How To Survive The Wilderness

Here are a few commonsense suggestions on how to survive the wilderness, but by no stretch of the imagination could this be considered a complete guide to survival. This is meant to be just some information to get you thinking.

For more information on how to survive the wilderness, there are a number of comprehensive books, written by survival experts, who have spent years in survival situations.

For some people it could be their backyard or the gang-controlled streets of their urban neighborhood. For the purposes of this article it’s the great outdoors, the woods, the mountains…anywhere away from civilization. Since there are a wide variety of “wildernesses” such as hardwood forests, coniferous forests, desert, rain forest, swampland, snow-capped mountains, the suggestions given here will apply to any situation. Continue...

Outdoor Emergency Kit

An outdoor emergency kit is probably one of the easiest ways to avoid problems in the outdoors. Unless you have received wilderness survival training and know that you can go into the wilds with nothing more than a Swiss Army knife and survive for three weeks, then there are a few things you should always take with you.

Even if you are only going for a short day hike on a well-traveled trail, a survival fanny pack containing the items from the list below, could be a life saver. We’ve all heard stories about someone who went for a “little” hike and ended up being the object of a massive search and rescue effort. Too often the hiker wasn’t dressed appropriately, had not taken any survival gear and supplies and had not followed common sense wilderness survival tips. What had started off as an enjoyable outing, turned into a survival experience and media event. Continue...

Alone In The Wilderness

Okay, say through no fault of your own you are alone in the woods, desert or mountains. Perhaps you were hiking with some friends and wandered off to see what was “just around the bend” while those you were with went the other way.

Maybe your vehicle broke down leaving you stranded, or your boat sank, or your plane went down. As you can see there are a multitude of reasons why someone could find themselves alone in the wilderness.

Once you get over the shock and realize that panic isn’t going to help, it’s time to get down to surviving. While you may only be alone in the wilderness for a few minutes -you can only hope - a few minutes have been known to turn into days and even weeks. Continue...