learn how to survive in the wilderness

One of the most important things I learned about shelter in the wilderness is that it has to be small enough to contain your body heat, but large enough for you to be comfortable in it. It needs to be in a secluded spot where you can get out without being seen.

1. How to choose a good place for shelter
2. How to make a fire
3. How to find sources of water and how to purify it
4. Know if a plant is poisonous or not
5. Make a knife
6. How to signal to people

I’m going to make a list of the things I want to learn about surviving in the wilderness and make an entry for each thing I learn.

umm i love Les Stroud. I think it’d be pretty awesome being able to survive in the wilderness MacGuyver style with a shoelace and a knife haha. In all seriousness though, i think it’d be really gratifying knowing i could be in a total foriegn place and be able to survive.

I’ve been in the Marine Corps for 6 years. I can survive in the wilderness, the desert, even in Maine in the winter. I’ve been through a lot of good training and I know that I can survive anywhere I happen to be. Besides, it’s fun going out with only a small pack and going for a week or so just on what you can find or catch. Not much can make you feel more independent and self empowered than this.