Jessie Krebs - Navigating the Wilderness & Essential Skills for Survival

Bush & Banter

In this episode, Jen and Dyana talk with Survival Specialist Jessie Krebs, who shares essential tips for staying alive in the backcountry, covering everything from signaling to self-protection. Krebs, one of the few S.E.R.E. (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) specialists who taught military members how to survive behind enemy lines, also appeared as a contestant on the hit television show "Alone" and offers her own Masterclass in Survival Training. Currently, she teaches a variety of in-person classes at her O.W.L.S. Skills School in Colorado.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome back!

1:02 Jen's BIG news

3:12 Guest Introduction

5:15 Wild Women on the Water

8:30 Road kill deer...?

11:11 Jessie's Background

16:06 Jessie's Hypothermia Experience

18:24 Wilderness Therapy

25:38 How Dyana found Jessie

26:20 What to do if you get lost outdoors

33:40 How long can humans last without food and water?

35:46 Importance of a shelter for psychological health

39:04 Top essential items to take when hiking

39:58 5 Basic Needs

49:58 How long can it take someone to become a survival expert?

51:51 One of Jessie's most impactful moments in nature

58:13 What to do in a lightning storm

1:08:15 O.W.L.S. Skills Outdoor School

1:10:56 Can Dyana survive in the wilderness?

1:16:14 The Hadza - one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes on Earth

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Chapters

1. Welcome back! (00:00:00)

2. Jen's BIG news (00:01:02)

3. Guest Introduction (00:03:12)

4. Wild Women on the Water (00:05:15)

5. Road kill deer...? (00:08:30)

6. Jessie's Background (00:11:11)

7. Jessie's Hypothermia Experience (00:16:06)

8. Wilderness Therapy (00:18:24)

9. How Dyana found Jessie (00:25:38)

10. What to do if you get lost outdoors (00:26:20)

11. How long can humans last without food and water? (00:33:40)

12. Importance of a shelter for psychological health (00:35:46)

13. Top essential items to take when hiking (00:39:04)

14. 5 Basic Needs (00:39:58)

15. How long can it take someone to become a survival expert? (00:49:58)

16. One of Jessie's most impactful moments in nature (00:51:51)

17. What to do in a lightning storm (00:58:13)

18. O.W.L.S. Skills Outdoor School (01:08:15)

19. Can Dyana survive in the wilderness? (01:10:56)

20. The Hadza - one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes on Earth (01:16:14)

21. Jessie's final piece of advice (01:25:31)