The Wilderness Survival Skills website is dedicated to providing useful information for safe wilderness travel.
Safe wilderness travel
I love to spend time in the great wilderness. My excursions have provided me with many unforgettable experiences, and I have learned how vulnerable human beings are and how my knowledge of wilderness survival is of the highest importance.
Anyone could find themselves in an emergency situation, however, even the most basic survival knowledge could mean the difference between life and death. A basic understanding of wilderness survival techniques should enable anyone to travel through the wilderness with an increased level of confidence and enjoyment
Be Prepared
The best time to practice any wilderness survival skills - start a fire, shelter building or whatever - is before you need them.
Take some time to read all the information contained in this website. You will learn how to take care of yourself and others when traveling in the wilderness, and I’m sure that your next excursion will provide you with a greater level of enjoyment due to your newfound knowledge.
Safety is your responsibility
It is important for you to understand that the information provided here is for educational purposes only and is not to be considered as a substitute for specific training or actual experience.
When going into the wilderness it is your responsibility to have the proper knowledge, experience and equipment to travel safely.
Enjoy your reading
Please, send me your comment or feedback. The fuel that keeps this site running is all the positive feedback, I get from readers. Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.
Thanks for your site. It's very informative and helpful. I am a longtime canoeist and this information you've provided will make trips from now on a little safer therefore more pleasant. Good luck!
Anthony Allen
As an avid Mountaineer, hiker, Mountain biker, kayaker and Nature lover, and being raised by Wonderful parents in this environment, I still find your tips and skills amazing. When a person stops learning, or is to stubborn/egotistic (hubris) to absorb more knowledge, those are the ones who....not only get themselves in sometimes costly situations, but others as well.
Thank you. Please keep up this vital source of information for all to learn and enjoy.
Many Happy Trails,
Chris Black
Erik, awesome info and website, I spent 8 year’s in the U.S Army, trained in detail on desert and jungle survival. Keep up the awesome work and good luck.
Mark
I love your site I keep telling everyone I know about your site and they love it as well. You are a free site and I think that that is just one of many awesome parts about your site.
Paul
Hello Erik and thank you for the informative web site. Even basic wilderness survival skills are new to me and your site is helping me a lot.
Dean
Thanks Erik for your webpage.
I teach a "survival for the lost" course every other year in Oregon, to elementary children from our local school. I use your hints finding water, building shelters, etc.) for much of my class. My goal is to make even the youngest member to feel empowered in situations that are unexpected. Vacation stops and other roadside situations where kids may get separated and "lost" in wilderness settings.
With awareness and rational approach to offset panic, most of "my kids" may be survivors and have stories to tell rather than having stories to tell about them--by recovery teams. Again thanks
Bill ("Ranger Red" for my students)
This website is divided up into a
number of main sections to help
you find what you are looking for:
Essential Wilderness Skills For Beginners Safe and enjoyable wilderness experience. The “Essential Wilderness Skills For Beginners” is a perfect guide for those of you that want to obtain the necessary knowledge and skills . . . .
Alone in the wilderness Basic rules if you are lost and alone in the wilderness. Do you know what to do if you are lost and alone in the wilderness?
Learn how to survive in the wilderness How to survive in the wilderness. An understanding of the basic concepts of how to survive in the wilderness is necessary for safe travel in the wilderness.
Survival preparedness Careful survival preparedness planning. Survival preparedness is essential for all wilderness travelers.
Wilderness survival gear and equipment Wilderness survival gear and equipment. Selecting the appropriate wilderness survival gear is important to have a safe wilderness trip.
Wilderness survival kits Appropriate wilderness survival kits. Prepare your wilderness survival kits with care.
Wilderness survival shelter Building a survival shelter. Building a survival shelter is an absolute priority, if you face a survival situation in harsh or unpredictable weather.
Survival food in the wilderness Wilderness Survival food. It is essential to understand where to find survival food, even food is the least pressing wilderness survival need.
Signaling for help Signaling for help. Like all other survival techniques, signaling for help is a skill you should practice before you actually have to use it.
Finding direction in the wilderness Finding direction without a compass. The nature provides you with a variety of ways of finding directions.
Basic wilderness first aid Wilderness first aid. It's essential that you have some basic principles of wilderness first aid and know how to apply them, even under stress.
How to predict weather from nature How to predict weather. When you are on your wilderness trip, some basic knowledge about how to predict weather will help you to take appropriate action for not getting into trouble.
Wilderness survival tips from readers Share your experiences and wilderness survival tips with others. Just let me know and I will publish your wilderness survival tips on this page.
Wilderness survival training Wilderness survival training around the world. The information provided here at wilderness-survival-skills.com is not a substitute for a Wilderness survival training course.
The Wilderness Survival Blog The Wilderness Survival Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the wilderness-survival-skills.com web site.
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Motivation and enthusiasm creates a lot of energy - He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. This quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe gives a good explanation why this site exist.