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Wild Ideas Worth Living

How-to Survive in the Wilderness with Jessie Krebs

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Jessie Krebs is a wilderness survival expert and Air Force veteran who prepares people for worst-case scenarios. Since her time in the Air Force, Jessie has used her experience to open her own wilderness survival school with a mission to share her knowledge with everyone, especially women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ folks, so they can more confidently, and safely explore the outdoors.

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0:00.0

Getting outside in the winter is so beautiful.

0:08.0

There's nothing like the ice crystals sparkling in the sun and the quiet of a snowy landscape.

0:14.0

Our team definitely takes advantage of the cooler weather.

0:18.0

We love snowshoeing, hiking in the chilly air, and snowboarding up in the

0:22.5

mountains. But it's important to remember that adventuring carries certain risks, and we have to be

0:28.7

doubly careful when we're dealing with low temperatures, snow, and ice. Even a season hiker can twist

0:34.8

an ankle or lose track of the trail.

0:42.9

That's why wilderness survival expert Jesse Krebs works so hard to prepare people for worst-case scenarios.

0:45.8

Most of the time in a survival situation, you don't build a fire.

0:49.6

It takes so much energy and people will jump to fire before shelter and clothing, which are your first two lines of defense.

0:56.7

I would much rather build a shelter, get inside, clench my body, right?

1:02.0

Macro muscles, micro movements.

1:03.6

People say like, oh, do jumping jacks.

1:06.2

No, because every time you jump or you move, you're generating heat, but you're letting it all go.

1:11.6

Versus if I just sit in one place and I clench my whole body, clench every muscle, hold it for a few

1:17.1

seconds and release, and do it again and release. And I'm building up heat and I'm keeping it.

1:23.2

If you're a fan of the TV show alone, like me, Jesse Krebs might sound familiar.

1:29.2

She was a contestant on season 9, where she lasted 46 days.

1:34.5

Jesse is an Air Force veteran, and while she was in the military, she specialized in teaching

1:39.2

survival and evasion tactics to soldiers.

1:42.4

Since then, Jesse has used her experience to open her own wilderness survival school.

1:48.3

She's made it her mission to share her knowledge with everyone, especially women, Bipoc,

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