Ultimate Survival Tips

Discuss the following: 1. How long can a person live without water/food? 2. Where are you most likely to find water? 3. What’s the best place for making a shelter? 4. Being on a deserted island, you have an unlimited access to fish from the ocean. What can help you find the type of fish that is safe to consume? Would you eat jellyfish? 5. What are the ways to test if fruits/plants are poisonous? 6. How can you send a distress sign for other people to know where you are and rescue you? 7. What ways of making a fire do you know about?

Ultimate Survival Tips

1) If you don't have clean, safe drinking water within 3 to 4 days, you'll die.

2) The further inland you go, the more likely you are to find fresh water. Look for pockets of rain water that have been collected. Nature has some wonderful natural resources that might act as water receptacles and your personal life saver. So look around for some and see if you can squeeze out some fluids.

3) You should have your shelter made out on the beach near the ocean so that you have a good view of any ships or anything else that might pass by you and your island. Make sure the area is clean and open, but be near some trees. Trees will be your shade for what is most likely a hot, beating sun.

4) Avoid consuming fish that have the appearance of spikes on their body or “beaks” on their faces. If a fish puffs up for protection, do not consume it. Be sure to resist the temptation of eating jellyfish.

5) If you are not sure if a fruit or plant is poisonous, break open the membrane and rub the inside of the object on a designated spot on your arm. Wait 10-20 minutes and observe if anything happens (rash, swelling, pain, etc. ). If nothing happens, it’s probably safe to eat. If you don't think something smells good, or don't like the way it looks, then don't eat it or drink it.

6) You can let other people know where you are by placing rocks in a large " HELP" pattern on the beach. A triangle is the universal sign of distress. The international sign of distress is 3 fires in the shape of a triangle. After you've made the fires, throw living plants onto the fire, making heavy smoke. This will help you get noticed. At night, a fire works well as a beacon to ships or air-craft. Anything out of the ordinary will help you get noticed.

7) Ways of creating a fire:

a) You need:

* bendable stick (living)

* tinder (coconut rusk, wood shavings, etc. )

* vine, or live grass (for the bow's string)

* rock or piece of wood with hole in it.

* another piece of wood with hole in it.

Take your bendy stick and curve it into a bow. While it's in this position, tie you vine or grass around both ends, making a sufficient bow. Find a sturdy stick, preferably dead, and wrap the bow's string around it in a loop fashion. Hold your rock or wood with a notch in it in your hand, and put the top of the stick into the notch. With the other end, put it in the notch in the other piece of wood. Pull the bow back and forth, making the stick spin in the notch to create enough friction to create an ember from the bottom wood. Take that ember, and put it into your gathered tinder and blow on it, making a flame. With that flame, you can catch larger sticks alight, and create a nice fire.

b) You need:

* A 9-volt battery (the one with both terminals on one end)

* Steel wool

* Tinder (coconut rusk, wood shavings, etc. )

Touch both terminals on the battery to the steel wool. The electrical overload in it will cause the steel to melt at 3, 000 degrees Fahrenheit that will help you set the tinder on fire.

c) During the day, focus the sun rays onto some tinder using your glasses. The heat from the condensed light will catch it.

d) Face the mirror towards the sun, and focus the reflection onto the tinder. The condensed light will catch it.

e) Strike steel or a hard rock against flint (or any hard rock), creating a spark, which can be used to light the tinder.

Take up a Challenge! The very first item of interest should be a suitable and safe shelter. How would you cope with that? 1) Would you spend a large amount of time seeking out a good spot for your shelter or quickly get something temporary up to protect yourself? 2) What objects (human made or natural) can assist you in survival? 3) How can you make a shelter if you don’t have any tools with you?

Take up a Challenge! Learning how to survive on a deserted island includes finding water. 1) Being on a deserted island, you will have an unlimited access to ocean water. Should you drink it? 2) What objects (human made or natural) can be used as a container for collecting drinking water? 3) A very popular way of collecting water is creating a Solar Water Still. For making it you’ll need a piece of plastic sheeting, any kind of a container, a rock and some green plants. Can you work anything out of this? How can you collect water?

Solutions: 1) The right location does not matter initially – just the protection in itself is important once you arrive exhausted to the island. 2) If you arrived on the island by way of a raft, boat or plane, these can be used as a shelter and give you protection from the elements and wildlife that surround you. Many islands have trees, rocks, vines, bamboo, thick grasses, and other natural supplies that can assist you in survival. 3) Methods of constructing a shelter: - Find a large branch and lean one end up onto a tree. - Place smaller branches at 45 degree angles along the length of the large branch. - Once you have all of the branches in place, simply search for a vine or something that can act as a rope to tie everything together. - Finally, gather foliage (leaves), boughs, palm tree fronds and similar items to cover the structure with for additional security. - Take leaves and fronds from trees and line the inside of the structure in order to make a “floor” to rest on.

Solutions: 1) While ocean water is good for washing and cleaning clothes and tools, it is not appropriate to drink. The salt and other chemical compounds in ocean water can actually dehydrate your body. 2) You may have access to buckets, or you may have to create a container using shells, large bulgy leaves, or even a shoe. When it comes to survival, water is necessary so any old container will work. 3) Creating a Solar Water Still: - Dig a hole into soil. - Place a container in the center of the hole. - Fill the gaps surrounding the container with anything wet, such as leaves. - Place a plastic sheet over the hole and anchor the sheet in place with larger rocks around the edges of the hole. - Place one small rock in the center of the plastic, just over the container. - Condensation will occur on the underside of the plastic and run down to the center. It will drip into the container filling it with distilled drinking water.

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