The Survival Guide
In today's world, young people have lost the sense of survival. Not because they are lazy, but because nobody ever sat them down and walked them through it, the way my dad walked me through changing a tire when I was fourteen.
So the back of this book is where I start you where I was started. Practical, calm, and handed down.
Knowing the three is key
It all starts with a simple rule of three.
minutes without air. Think floods, tight spaces, a predator.
hours without shelter. Once you are exposed, that three hours has already started running, whether you feel it yet or not.
days without water. Your body can go a good while longer without food.
What is inside
What you learn by being outside all day
Forts, fires, chopping wood, and damming a creek with rocks and mud for crawfish and minnows.
Fire
Making one by friction, and why you practice on a wet day.
Water
Filtering, boiling, and knowing moving water from standing water.
Food
What my dad and granddad taught me with a gun and a bow, safety with both, and skinning and cleaning, from deer to dove and bass to bream.
Knowing where you are
GPS is fine. Carry a map and compass anyway.
The plain mechanical things
Most young people cannot find the jack in their own car. Somebody was supposed to show them.
Back to basics
Getting back to our roots, and why it will help us all live longer and better lives.
Clear is not the same thing as clean.
Batteries die. A compass does not.
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