Wilderness survival is an essential skill for all outdoor enthusiasts.
Situations can always take a turn for the worst and knowing how to survive often depends on learning some very necessary skills and having an outdoor survival kit at your disposal.
Essential Outdoor Survival Skills 1.
How to tell direction.
Navigation skills can take you from lost to out of the woods.
Noone's survival gear checklist is complete without a compass.
2.
Try learning the more advanced ways of finding direction.
These can include knowing how to find your way at night, by the wind, or by indicators on rocks, trees, and in the melting snow.
If you were to lose your compass, these skills would increase your chance of survival.
3.
Know how to find shelter in your environment.
You will want to identify all possible sources of shelter.
Learn how to build a shelter out of any available material.
4.
How to build a fire.
I can't stress this enough, fire is important.
A fire can keep you warm, light up your area, cook food and discourage animals from coming close.
5.
Know where food and water can exist in any environment.
Learn how to tell what plants can be eaten.
Knowing how to handle plants and fruits that you need to crack such as coconuts.
Learn how to fish, trap animals, and how to prepare them for eating.
6.
Learn how to tell the difference between safe and unsafe water sources.
For safety, be able to find some way to heat water to sterilize it.
7.
First aid is an essential outdoor survival skill.
First aid supplies should be first on your survival gear checklist.
8.
Rocks, branches, and vines can make suitable weapons.
They will come in handy as substitutes for a knife, club, hammer or yes, even a pillow.
9.
Learn the skill of knowing what to do when you encounter a wild animal.
Sometimes, running away or climbing a tree is not the best solution.
Remain calm, keep a level head, don't make mistakes.
The wilderness is a beautiful, and dangerous place, but it is not the enemy.
You just need to work with it in order to survive.
Smarts and a good wilderness survival kit will keep you alive.
Situations can always take a turn for the worst and knowing how to survive often depends on learning some very necessary skills and having an outdoor survival kit at your disposal.
Essential Outdoor Survival Skills 1.
How to tell direction.
Navigation skills can take you from lost to out of the woods.
Noone's survival gear checklist is complete without a compass.
2.
Try learning the more advanced ways of finding direction.
These can include knowing how to find your way at night, by the wind, or by indicators on rocks, trees, and in the melting snow.
If you were to lose your compass, these skills would increase your chance of survival.
3.
Know how to find shelter in your environment.
You will want to identify all possible sources of shelter.
Learn how to build a shelter out of any available material.
4.
How to build a fire.
I can't stress this enough, fire is important.
A fire can keep you warm, light up your area, cook food and discourage animals from coming close.
5.
Know where food and water can exist in any environment.
Learn how to tell what plants can be eaten.
Knowing how to handle plants and fruits that you need to crack such as coconuts.
Learn how to fish, trap animals, and how to prepare them for eating.
6.
Learn how to tell the difference between safe and unsafe water sources.
For safety, be able to find some way to heat water to sterilize it.
7.
First aid is an essential outdoor survival skill.
First aid supplies should be first on your survival gear checklist.
8.
Rocks, branches, and vines can make suitable weapons.
They will come in handy as substitutes for a knife, club, hammer or yes, even a pillow.
9.
Learn the skill of knowing what to do when you encounter a wild animal.
Sometimes, running away or climbing a tree is not the best solution.
Remain calm, keep a level head, don't make mistakes.
The wilderness is a beautiful, and dangerous place, but it is not the enemy.
You just need to work with it in order to survive.
Smarts and a good wilderness survival kit will keep you alive.