Ray Mears
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Ray Mears (born 1964) is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques. He grew up in Southern England, and started tracking foxes at a young age. It was his Judo teacher who gave him the idea to learn survival skills. He has been teaching survival skills since 1983, when he founded the "Woodlore" School of Wilderness Bushcraft. His Outdoor Survival Handbook was published in 1990, and his first TV appearance was in 1993 in the BBC2 series Tracks.
His presentation style is often praised as authoritative but relaxed and friendly. His love of his subject and his sense of communion with nature are evident in his programmes, as is his respect for indigenous cultures and the natural world.
TV programmes
- Tracks (BBC2)
- Ray Mears' World of Survival (BBC and Discovery Civilization Channel. Also one of his books.)
- [The Essential Guide to Rocks] (BBC Education)
- Ray Mears' Ultimate Survival Guide (BBC)
- [Ray Mears' Extreme Survival] (Edited and released from Ultimate Survival Guide BBC series by Discovery Travel Channel with a few new episodes. Series 1, 2 and 3)
- Trips Money Can't Buy (With actor Ewan McGregor)
- Bushcraft (2005)
- Real Heroes of Telemark (2005)
Books
- The Outdoor Survival Handbook (1990)
- Essential Bushcraft (2003)
- The Real Heroes of Telemark: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Stop Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2003)
- Ray Mears' World of Survival (2004)
- Ray Mears' Bushcraft Survival (2005)
See also
External links
- ["Woodlore" School of Wilderness Bushcraft]
- [BBC - Press Office - Ray Mears]
- [Appearances listed in the BBC Catalogue]
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