http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-blog.html The Wilderness Survival Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the wilderness-survival-skills.com web site. en-us wilderness survival Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:46 GMT Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:46 GMT wilderness-survival-skills.com http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-predict-weather.html 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. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:45 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/my-second-favorite-survival-knife.html My second favorite Survival Knife would have to be a Kukri, made famous by the Gurkha's. It is long and curved full tang made from leaf spring steel Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:09:02 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/container-for-survival-kit.html I found a great little container for a survival kit. It's one of those plastic travel soap bar containers (.97 cents). You can find them at most dept. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:01:17 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-make-your-own-rope.html It is quite easy. You strip the bark of a young branch that is green. Separate the inside of the bark. You will be using the inside not the outside Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:46 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-training.html 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. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:52:39 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/outdoor-survival-kit.html The kit I made isn't a pocket model, but fits on my belt, or pack or by itself in the car. I'm always adding a subtracting from it, so some items Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:16:29 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/essential-wilderness-skills-for-beginners.html 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 . . . . Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:01:05 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/drinking-from-moss.html If you are in an area that is moist you could probably find water in moss. Moss holds water and absorbs it, so find moss and squeeze really hard to Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:34:10 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/self-feeding-fire.html The self feeding fire is extremely easy to make and burns hot for hours. #1-To begin with, find about 20 hand fulls of small sticks that are dead. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:36:40 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/fire-with-a-flashlight.html A lot of people know you can use the bulb and that is all I ever see on these pages. But you don't have to waste the bulb or the batteries. Just Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:35:16 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/plastic-bags-can-save-you-from-frost-bite.html Any sort of plastic bag, can be put on your feet, under your shoes or boots, to prevent water from getting to your feet. Put 1 sock on, cover it with Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:03:47 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/the-truth-about-survival-knives.html I have spent the better part of 20 years living in the great north woods (BWCA), fulltime. Developing my bushcraft skills with my vary life hanging in Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:08:29 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survival-quiz.html Answer the survival quiz questions and find out if you are a survivor. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:31:46 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-travel.html Wilderness Travel Trips. Share your wilderness travel trip with a wider audience. Sat, 23 May 2009 05:42:22 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-quiz.html The Wilderness Survival Quiz. Do you know what to do to survive? - The Wilderness Survival Quiz will help you to find out. Sat, 23 May 2009 05:17:04 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/best-survival-knife.html Best survival knife. Choosing the best survival knife can be a tricky task. Fri, 22 May 2009 14:35:13 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/emergency-shelter.html How to build an emergency shelter in the wilderness. The type of wilderness emergency shelter you build will depend very much what equipment you carry with you and upon the terrain and climate. Fri, 22 May 2009 13:57:40 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/land-navigation.html Land navigation tips from readers. Your topographic map is your most important land navigation tool. Fri, 22 May 2009 13:47:24 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/emergency-food.html Survival and emergency food tips from readers. Share your survival and emergency food tips with others. Fri, 22 May 2009 13:22:04 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/fire-starting.html Fire starting tips from readers. Share your fire staring tips with others. Fri, 22 May 2009 12:55:35 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/water-for-survival.html Finding water for survival. Or, to be more exact we need to find clean water for survival. Fri, 22 May 2009 12:48:40 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survival-kit.html Wilderness survival kit tips and advice. Share your survival kit tips with other wilderness travelers. Fri, 22 May 2009 12:41:59 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-tips.html Share your experiences and wilderness survival tips with others. Just let me know and I will publish your wilderness survival tips on this page. Fri, 22 May 2009 12:09:49 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-books.html Recommended wilderness survival books. Good wilderness survival books is an invaluable source of information if you are a camper, hiker or a wilderness adventurer. Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:04 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/frostbite-treatment.html Hypothermia and frostbite treatment. Knowledge about hypothermia and frostbite treatment is important for all travelers in cold winter weather. Wed, 20 May 2009 06:34:59 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-first-aid.html 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. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:09:56 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/prevailing-winds.html Finding direction from prevailing winds. Prevailing winds leaves the biggest impression and directional effects on vegetation, snow, sand and other objects on the surface of the earth. Sun, 17 May 2009 13:47:09 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/southern-cross.html Navigate by the Southern Cross. In the southern hemisphere the location of south can be determined from the Southern Cross constellation. Sun, 17 May 2009 12:53:13 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/finding-the-north-star.html Find north by finding the north star. Being able finding the North star is a basic celestial navigation skill for all wilderness travelers in the northern hemisphere. Sun, 17 May 2009 12:26:02 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/finding-north.html Finding north by the moon. Except for a few nights every month, the moon can help you finding north or south direction. Sun, 17 May 2009 09:43:44 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/learn-celestial-navigation.html Learn celestial navigation. Make sure you learn celestial navigation, it's vital to help you find your way in the backcountry in the case that you don't have a compass. Sat, 16 May 2009 09:32:54 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-navigation.html Wilderness navigation using natural features. Plants and trees can be of great help in wilderness navigation. Thu, 14 May 2009 20:03:51 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/finding-direction.html Finding direction without a compass. The nature provides you with a variety of ways of finding directions. Thu, 14 May 2009 18:24:44 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/signalingforhelp.html Signaling for help. Like all other survival techniques, signaling for help is a skill you should practice before you actually have to use it. Sat, 09 May 2009 17:38:38 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survival-cooking.html Simple survival cooking methods. Survival cooking or how to prepare food in the wild without any cooking utensils is an essential skill for the wilderness survivor. Sat, 09 May 2009 13:54:19 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wildedibleplants.html Wild edible plants. Wild edible plants, fruits, berries and nuts are one of the survivor's most important foods. Fri, 08 May 2009 13:18:52 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/track-animals.html Learn how to track animals. If you know how to track animals, you can tell who has visited the location. Fri, 08 May 2009 12:32:57 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/deadfalltrap.html How to make a deadfall trap. The deadfall trap works on the principle that when the bait is taken a weight falls on the prey. Fri, 08 May 2009 11:52:08 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/trapanimals.html Simple ways to trap animals. To trap animals, or trapping, is a skill that takes practice, like any other survival skill. Fri, 08 May 2009 10:56:33 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survival-fishing.html Survival fishing methods. Survival fishing techniques to be considered are line and hook, spear, trap or net. Thu, 07 May 2009 18:19:28 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/ediblebugs.html Edible bugs. Edible bugs are an excellent nutritional food supply in any wilderness survival situation. Thu, 07 May 2009 17:27:15 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/survivalfood.html Wilderness Survival food. It is essential to understand where to find survival food, even food is the least pressing wilderness survival need. Thu, 07 May 2009 16:37:11 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-make-a-water-filter.html How to make a water filter. Knowing how to make a water filter is important, if the only water you can find is dirty muddy water. Wed, 06 May 2009 14:16:58 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-find-water.html How to find water. Knowing how to find water in the wild is important. Tue, 05 May 2009 17:09:06 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/findingwater.html Finding water. Finding water is a top priority in the wild. Mon, 04 May 2009 18:28:50 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/flint-striker.html Flint striker. An effective fire starter is an artificial flint striker. Sun, 03 May 2009 18:20:10 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/how-to-start-a-fire.html How to start a fire. How to start a fire if you are lost in the wilderness is a basic wilderness survival skill. Sun, 03 May 2009 13:25:49 GMT http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/building-a-survival-shelter.html Building a survival shelter made from natural materials. If building a survival shelter is possible a lean-to shelter is probably the easiest and quickest type of wilderness shelter to build. Sat, 02 May 2009 09:26:45 GMT