Who? What? Why?

Wild Bill Medical Kits is owned and operated by none other than Wild Bill. WB was born in the small West Texas town of Andrews, given the name Elliot by his mother. Andrews was a dull place in his eyes. Flat, barren land covered in pump jacks, the smell of the oilfield infiltrated everything, and the only activities were work and church. From a young age, Elliot dreamed of a different life - a life of adventure filled with mountains, forests, and fresh air. The dream started to unfold when Elliot moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas as a young teen. His life was quickly consumed by paddling rivers and hunting public lands throughout the Ozark Mountains. In high school, he discovered rock climbing and everything else took a back seat. The passion for climbing led him to the legendary Hueco Tanks at 19.

 

Upon arrival in the Tanks, the name Elliot was quickly thrown away. The climbers of Hueco simply refused to use it. Elliot became Billy Elliot. His story, looks, and actions reminded them of the British youngster that spurned the miner's life for the ballet. So young Billy Elliot immersed himself more into the climbing world and eventually moved to Boulder, Colorado - the epicenter of rock climbing in America. 21 years old, working at a bar, climbing at every opportunity - living the life. This lasted about a year before deciding that rock climbing was an utterly pointless activity. Constant training and projecting took its toll on Billy, but the real crusher was his realization that his grind was going no where. All the pro rock climbers he met were trust fund kids, climbing their whole lives and never having to worry about money. He stopped climbing entirely.

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Unsure of what to do next, he started running with his roommates. He started to reflect on the high level of fitness he had achieved, and he wondered where it could take him. He remembered moments as a kid in West Texas, when there was nothing cooler or more valiant than being a special operator. If rock climbing was a pointless dead end road, maybe this was his route to make a difference in the world. Maybe this was his calling. So he did it. He enlisted with the Army as a Special Forces Recruit.

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Billy made it through Infantry Basic Training, Airborne School, Special Forces Selection, and Special Operations Combat Medic School. He was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group and deployed with ODA 3214 to Niger. This all served as education for Billy. Not only did he get elite medical training and experience only available to SOCOM medics, he also opened his eyes up to the way of the world. Upon returning from his deployment, he decided that he did not want to be a cog in the wheel of the US Military Complex. He started rock climbing again - this time for the pure enjoyment of it. He became a certified yoga instructor. He started to understand that life isn't about achievement, but about the journey.

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He got out of the Army as quickly as he could, and moved around the country for years working as a contractor. He worked as a civilian paramedic, and also instructed and ran elite prolonged field care training, tactical combat casualty care, and wilderness medicine for various companies. It was during this time, fresh out of the Army, that Billy showed back up in Hueco Tanks. Upon his arrival, Billy was renamed Wild Bill. Why? Well, that story can't be told here, but Bill was a changed man. No longer the innocent kid everyone remembered.

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In 2023, Wild Bill decided to create his own company. Starting with a desire to share his medical knowledge with other climbers by teaching Wilderness First Aid, WB became a licensed provider with the American Red Cross. Not satisfied with just teaching the appropriate medical skills, WB also developed his own medical kits. After years of being disappointed with the medical kits on the market, Wild Bill Medical Kits are here to provide the life saving medical equipment you need, without all the things you don't need.

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Our goal here is simple - to properly prepare people for medical emergencies in the backcountry so that no one's next adventure becomes their last adventure.

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