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Cold weather survival

by Justin
(US)

Here are some basic tips and recommendations how to best handle a survival situation in cold weather:

#1:when building a debris hut or any other hut build a bed inside 12 inches of the ground.





#2:when building a fire make sure you build a reflector behind it to push the fire back at you.

#3:most of your body heat comes from your head so keep it warm.

#4:try not to sweat when it drys you will get cold chills.

#5:try to ration your food.

#6:dont wear cotton shirts when they get wet they never dry causing you to freeze.

#8:instead heat the cotton to form a great tinder for fire.

#9:melt snow to form water.

#10:when no snow is present dig a hole about 5 feet away from a stream the water will filter over night making drinkable water.

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Feb 12, 2010
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Great tips!
by: Anonymous

Great tips! I've included these in my list of survival skills. THX!

Nov 22, 2009
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what?
by: Shaykh Idris

Must be pretty ugly water in your streams if that is what you call potable.
did you mean 'off the ground'?

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