-to loadout. Small knives excel at agile fine tasks while bigger heavier tools excel at...
by katie.d | Jun 3, 2016 | camping, field journal, Naked & Afraid, survival, Travel
I gasp for breath and jolt awake. It’s midnight in the bushveld, a thorny desert woodland typical of Southern Africa. !Tuka the old grey Bushman hunter was squatting by the fire. He paid me no mind sitting up in the soft sand. The air was sharp cold but still my...
by katie.d | Jan 13, 2016 | blog
It’s always fun to look back on the past year and view our highlight reel. At this time last year, we had just received the news that Don would be traveling to Africa to be on the Discovery Channel show, Naked and Afraid. If you missed that post, read more about his...
by katie.d | Dec 1, 2015 | adventure
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. I can’t disclose all the cool stuff I’ve been writing up about Africa and Naked and Afraid until my episode airs sometime in 2016. In the meantime, I have been skiing,ice climbing,meeting new people and making lots of friends in...
by katie.d | Oct 7, 2015 | Naked & Afraid
on the teaser last night. Here are some screen shots! I am seen waist-deep in water holding a spear saying, “This is why I am alive.” Then I am shown sneaking across the Kalahari saying, “Wild elephants!” That’s my shit eating grin after seeing the matriarch elephant...
