How To Survive In The Wilderness

Camping Tips, Information And Advice To Help Beginners Get Started And Prepared With Their Camping Trip.

You'll Learn:

What foods to bring

How to create a camping checklist

How to choose the right items for your trip

Activities you can try & enjoy while camping

An improved way to prep your campsite

Safety tips against health hazards

Hidden comfort techniques

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You are backpacking on the Appalachian Trail. You are enjoying the freedom the wilderness has in large amount. You have the hiking equipment you need, and nothing else. The whole point of the trip was to leave behind the cumbersome world and its possessions, right?

Then, why do you need to know about survival and all the techniques involved in such a terror-ridden word?

Simply because in the outdoors emergencies arise. Trouble cannot always be avoided. Even though you may not be planning to run away from home to try to make it the primitive way in the wilderness, you may find yourself unexpectedly in a survival situation.

Things sometimes happen and they often do.

On a simple one-day fishing or camping trip you could get turned around and lose your way. How do you cope? There are proven methods of finding your way without map or compass (of course, you should have both, in which case there are other methods).

Sudden Indian summer snowstorms do occur in the Idaho wilds and in the Grand Tetons; you may be stranded there.

During a rain squall in the woods you may become disoriented and lost in strange terrain. If you had a choice, would you rather catch pneumonia or have a snug nest made from boughs and a sheltered fire while you waited for dawn when you could reorient yourself and find the way back to camp?

Although there are many horror stories of people perishing only a few miles from civilization, the chances are that you will only experience a few hours or, perhaps even a day or two of discomfort, disorder and the gripping fear of the unknown (that is if you are prepared).

Our forefathers, the men who mapped this country, who searched for and found the mountain passes, who blazed trails through the woods and fought the desert, survived, and even thrived, under what today we consider emergency conditions. What was everyday living to them can be adventure for you. Becoming lost or even being shipwrecked is nobody's idea of fun, but even a plane crash can be turned into nothing more than an adventure if you are prepared.

Also, quite apart from the emergency situation, good survival technique (the knowledge of how to live comfortably far from the local hardware, grocery and gasoline station) adds to your enjoyment of the woods, the mountains or the ocean. It is another layer of knowledge as necessary as an insulated set of underwear in the Arctic.

This is why information like this has been gathered together on bits and pieces of knowlwdge on all kinds of lore, for all kinds of climate conditions, for all types of terrain. Even during my many years in the outdoors, I have experienced different survival situations in different areas and I highly recommend learning as much information on almost every possible situation you might encounter so that, should an emergency occur, you cannot only survive, but do it in style and with a certain degree of comfort. And you'll have the emotional confidence of knowing what to do.

You can learn to stalking prey, keep meat fresh, understand jungle lore, and even build elaborate snow shelters for cold climates. Even if you happen to want to be a nature boy or do a Robinson Crusoe, you'll have to know how to build your own tree house.

Needless to say, no one should venture from the highways without basic safety equipment. I won't even call this survival equipment. It's too elementary.

You should not go into the wilderness without a knife, a metal match or cigarette lighter, a compass and map, a plastic tarp, a small first aid kit and a large orange colored handkerchief for signaling. An ideal piece of equipment would combine several of these, for example, a poncho/tarp of brilliant color.

These essentials can easily be carried in the pockets of your jacket or in your knapsack. They don't constitute a survival kit, but they are as necessary as good hiking boots or life jackets on a boat.

This information can be printed and carried in your knapsack and hopefully you will take it along, but even if it is still locked away inside of your computer somewhere while you are on a plane that crashes in the backcountry, or on a boat that catches fire and sinks, or lost in the woods or in any situation that calls for survival knowledge, you should be able to mentally thumb back through what you've learned and find the advice you need.

Preparedness is the key to survival. The Boy Scout slogan is just as true today as it always was.

Take some possible situations. You are camping in the High Sierra and a summer storm with lightning and heavy rain occurs with little warning. You become lost when you scurry to get away from the heavy trees and find an open place to stand. The storm passes, but It's night and you don't know which way to go to find your way back to camp. There are bears in the woods around you. What should you do?

You're vacationing off the Florida Keys and the commercial fishing boat you are on for the day catches fire. You must abandon ship. Do you even know the correct way to jump into the sea?

You are on a flight from San Francisco to Norway, via the polar route. The plane crashes and you are stranded on polar ice. Can you survive? Yes you can.
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Of course, during World War II, adventures such as we are talking about happened frequently. Men crashed on tiny Aleutian islands and survived months alone in the Arctic climate. A group of Japanese soldiers living in the jungle of the Philippine islands were so isolated that they were not discovered until five years after World War II had ended.

The Flying Tigers shot down in China fought their way across mountains and through the Burmese jungle to reach villages where they lived and gained strength to struggle on through the jungle to reach their base.

These men are not the famous names of American history. They weren't the Kit Carsons and Captain John Fremonts or John Colters. They were men who survived incredible odds; and not so long ago either.

Their successes depended on equal units of resourcefulness and bravery. Both are qualities you must have in abundance if you are going to venture off city pavements. But they had know-how as well. They had been taught the basic fundamentals of survival.

