Surviving in the Wilderness

In Survival by the Numbers by  Peter Kummerfeldt he talks about some of the thing people have to have to survive in the wilderness. The article was very informational and told

Sixty days of carrying 80-pound backpacks, sleeping under a tarp for shelter in the Utah winter – welcome to “wilderness therapy.”

Did you know that highly trafficked areas like Niagara Falls are best for solo hiking? Highly populated areas such as Niagara falls are exquisite hiking spots for novice hikers, even if someone is hiking a simple trail, it is pivotal that people are notified of the individual's whereabouts. It is crucial to communicate with family or trusted associates before you go on a hike owing to the fact that hiking alone can pose threats such as injuries, complicated weather, and dangerous wildlife.

Sometimes, it would downpour; there would be gales of wind it was such blustery weather. They couldn't exactly put up a tent or get out an

seek all the supplies without being seen by anyone and even could not tell family or friends. Here is

Change make us feel alive because it is the essence of every living thing. Chris MacCandless and Timothy Treadwell desperately needed a change in their lives in order to escape from their past unpleasant experiences and problems and they found their solution in the wilderness. Leaving the human word of comfortable excesses and surrendering their fates to nature empowered them to gain back a feeling of control over their lives. When your life is under a constant threat and you push yourself to your limits trying to survive in the wild, you start looking at many things differently than in normal circumstances. Wilderness can be a perfect place to find a peace in your mind and help you find your answers, but it is also a dangerous place that you

If not, going out and gathering as much food as possible is extremely important. Before the outbreak gets too large, getting food will be fairly easy. You just sneak to the closest food supplier and stock up. Getting foods you would normally get for other emergencies such as non-perishable canned and boxed foods is ideal. Also, make sure you have something, if not a can opener, to open your cans with. If you do not have a heat source to heat up foods, concentrate on ready-to-eat, already prepared foods. If and when you are forced to live like a gypsy, you will need to know how to live off the land and eat what is presented to you. You will adopt the hunter-and-gatherer technique to get the sufficient nutrition you need to survive (Khan).

C.3. Shelter can be anything from a tent to just a plain tarp depending on what you want to stay under.

According to William Cronon’s “The Trouble with Wilderness”, the main concerns with the wilderness term being humanly constructed and lack of concern with the local environments. Cronon emphasize much of the historical and philological meanings of wilderness as a human construct via spiritual and religious perspectives. He desired for people stop putting so much emphasis on the above and beyond that is out of our reach and focus on the present. He pushed this into the idea of one should start putting emphasis and care into one’s own environment rather than just focusing on environments beyond the local one. He believes change should start locally.

5. Tie one end of the 60-cm string to the mass. Place the mass on a table below

The Wilderness Pledge is a five point pled that was created to persevere nature. Philmont Scout Ranch wrote this pledge to keep the beauty when 22,000 scouts go through the camp each year, before Leave No Trace was written. The Wilderness Pledges says each campers should leave all campsites neat and clean, Wildlife should be

Some didn’t have supplies like food or blankets. People with babies needed diapers and food. Some needed clothing. Some people didn’t have car or transportation so they were stuck.

Due to the dependence upon naturally occurring sources of food, which are not always found in the same abundance as in agricultural cultivation, hunter-gatherers are usually found in bands of less than fifty people and in areas with low population density. This subsistence strategy

So, first you need a fireplace. Get some stones from a riverbed, mountain, or forest floor, anywhere. Just make sure they aren’t the stones that explode when heated (Of course, you can only tell this through trial and error unless you’re a geologist or the like). Build a ring around a dip in the ground (feel free to make this dip yourself) and clear leaves, grass, roots, anything besides dirt must be at least 1 foot from the fire, unless of course you like watching flames devour your forest and everything you just built. Now if you have a flint and steel, or just anything with steel and a piece of flint, making this fire will be much easier.

First things first what do you do if you find yourself alone in the middle of nowhere, with only miles and miles of nature around you. Finding shelter is always top priority very important to making sure you live another day. By finding shelter it helps