Outdoor Survival Skills

Tim MacWelch provides a short review of outdoor survival skills which may one day save your life.

-DD

Survivors' Attitudes

Tim MacWelch recommends developing attitudes which favor survival , such as:

1. Tenacity
2. Adaptability
3. Work ethic
4. Creativity
5. Positivity
6. Acceptance
7. Humor
8. Bravery
9. Motivation

-DD

Survival Diet

Christine Peterson suggests that while eating is essential for survival , clothing and shelter and water are immediate survival priorities.

To illustrate that warmth and hydration are more critical than eating, Peterson recounts the story of the 382 day fast of Angus Barbieri, which was undertaken under controlled conditions where he had ample hydration and access to vitamins and minerals.

-DD

Heat Wave Survival Skills

Jeva Lange offers a plan for surviving a heat wave without air conditioning.

-DD

Civil Defense Training

James Rainey suggests that people should be taught to survive a terrorist nuclear threat , as casualties from an isolated, low-yield bomb or radiation release could be reduced by more than half with minimal advance instruction. His main piece of advice is to hide from any initial flash and blast, and then minimize contact with the shower of radioactive dust particles. In a large building, avoiding the dust is often best achieved by staying indoors, preferably in a basement or an inner windowless room for multiple days.

-DD