Toby has extensive and broad-ranging experience from the Reserve Armed Forces, this having helped him become an Arctic and Urban Survival Instructor. Toby saved his pocket money aged 11 to buy the 'newly released' SAS Survival Handbook, probably never imagining that he would end up one day on the same training team as accredited survival author/instructor, John 'Lofty' Wiseman.
Notable training achievements for Toby include training the winning team for the Polar Challenge 2006 (a race to the North Pole) and preparing Team Helmut for the Arctic Ultra Yukon Challenge 2009, as well as acting as a professional guide for numerous organizations and media companies in the frozen north.