| A lot of people have misconceptions about what | | | | Fire |
| it takes to survive in the wilderness. Sure it helps | | | | Assuming you don't have matches, you need to |
| if you are healthy and aren't seriously disabled, but | | | | be able to start a fire from scratch. You can do |
| surviving outdoors is really 99% about what you | | | | this by creating friction between two dry pieces |
| know and not about how healthy you are. | | | | of wood. Eventually you'll get cinders and sparks, |
| There are 4 main things you need to do in order | | | | which then you'll put on dry brush which will ignite. |
| to increase your chances of survival. | | | | You can hollow out the bark of a tree and use |
| Shelter | | | | that to boil water in, unless you brought a |
| More people die of exposure to the elements of | | | | container for this. |
| the weather than anything else. For example if | | | | Food |
| you are in the Forest in Montana in the middle of | | | | The jungles and forests are an abundant source |
| winter it can get as low as 40 degrees below | | | | of food. The key when approaching animals for |
| zero there. The first night you will need to make | | | | food is to slow crawl. You would walk about 25% |
| warm shelter for yourself. You can do this by | | | | as fast as you'd walk in an office setting or on |
| creating a hut for yourself out of debris. This | | | | the street. Even certain bugs are known to be |
| debris needs to be at least 3 feet thick. If | | | | edible. The best thing you can do to learn more |
| created right, it will even become water proof | | | | about catching food in the wild is to go to |
| and will be a total heat insulator so you can be | | | | youtube and do a search on "wilderness survival". |
| warm, even in the dead of winter. The debris | | | | There are a lot of great videos covering this that |
| should even cover the ground as well. | | | | will get you started. |
| Water | | | | The key to surviving is to enjoy the serenity of |
| The next thing you'll need is water. You'll need to | | | | your situation and not try to fight the wilderness, |
| be able to drink some water within the first 24 | | | | but to become one with it. Once your shelter is |
| hours, preferably within the first 6 hours. You | | | | setup and your water supply, you should only |
| might be able to get your water from a creek, | | | | have to work about 1-2 hours per day to survive, |
| and you can also get it from certain plants and | | | | which is a lot less than most of us work out here. |
| roots. In fact, some plants are known to produce | | | | It takes time and practice to master these skills, |
| up to a gallon of water per day. The problem with | | | | but you can find out just about anything you |
| water from creeks is that you might need to boil | | | | need to know if you search, there are a few |
| it, since there's a chance that it could be | | | | great wilderness mentors right on youtube. Best |
| contaminated, which brings us to the next key | | | | of luck! |
| point of survival. | | | | |