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Hunters on a mountain ridge with lightning striking in the distance during a storm

Lightning, Hunting, and the Harsh Lessons of the Mountains

When two hunters in Colorado, Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, recently lost their lives during a lightning storm, it shook the hunting community. If you don’t know their story, they were archery elk hunting together in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado when they went missing. Search and Rescue teams spent days combing the rugged terrain after their GPS device stopped transmitting. Eventually their bodies were found, with signs of burn damage and melted clothing that pointed to a strike.

Person walking through an urban alley at dusk with calm awareness, ready for urban survival challenges

Urban Survival in the Real World: How to Stay Safe When the City Shuts Down

Urban Survival in 2025: Adapting Wilderness Skills to City Environments

What happens when the grid goes down in Denver? Here’s how wilderness survival skills, straight from the mountains, can save you in the concrete jungle.

Golden hour mountain trail with glowing grasses and pine trees under a warm sunset sky

What Nash Quinn’s Disappearance Teaches Us About Being Ready for the Backcountry

Nash Quinn vanished on a routine ride near Laramie. His story is a powerful reminder of why preparation, communication, and humility in the outdoors matter more than we think.

Weathered get-home bag with tarp and metal bottle on a cracked Denver curb, next to a crumpled city map, against a graffiti-tagged brick wall at dusk, with faint mountains in the hazy skyline.

Urban Survival in 2025 Wilderness Skills for the Concrete Jungle

Urban Survival in 2025: Adapting Wilderness Skills to City Environments

What happens when the grid goes down in Denver? Here’s how wilderness survival skills, straight from the mountains, can save you in the concrete jungle.