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, don’t 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. Don’t 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, it’s 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 you’re 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

don’t put too much pressure on the less important

jobs at hand. Observe your surroundings to help

you plan your tasks, and if you’re 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 it’s 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 can’t 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 you’re in a survival situation, don’t

count on matches. Even if you have them, windy and wet situations will render

them virtually useless. Thus, it’s 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. It’s 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 let’s hope

you never have to use them.

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