Survival

​​We get dumber and dumber with each generation!

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Bias​

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When the sun seasonally shines the most, you can have the most to eat, but no appetite. A dish like cold served Gazpacho tomato soup with diced cucumbers and celery can do the trick. 

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When the sun seasonally shines the least, you can get the least to eat, when you need it the most. A hot meal right before going into a cold sleeping bag is essential, since producing body heat requires the energy from preferably a hot meal.

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Fresh water vs. Salt water

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You can't drink saltwater, but you need both freshwater and salt.

Distill freshwater by boiling it for at least two minutes (biohazard)

​Evaporate salt water to obtain concentrated salt, otherwise fatal organ failure will occur.

Animals lick rocks to get vital minerals.

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Three minutes without air (or in icy water)

 Three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold)

Three days without fresh water (eating snow will only increase the level of dehydration)

Three weeks without food (max. 40 days and 40 nights)

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It takes energy to digest a hot meal to get new energy.

A hot meal right before going into the sleeping bag is optimal for a good night's sleep.

 

TEX-MEX is not for me. A salsa roja for pizzas and popped jalapeños and red bell peppers might do, but nachos are not your cheese. Mexican food is about the temperature in their environment. The hot stuff in a hot environment has nothing to do with temperature. The hot stuff is full of C-vitamins good for hot environments.​​

 

They're all so busy bragging like being chefs, while no one, not even the father I never had, taught me how to carve a fish for my survival. Not even after seven years as a serviceman in the Army, they taught me how to do that.

 

 

How to start a fire

 

Tools/Weapons △|☐|⛦

1. Ax or Axe (long-handled for cleaving wood)

2. Hatchet (short-handled for outdoor survival)

3. Tomahawk (stridsøkse)

4. Pickaxe (used for rocks)

5. Crossed pickaxe

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First of all, we need to have the bark cut off the tree you want to use as firewood. There are two reasons for this:

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1. If the wood is wet, we need to go to the dry wood underneath.

2. If the wood is dry, we can use the bark to light a fire.

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If you don't have a hatchet (short-handled axe) for this purpose, you probably have a dagger with you.

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Stab the dagger into a tree stump with the blade facing away from you, so that it is firmly in place.

Plank the bark off the small branches you want to light by pulling the sticks/branches diagonally across the blade of the dagger, instead of cutting the bark off with the dagger in your hand, as you would normally do.

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If the humidity is high, it is almost impossible to start a fire, especially if you try it in a dense spruce and pine forest, even if you have brought a ½L of gasoline for the purpose. The fire goes out again and again!

If it only takes 20 minutes indoors to boil a potato, then you can expect it to take 2 hours in a dense spruce and pine forest!