Survival Gear Feature Article - How To Survive

June 4, 2007, 1:56 am

Surviving in the wild depends on human wit and will more than the gear you have in your pack. But all survival experts recommend assembling an emergency kit of equipment to stay with you at all times in the wilderness.

For a new story — “Survival Gear” — I polled three survival experts, including the editor-in-chief of Outdoor Life magazine; the founder of survivalist website Equipped To Survive, www.equipped.org; and a graduate of the United States Air Force Survival School.

This story looks at several survival kits, as recommended by three survival experts.

If you’re lost or injured, the right gear can mean the difference between a comfortable night spent outdoors, and a cold one. Items like a whistle or a signal mirror can alter fate to issue rescue instead of abandonment.

In many cases, the right gear in your pack can literally save your life.

But what to bring?

This story will help get you started: http://thegearjunkie.com/survival-gear-10-items-to-survive

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Posted by Margaret - 09/19/2011 11:17 PM

Food, Water, a fire starter kit, a compass and Bear Deterrent can come in handy when trying to survive in the wilderness. An important thing to remember is that moss usually grows on the north side of a tree in the Northern Hemisphere, just in case you have to navigate without a compass.