Top 10 Survival tips

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Top 10 Survival tips
1) Attitude This may sound like it should be
below such things as ??re starting and ??nding
food or water, but the reality is that if youre
in a true survival situation and you expect to
die, you probably will.
There are so many stories were people have simply
given up, only to be found a short distance from
a village or only a few days away from rescue. A
good attitude towards your situation can make
all the di??erence to your chances and
maintaining one should be a priority.
2) Stay cool and make a plan When you realise
youre in trouble, whether its immediately such
as in a boat wreck, or youve wondered to far
into the wilderness and lost your way, DONT
PANIC.
Not thinking straight can set you on the wrong
path or confuse your priorities. Take a deep
breath and assess your situation. Make a plan of
what you should do ??rst and dont rush or lose
your cool, if you think straight you can
formulate the most e??ective plan and thus the
best chance to survive.
3) Learn how to ??nd water You can survive for 3
weeks without food, but without water you wont
last more than 3, though youll start feeling
really bad after the ??rst 24h without water.
There are various methods of ??nding water out
there, such as sipping dew o?? leaves in the
morning or digging small holes in the ground in
marshy areas. For a more in-depth
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??nd food Even though a person can last up to 3
weeks without food, after 2 days youll start to
feel really bad, you will experience a massive
energy loss and temporary bouts of an intense
sick feeling, which will move onto cramps and
various other unpleasant things.
wilderness
Fortunately though theres allot of edible things
out there in the wild, though its more a
temporary food source as opposed to something you
could live on permanently, but its enough to get
you by. For a closer look at whats available,
have a look at our list of Wild Foods.
5) Learn how to make a shelter This one is the
most important in extreme environments, such as
intense hot or cold, but fortunately in most
temperate zones you have a little more leeway,
and luckily theres never any shortage of
materials.
There are many di??erent types of shelter you can
build, depending on your situation. A group of 4
people can make a shelter in 3 or 4 hours thatll
last for a few months, or you can quickly put up
a simple sleeping bench and canopy each night if
your on the move. For a look at the di??erent
shelter types check out our HOWTOBUILDSHELTERS.
6) Learn how to make a ??re
Even though its not necessary to life, its still
very important to learn how to make a ??re.
Water found in the wild can often be safe to
drink direct from the source, but it can also
often contain very harmful bacteria or animal
waste, so making a ??re can help with everything
from purifying water to providing a much needed
psychological boost.
With everything from torchs to drying your
clothes, a ??re is something everyone whos
going out there should know how to build. For a
list of the di??erent types of ??res and how to
make them, have a look at our HOWTOBUILDFIRES
page.
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7) Make your own tools If your stuck out in the
wild youll need all the help you can get, so use
whatever you have on hand. Even an old rusting
car or boat will have a useful shard of metal you
could make into a makeshift knife. Sharpening
the end of a stick and holding it in the ??ames
of your camp??re for a few seconds can help
harden it, making a useful digging tool.
Whatever you come across that could be useful,
always consider if itll make things easier for
your situation.
8) Learn how to navigate Research some of the
common star constellations that appear above your
country and try and memorise which nautical
direction they are in each night, and every good
survivalist should know how to recognise the
north star. You can use such information to set
you out in the right direction from the start,
making your time until rescue shorter.
Always take note of landmarks such as mountains
and rivers, and make sure to check your position
against them every so often to make sure your
still heading in the right direction.
9) If youve wrecked, stay put In the event of a
plane crash or boat wreck, the very ??rst thing
any rescue party will do is follow the path of
travel until they come across the vehicle itself.
If you come down in the middle of the Canadian
wilderness and walk several miles away from the
wreck looking for someone then the rescue team
will have no idea that youve done so and will
have to try and retrace your steps when they ??nd
the wreckage.
There have been countless situations where
someone has walked away from their wreck and the
rescue team have found it long before the actual
survivors.
10) Prepare Your best chance in any survival
situation is to be prepared. A small survival
kit, folding knife and ??int with ??re steel can
all ??t into the same pocket, and could change
everything about your situation. It also goes
without saying that if you always carry the
necessary communications equipment, calling for
help instead of waiting for it cant hurt
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