Naturally, when you go camping or backpacking, or sailing, you hope and expect to avoid trouble. So you carry the items I mentioned above as a matter of course. You have your first aid kit, your knife, your lighter, your signal scarf, a compass and map. You've also read as much information as possible so you can know how to find your way back to camp, can signal a rescue plane properly or do whatever has to be done in the circumstances to avoid further trouble. You can handle yourself well if an emergency does arise because you have some know-how.

There are right and wrong things to do when an emergency arises, and you've learned the right things to do; and how to avoid the wrong ones.

It all begins before you start out. You take out success insurance by planning ahead. Where are you going? What will you need? What problems could you encounter?

You can use this simple check list to avoid some trouble:
1. Check the weather reports. You don't want to hike in a heavy downpour or into a snowstorm. Small craft warnings posted by the Coast Guard
mean just that.
2. Take out your maps or charts and study them so you'll have a picture of the terrain you are going into.
3. Check all equipment before you load it for the trip. A broken knapsack strap, an incomplete first aid kit or canteens with holes can turn your
weekend into an endurance test.
4. Be certain the people traveling with you are healthy.
5. Be certain your vehicle is as healthy as the people in it. Have your jeep thoroughly checked out. A vapor lock in the desert can create an instant survival situation. And a blow-out on a mountain road may be a movie stunt man's idea of fun, but not what you need. Double-check the tires. They are important.

This simple list seems self-evident. But it's the start of your insurance for a successful trip.

And about that first aid kit.

Don't rush out to buy a kit of items someone else has decided you need. Think of the accidents that could befall you. Are there mosquitoes where you are going? Could someone walk into poison ivy? What did you need the last time you were hiking?

Here's a list of some of the essentials for a first aid kit. Use this as a guide and add to it or subtract from it as you think necessary:

Insect repellent
Aspirin
Iodine
Adhesive bandages
Gauze pads and adhesive tape
Tweezers (for splinters)
Ointment for burns
Calamine lotion
Sunburn lotion or oil
Small bar of soap (save the kind you get in motels)
Folding cup
Water purification tablets
Seasickness pills
Extra pair of socks
First aid guide

You've done everything you could think of to avoid trouble. You prepared as well as you could. And trouble came and found you. You are suddenly in the middle of a disaster situation.

This is not what you anticipated. Here's what to do.

Fight down your panic. Stay as calm as you can. Calm other members of your group. Fear can be an obstacle to your well-being as ominous as an angry bear. Look your situation over as calmly as possible possible. You can't afford to be fearful or hysterical. There are certain decisions you must make now.

Appraise the situation. You have to take inventory of your plight and weigh your alternatives.

Have you or anyone else been injured? If you are hurt you probably should remain where you are and signal for help even before looking for food or water. Remember, most wildernesses are constantly surveyed by planes or spotters in towers. Someone will see you. But without the proper signal, a plane might think you are a lone camper waving hello; not a man in distress.

Have you crashed? Aircraft rescue search is generally thorough and swift. A downed plane can be seen more easily than a lone survivor. You would be better off staying with the plane.

Now you must orient yourself to find out where you are in relation to what you know. Where is your base camp? How far away is your jeep? Was that mountain always in front of you? You must decide if you should stay where you are or attempt to rescue yourself. What chance do you have of finding your way out? Are you reasonably close to civilization? Which direction is it? How great a risk would you take if you decided to walk out? Can you live for days or weeks where you are?

Knowledge of Woodlore would certainly enhance your enjoyment of the outdoors, even if you don't need it to survive. You might never want to go home after you've caught that partridge and roasted it over a fire you built beside your cozy tree bough shelter.

Another thing to remember if you are in a strange part of the world is that someone calls it home.

If you are lost in the desert, it may seem as if only the lizards like it but the Pueblo and Digger Indians live there as well. In learning desert survival, you'll discover how to catch water in a solar still, how to find food, how to build a shelter to protect you from the desert chill, and how to find your way out.

Cold weather survival in Alaska doesn't mean becoming an Eskimo, but they do live there all year round. Thy know how protect themself from the cold, how to build a shelter and find food. Even water is readily available. It needs only melting and a fire can be built even in the snow.

Survival requires special techniques but should you be caught in the mountains, you should remember that mountaineering was a once a way of life for the Hudson Bay Company trappers.

There are a few general cautions you must take no matter what your terrain.

Do not drink water the first day if your water is limited. You probably do not need water and it will be wasted.
Do not drink sea water under any circumstances.
Do not eat meat, fish, wild fowl, fats, proteins or dehydrated foods if you do not have sufficient water in your system for proper digestion. They will make you very ill.
Do not eat uncooked animal meat.
Do not be careless in making an emergency camp.
Select your bed and site carefully. Shake out all clothing, boots, hat and bedding. There might be a poisonous spider, snake or scorpion hiding inside.
Do not stay on a high ridge during a storm. Drop to a lower elevation to avoid possible lightning strikes, high wind and cold. Seek shelter in a cave or under an overhanging rock.
Do not stay near timber in a high wind. Timber can be a widow-maker. If you are in a forest, stand or sit close to a large rock.

One final word: no matter what kind of terrain you are in or how bad it may look at the moment, in any survival situation, remember that if you have the know-how, nature will provide.

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