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The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know
I’m a little dubious about that “How to Build an A-Frame Shelter” video. Because, yeah, I’ll just whip out my survival string and my survival plastic sheet that I *always* carry with me whenever I’m lost in the woods.
You should teach me how to make an A-frame out of my pants if you want it to count as a “survival” skill. Pretty sure I’ll have THOSE with me, at least.
Episode 1 of Breaking Bad to the contrary notwithstanding…
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I’m afraid I’m not cool enough to understand why having certain knowledge is called a “life hack”.
I’m sure I still have my old Wilderness Survival merit badge book in a box somewhere. Anyway I remember using palmetto leaves as the cover of my lean-to shelter. I didn’t have any plastic sheeting either.
Well, if you’re in a situation where you might find yourself lost and needing to improvise shelter, perhaps you would be wearing boots. Cut a piece off of one or both shoe strings and adapt the resulting shorter string by skipping holes. If you prefer, you could use Virginia creeper vines for rope; Virginia creeper has five leaves in a cluster, not three, FYI.
Shorting out your cell phone’s battery, hoping to get sparks to start a fire, doesn’t sound like the wisest use of your cell phone and its battery. If with someone ask to borrow theirs.
The “Lifehacker” link is for the person who believes that beyond the shores of Manhattan Island lies the primeval wilderness. A better source of info videos would be: https://www.youtube.com/user/wildernessoutfitters
1. http://www.selfrelianceoutfitters.com/5cs-haversack-set/
2. http://blog.selfrelianceoutfitters.com/on-person-survival-kit-the-o-p-k/
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Also http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2012/09/12#.U-nKtlZGhuY
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