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How to Make Fire With Flint & a Knife
Wilderness survival involves locating water, food and shelter. Starting a fire is an essential skill. A fire will provide warmth, enable you to cook food or boil water and can create a sense of...
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How to Make Indian Arrowheads
Arrowheads were used by American Indians (also known as Native Americans) for game hunting, spear fishing, target practice and more. Construction of an arrowhead is an intricate process that requires...
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Wilderness Survival Schools
Pick out which wild mushrooms are edible. Know if that snake in your path is poisonous. Set up a rain shelter to avoid hypothermia in a thunderstorm. By eyeing the sun's position in the sky, determine...
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How to Estimate Distances in the Outdoors
There might be an occasion when a hiker lost out in a remote region won't have the tools available to calculate distance. While some might say it's negligent to not prepare for such a problem with GPS...
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Survival situations can happen when you least expect them and you might not have the right gear on hand. When the chips are down, you need to make the most of whatever is available. That's why an ideal...
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Wilderness First-Aid Training
Wilderness first-aid training is available at many colleges and institutes nationwide on several levels. There is not yet one specific standard certification. However, there are several boards and...
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How to Build an Outdoor Firepit
A firepit is an all-season social space: a perfect addition to late summer nights or a festive way to take the chill off cold winter evenings. Taking the time to lay the right foundation and provide...
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How to Make Bone Arrowheads
Primitive projectile points were made from a variety of available materials, typically from obsidian or chert in many parts of the country. In the Great Plains of North America, Native Americans...
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Wood Color Combinations for Longbows
Wooden longbows have been used since Medieval times for hunting and target sports. A longbow is larger than a traditional shooting bow, as it can range up to 6 feet in height. These powerful bows come...
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What Are Some Edible Wild Plants & Nuts?
The wilderness has provided edible plants and nuts for generations of people. Many people look forward to certain times of the year and gathering wild plants, while others have consumed edible plants...
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Why to Orient a Compass to a Map
Although a compass will always point to the north, a magnetic compass in the northern hemisphere will always point to the magnetic north pole. However, because true north and magnetic north are not in...
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How to Find Polaris from the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia
In modern times navigation by way of star position has been largely replaced by the use of compasses, detailed maps, and GPS devices. Star navigation was an essential skill in times when no other...
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Importance of a Compass in Orienteering
Orienteering is a timed cross-country competition in which participants follow a course with only a map and a compass. A compass, obviously, is essential. Compasses provide bearings and enable you to...
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How to Make Wilderness Survival Tools
In the wilderness, food, water and shelter become vital, especially without the convenience of modern society nearby. Throughout human history, wilderness survival was mastered by indigenous people...
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How to Stock the Proper Emergency Survival Gear
Immediately following a natural disaster or emergency, rescue workers may not reach you or your family quickly and you will need to rely on your own resources to survive. Stocking the proper emergency...
View ArticleHow to Make Indian Animal Traps
Indigenous cultures around the world were masters of hunting, tracking and trapping animals. Not only did they trap animals as a food source, they also used the fur, skin and bones to fashion tools and...
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Tree Climbing Safety Equipment
Whether you want to climb a red oak in Virginia, a cedar in California or a sequoia in Oregon, you'll want to make sure you have the proper safety equipment for tree climbing. From helmets to gloves,...
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Can Humans Drink the Water Out of a Cactus?
Long-held lore says that that if dying of thirst in the desert, one need only cut open the nearest cactus to find a refreshing supply of water. True? The answer is yes and no.
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List of Ten Essentials in Survival Equipment
Your most important tool is knowledge of your surroundings. Beyond that, different situations demand different tools. Examine the kinds of problems that are likely to occur given your environment. Ask...
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How to Use a Compass to Find a Magnetic Azimuth
An azimuth is a horizontal angle measured clockwise from a base line in degrees or mils. The baseline for the magnetic azimuth is magnetic north. The observer finding the azimuth is imagined to be at...
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