It goes without saying there are more than 5 important survival skills to know and apply. Given the many outdoor-related television shows and YOU Tube videos available, everybody is offering up what they think is important for surviving the wilderness.
While all these presentations help, it is still the time you take to answer the following 5 questions that can make or break your level of preparation and prevention for your next adventure.
Therefore, can you answer these questions with a resounding YES? More important, can you prove the answer before you leave on your next adventure?
Remember it is one thing to understand wilderness survival skills; it is yet another to be skilled in the skills.
1) Can you construct a shelter in less than 60 minutes with minimum effort to converse energy "for your seasonal activity?" It is a question of balancing shelter versus effort needed. Then consider the equipment you have available linked with the surroundings from which you can draw additional resources.
2) How do you stay found along your trip if assistance is needed? Unless it is dangerous where you are, stay put, stay found! When you read the stories of people who are lost and they keep moving only to experience worse conditions, it makes sense to learn the importance of staying found. Then build a base of operations around you, knowing help will arrive because your family and friends will start a call out when you don't report in.
3) What is the best signalling device for the location in which you are travelling should you need help immediately? The old stand by is blowing your whistle. However, what if you need to signal an aircraft? Of the various devices available take some time to learn which one or two would work best for your next adventure. Remember not all days are sunny, and help can arrive at night.
4) Can you start a fire in 30 minutes or less for the conditions you will encounter along your trip? It seems, quickly lightening a fire is a rare skill. It is amusing what people will try, when around them is everything they need to start a fire. And there are some neat and nifty supplies available in your home that can be packaged and brought along like cotton balls, petroleum jelly and lint.
5) What is the best way to obtain clean water along your trip, if the water you are carrying was consumed? There are many ways in which to collect water. Break out your survival books and scan the ones linked to where you are going. Copy the ideas and carry them with you. And don't underestimate the importance of water. Considering the conditions and your effort you will need to replenish your body to keep you alert to what is happening within you and around you.
If you wavered in any way answering these questions and you are about to leave on your next adventure trip get yourself to the next available survival workshop and learn and practice, and practice and learn answers to these questions.
Prevention is Queen; Preparation is King
While all these presentations help, it is still the time you take to answer the following 5 questions that can make or break your level of preparation and prevention for your next adventure.
Therefore, can you answer these questions with a resounding YES? More important, can you prove the answer before you leave on your next adventure?
Remember it is one thing to understand wilderness survival skills; it is yet another to be skilled in the skills.
1) Can you construct a shelter in less than 60 minutes with minimum effort to converse energy "for your seasonal activity?" It is a question of balancing shelter versus effort needed. Then consider the equipment you have available linked with the surroundings from which you can draw additional resources.
2) How do you stay found along your trip if assistance is needed? Unless it is dangerous where you are, stay put, stay found! When you read the stories of people who are lost and they keep moving only to experience worse conditions, it makes sense to learn the importance of staying found. Then build a base of operations around you, knowing help will arrive because your family and friends will start a call out when you don't report in.
3) What is the best signalling device for the location in which you are travelling should you need help immediately? The old stand by is blowing your whistle. However, what if you need to signal an aircraft? Of the various devices available take some time to learn which one or two would work best for your next adventure. Remember not all days are sunny, and help can arrive at night.
4) Can you start a fire in 30 minutes or less for the conditions you will encounter along your trip? It seems, quickly lightening a fire is a rare skill. It is amusing what people will try, when around them is everything they need to start a fire. And there are some neat and nifty supplies available in your home that can be packaged and brought along like cotton balls, petroleum jelly and lint.
5) What is the best way to obtain clean water along your trip, if the water you are carrying was consumed? There are many ways in which to collect water. Break out your survival books and scan the ones linked to where you are going. Copy the ideas and carry them with you. And don't underestimate the importance of water. Considering the conditions and your effort you will need to replenish your body to keep you alert to what is happening within you and around you.
If you wavered in any way answering these questions and you are about to leave on your next adventure trip get yourself to the next available survival workshop and learn and practice, and practice and learn answers to these questions.
Prevention is Queen; Preparation is King
About the Author:
Steve Hobbs (Dr WELLth), who has instructed people in wilderness first aid and outdoor survival skills, and how to create a personalized wilderness survival guide has written a 10-page report on how not to do first aid and use survival skills. For a limited time you can download a free copy by visiting his Surviving the Wilderness website.
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