Seeing animals along the trail is challenging. We hike rapidly, with eyes on the ground most of the time, the heels of our boots pounding loudly. This behavior would scare every wild animal away if it weren’t for one thing: they are often used to us, accustomed to our incongruous way of moving through the wilderness.
Seeing animals along the trail is challenging. We hike rapidly, with eyes on the ground most of the time, the heels of our boots pounding loudly. This behavior would scare every wild animal away if it weren’t for one thing: they are often used to us, accustomed to our incongruous way of moving through the wilderness.
At the time, I was trying never to use modern medicine, and instead, was endeavoring to learn about herbal replacements. Unfortunately, I didn’t even know the basics. For instance, I acted like there was a cure-all for everything. I had behaved like many of us in our teens and 20s behave, thinking that we can do anything however we want, partially because modern medicine mitigates our risks.
There’s an infinite amount to teach about fire, so I’m just going to focus on a basic foundation that you will rarely find articulated…
Everyone tells you to NOT PANIC in an emergency, but few can tell you what TO do – the opposite of panic. If you have no positive alternative, who can blame you for panicking, doing something stupid and giving up?
Guess what? The first food I would look for in a survival situation would be a bunch of cattails. Besides being delicious, they are the quickest way to “fill you up” with sustained energy, because their rhizomes (root structures) and shoots are full of easily-digestible starch. In fact, I’ve actually heard that besides its water content, cattail is 80% carbohydrate, about 7% protein and 13% vitamins and minerals.
Even as an avid backpacker well into my 20s, my eyes would always glaze-over when anyone started naming plants
We’ve all gotten lost in the woods, but what happens if we can’t find our way out before dark
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