10 Survival Tips to Save Your Life. People keep dying of hypothermia in the bush, so Greg felt compelled to show these important survival tips and tricks that will keep you alive when disaster strikes! From fire starting to shelter, this video provides a unique combination of basic tips and advanced tricks, delivered in expert Ovens fashion. Greg is a self-taught survivalist from Canal Flats, British Colombia, who, since he was a boy, has read nearly every book on the topic. When he is not out in the wilderness, he is a professional dry-waller. He started his first bow drill fire when he was thirteen and spent the next forty years learning bushcraft and studying plants and edibles. He has even developed some of his own survival techniques and is a skilled hunter with both a bow and a slingshot.