Learn Top Survival Techniques About Wilderness Travel

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Learn Top Survival Techniques About Wilderness
Travel

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Most wilderness travel escapes do go perfectly
well, your flight is on time, your guide meets
you at the airport, and you sleep under the stars
with plenty of food and drink. There is a darker
side that adventure travellers should be aware of
and, in this guide we hope you remember just a
few pieces of information that could help one day
to save you from starving, thirst, disease or
even death. If your backpack does go missing or
you get separated from your tour group, dont
panic! These steps will help bring out the
bushman in all of you.
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Step one - Control Your Emotions   For most
people the first reaction in an emergency
situation is to panic. If you do become stranded
in the wilderness you will have to quickly learn
that the situation you are presented with is
real, but try and maintain a positive manner that
will help you deal with your predicament. Dont
kid yourself, anticipate your situation being
hard and long, get your thoughts turned to being
in your surroundings for some time, get used to
it and deal with it. Hope for the best, but plan
for the worst.
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Step two Stop   When the
heart is racing and adrenalin pumping, its easy
to loose track of what is important and what is
not. Spending a day building a device so you have
clean drinking water is not much use if youre in
the rain forest, where water is plentiful.
Survival experts have been teaching travellers
the technique of S.T.O.P for years, Stop, Think,
Observe and Plan. So stop, clear your mind and
think about tasks in order of importance and
dont put too much pressure on the less important
jobs at hand. Observe your surroundings to help
you plan your tasks, and if youre in a safe spot
with water and food at hand, be happy.
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Step three Know Where to Get Clean
Water   Finding clean, drinkable water in
wilderness travel situations is very important.
Do not underestimate the importance of water in a
survival situation. The human body can function
for weeks with very little or no food but,
without water you will quickly become ill and
die. Depending on your location water can be
sourced from many locations, apart from the
desert. Most survival experts recommend you boil
any water you find first to kill any bacteria,
but this will depend on if you have a fire and
pot to hand. You can find other ways to clean
water by using items of your own clothing to act
as a filter, old netting you find or stones. The
option to collect rainwater, if its available,
is great but be sure to stock up, as it may not
rain again for days.
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Step four - Make a Shelter   Now you have water
try and erect some form of shelter to protect you
from the outside elements. Use rocks, caves and
trees to your advantage, place old sticks and
soft branches on the floor to act as a ground
sheet.     A lean-to is a simple shelter that
consists of branches or wood placed against the
side of a large rock or tree.
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Step five - Find Food   If your stay in the
wilderness has passed a few days you will be
desperate for some nourishment. If you are lucky
you may have already located some berries or
plant life you recognise, but man cant survive
on these alone and you will need to locate
another food source, protein. Other animal
offerings can help you survive in the toughest
situations but remember what dangers steeling
from other predators can bring. However, if you
do find eggs in a nest, remains of other dead
animals killed by wolves or birds then fair game.
Protein is essential for you to keep strong, and
you will quickly find out your gag reflex
tolerance from some of these raw delights. Once
you get experienced learn how to create simple
animal traps with wood and holes covered in thin
branches.
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Step six Learn How To Start a Fire Without
Matches Fire
provides warmth, light, protection from animals
and insects, and aids as a rescue signal. When
youre in a survival situation, dont count on
matches. Even if you have them, windy and wet
situations will render them virtually useless.
Thus, its essential that a man know how to start
a fire without matches.The fire-plow is a
friction method of ignition and been used for
centuries. Literally, rubbing a hardwood shaft
against a softer wood base pushes out small
particles of wood fibers. As you apply more
pressure on each stroke, the friction heat
intensifies and ignites.
Another technique is the direct spark method.
Its the easiest of the primitive methods if you
have a flint or other hard, sharp-edged rock and
carbon steel available (stainless steel will not
produce a good spark). This method requires a
loose-jointed wrist and practice. When a spark
has caught in the tinder, blow on it. The spark
will spread and burst into flames.
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  Step seven Help   Now you are safely set up,
your thoughts need to turn to getting out of the
situation. Signalling for help can either be
achieved by using a mirror against the suns rays,
spelling out HELP in large 4 meter tall letters,
so pilots can see them from the air, using wood,
rocks, old junk, anything you can find.

This survival guide can only teach you how to
prepare for any failures that may happen during
wilderness travel excursions, but lets hope you
never have to use them.
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