Raymond Paul Mears

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Raymond "Ray" Paul Mears (born February 7, 1964 in Kenley , Greater London ) is a British survival trainer , author and filmmaker.

Life

Ray Mears grew up in the North Downs , among other places, and has always had an interest in survivalism , wilderness survival and indigenous survival techniques . He set up his own company Woodlore at the age of 19 , organized survival camps and published his first guide in 1990 with The Survival Handbook . He had his first TV appearances in 1993 in the BBC Two series Tracks . Since then, Mears has been active in several successful TV formats on ITV and the BBC and has published numerous books.

TV formats (selection)

  • Wild Tracks (BBC, 1994)
  • Tracks (BBC, 1994-97)
  • Ray Mears' Extreme Survival (BBC, 1999-2002)
  • Ray Mears' Bushcraft (BBC, 2004-05)
  • Ray Mears' Wild Food (BBC, 2007)
  • Ray Mears Goes Walkabout (BBC Two, 2008, 4 episodes)
  • Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness (BBC Two, 2009, 6 episodes)
  • Survival with Ray Mears (ITV, 2010, 3 episodes)

Publications (selection)

  • The Survival Handbook (1990)
  • The Outdoor Survival Handbook (1992)
  • Ray Mears' World of Survival (1997)
  • Ray Mears' Bushcraft (2002)
  • Ray Mears' Essential Bushcraft (2003)
  • The Real Heroes of Telemark: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Stop Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2003)
  • Ray Mears' Bushcraft Survival (2005)
  • Wild Food by Ray Mears & Professor Gordon Hillman (2007)
  • Ray Mears Goes Walkabout (2008)
  • Vanishing World - A Life of Bushcraft (2008)
  • Northern Wilderness (2009)
  • My Outdoor Life (2013)
  • Out on the Land: Bushcraft Skills from the Northern Forest (2016), with Lars Fält

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mears, Raymond Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mears, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British survival coach, writer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenley , Greater London