Is Camping and Bushcraft a part of prepping and survivalism? Your Views

[Devonian]

Is Camping and Bushcraft a part of prepping and survivalism?

A "part" of it? - Yes.

A useful skill? - Yes.

But is it something you are likely to need to rely upon for your survival following an event, in the UK? - No.

Why? Very simply because the UK is way to developed and urbanised. Even in rural Devon; Wales; or the North East, you will never "realistically" be more than a couple of miles from some form of more robust shelter, be it a factory; warehouse; barn; farm house; office block; house; stable block; school; garden shed; vehicle etc etc etc. Living in a tent; debris shelter; hammock or hole in the ground is not going to be viable for more than a few days. And even if you are talking about a few days or even a few weeks, then people with no experience of bushcraft or camping will still get by, humans are a resourceful bunch (ignoring the hoards who obviously stay put waiting to be rescued!!) when their chips are down.

Then when it comes to hunting and trapping, the UK is not like the US or Canada or Australia, we do not have a countryside teaming with large amounts of game and what is present will be taken by those armed with rifles and shotguns, rather than those using the bushcraft techniques of snaring and trapping etc.

So whilst yes whilst having knowledge and experience of camping and bushcraft techniques is undoubtedly a useful skillset to have, the benefit of it if the modern world 'After' an event will be limited.

From a survival perspective; the ability to source and obtain food and supplies from an urban environment, and within this I would include small towns and villages, would be a far better and more useful skillset to possess after any kind of event.

So rather than knowing how to set a snare, make a bow, construct a shelter; how about developing your 'urbancraft' instead, such as being able to source water in an urban environment (think manhole keys); how to stealthily open a locked door (bump keys); where to look for non-obvious sources of food......... etc etc........