Bushcraft
The Randall’s Adventure & Training Advanced Bushcraft class has always been one of our most popular courses and despite Covid restrictions and inclement weather this one did not disappoint. The term “Bushcraft” simply means wilderness skills and covers a wide variety of subjects drawing from primitive skills and the daily life of indigenous cultures from around […]
LPSO SAR
Randall’s Adventure & Training and RAT-SAR has the good fortune to train with first responders from all over the nation. This week we had the opportunity to spend some time on rope with officers from Lafayette Parish (Louisiana) Sheriff’s Department SAR team. We spent time on single rope and rescue techniques that will allow them to better serve their […]
Appreciation Letter
Sort of old news but our SAR team just received these in the mail and we thought it was pretty nice. Once again, it was great working with Haywood County and the Smoky Mountain National Park on this search and rescue!
Making Jerky
By Patrick Rollins If you are anything like me, you love jerky but hate paying a lot of money for it. A good solution for this is to make your own. Dehydrators are fairly inexpensive and can provide plenty of snacks/food for the trail. Or you can simply make the jerky in your oven! Here is a quick rundown […]
Rigging For Rescue
Members of the RAT-SAR team placed several much-needed bolts at Buck’s Pocket State Park (with the park’s blessings). Although most rescues and recoveries are performed by other teams at the park, the bolts will make future rigging cleaner, safer, and more efficient.
Mountain SAR
RAT-SAR Team members recently participated in a Mountain SAR rescue class in North Carolina along with other search and rescue teams. The 3-day class introduced students to the exposure and remote areas often seen during mountain SAR operations. With a peak recorded wind gust of 76 MPH and temperatures that dropped to 18 degrees, the […]
ESEE’s New Models
As you may have heard, in addition to the new 3D handles we are releasing on several of our models, ESEE Knives is also coming out with two knives in S35vn. Many of our customers were asking us to offer some models in a more “premium” steel and S35V was one of the main ones brought […]
Land Nav Training Day
RAT-SAR instructors trained up another 17 students this past weekend in the art of land navigation. This is a crucial skill for adventurers and SAR technicians working in the backcountry. While we all love the convenience of electronic devices, never trust them as your only means of navigation. Learning how to use map and compass […]
The Expat Darien Machete
The new Darien machete from Expat Knives is named after the Darien province on the southeastern end of Panama that borders Colombia. The area bordering Colombia is known as the Darien Gap. The missing link in the Pan-American Highway, the Darien Gap is an approximate 66 mile stretch of wilderness where the highway could not be completed […]
Rust
Rust. It’s just comes with the territory when using high carbon steel blades. Let’s talk about it in a bit more detail. The rust pictured in the first photo of the ESEE-AGK is surface rust and should not be a huge concern as it is more aesthetic in nature. If your blade develops this kind […]