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Watch the weather closely. Being able to foretell a weather change can help to avoid a potential survival situation.
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Drink before you are thirsty. Once you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated.
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Have two or more plans or projects going at all times. That way, regardless of weather, materials shortage, or whatever other variables may come up, you will be able to keep yourself occupied. This also helps to prevent disappointment and keeps your spirits up. This is very important in the wilderness.
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One of the best set of books to learn almost all of the survival skills is the Boy Scout Hand Book and the Boy Scout Field Guide. Every thing from making shelters, collecting food, water, to building materials. How to choose a camping site. Which plants and critters to eat, etc. Two other books are the US Army Survival Manual and The SAS Survival Handbook.
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Survival equipment is great, but make sure you know how to use it before you find yourself in a survival situation. For example, if you have a water-still, make sure you know how to use it. Or if you have a GPS unit, know how to save a waypoint and find your way back to it.
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Pine sap, which is easily gathered from tree wounds, makes a wilderness glue and sealant that is hard to beat. To give it some body, heat and mix with a little powdered black charcoal from your campfire. (Then ball it to the end of a stick, let it cool, and it will be easily transportable and ready to melt off as you need it
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Sandpaper: The original sandpaper was wet sand on a piece of leather. A rounded sandstone can work well for sanding hides; a squarish stone might work better for wood.
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Take a couple of compact discs next time you go into the wilderness - not for music, but because they make a great light-weight signaling mirror, double sided, complete with center aiming hole.
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Condoms can make useful water storage vessels. They can be placed in a sock for additional strength.
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