20 Wilderness Survival Tips!

can you spare a zipper if so that you can make yourself an improvised fishhook just break off the zip and bust open the loop pull out the loose end to a 90 degree angle and then use a rough stone to grind stay exposed tip down into a sharp point and there you go and easy to make improvised fishhook alternatively you can turn the ring tabs of any discarded soda cans into fish hooks to spend bullet casings can be repurposed into makeshift arrowheads just grab a large rock and pounce the casing flat remove the uncrushable rim by bending the metal back and forth until it breaks off and once that's all done and dusted grab a coarse stone and begin grinding down and sculpting that metal into your desired hour head shape and after a lil bit of elbow grease you'll have a sharp and strong metal Arrowhead if your boots are dripping wet and you need to dry them out then you'll probably place them next to your campfire well that's good but we can do better gather up a few large dried non porous rocks and place them on the edge of your campfire wait until those rocks are piping hot and and carefully place them inside your boot this way your boots will dry out much quicker and much more thoroughly as they're drawing from both the outside and the inside if you've left the house then chances are you've brought along your house keys well the jagged teeth of these keys can be used as a small impromptu saw to saw the small notches required for primitive traps and various other tools if you're struggling to find tenders or natural fire-starting materials then have a look down at your socks cotton and wool are flammable natural materials so if you are wearing cotton or wool socks then you can pluck off any loose strands and fibers for a neat little flammable tinder pile for a few sparks determine no sock fibers will combust into flames mosquitoes and other insects are repelled by the sense of time so if mosquitoes are a concern then grab a bunch of pine needles crush them up in your hands and then rub the oils they release onto your clothes and that should keep the mosquitoes away you can also burn pine needles over your fire for an ambient insect repellent for your entire camp if you have no knife but you're in need of a sharp cutting tool then try looking around for flint rocks these typically beige rocks with a shiny black interior can be cracks open and smash together to chip off small flakes and fragments to have a razor-sharp edge consider replacing your ordinary boot laces with seven strand 550 paracord so if you're ever in need of emergency cordage then you can just pull out a few of those incredibly strong inner strands alternatively you can just take off the whole boot lace for the strong string required for bow drill friction fires consider adding a small birthday candle into your survival kit that way if your life through is running out of fuel or you're down to your last match then you can simply transfer the flame to the candle which gives you a lot more time to work with it also those party trickery lighting candles work well as a wind proof of flame carrier many backpacks will have a soft foam padding and in most cases this foam padding is flammable so for an emergency tinder just cut out a few pieces of the foam and then vigorously drive your sparks into them to eventually produce fire try not to breathe in the fumes though as they will be toxic if your plastic water bottle has convex curvature then if you angle it just right in front of the Sun then you can focus down the sun's rays like a magnifying glass for a hail-mary fire making method if you're on the brink of dehydration and in need of some clean safe drinking water but so you have on you is a mere plastic bottle then worry not because you can still boil and purify water over the fire in just a mere plastic bottle the plastic can withstand the intense heat of the fire without melting or deforming so long as there is water inside to keep the bottle firm plastic bottles could not only boil water but they can also filter your water too so if the only water you have available to use the filthy dirty putrid pond water then the usual trick is to cut the bottle in half the bottom will be your boiling cup and the top will be your water filter so make the filter simply Pierce a few holes into the lid and then gather up some moss some grass and some small stones and place them all into the top half you can now pour your filthy water through this makeshift filter and it will come out a lot cleaner not perfect but certainly cleaner now take your boiling cup full of filtered water and place it into the fire keep the fire small and under control and what as the water begins to boil the end result is a cup of clean drinkable water and a reusable intact cup and filter a word of caution though this method does indeed release toxic carcinogenic plastic chemicals into the water so only user the last resort drinking that stuff is not good for your long-term health but it will keep you alive but now hands can get pretty filthy eating with them carries the risk of getting ill well avoid potential illness by eating with makeshift chopsticks just split a stick down the middle and place a twig or stone in between the cut now you can grab an eat your food without having to worry about bacteria as you can just stump the tips in boiling water to completely sterilize them if you need to get going but you're worried about how you'll get your next fire lit then before you go grab a large piece of leftover charcoal and take that with you because as long as you have a spark thrower then you can reignite that charcoal back into a glowing Ember if you happen to stumble across any discarded soda cans then you can make a portable windproof stove one that you can cook upon or just have as a little warm fire by the entrance of your shelter if torrential downpour prevents you from having a fire on the outside so make it simply cut into the side of the can from the top down slice across the top and bottom until you have a capital R shaped cut and this is your window simply peel em open and you're good to go place your tenders and kindling inside the can and lights it up for a portable cooking stove small pre-drilled ferrocerium spark flowing rods can be worked into jacket zipper poles with this you'll always have an incognito fire-making device on you at all times if your cell phone has run out of battery or is no longer working then you can take it apart to unlock a multitude of handy survival tools earthly remove the screen and all of the back screen elements beneath a few layers you will find a pristine mirror you can use this as a signal mirror to reflect and fresh sunlight signals into the cockpits of planes or helicopters to get their attention dive deep into the phone to reveal the circuit boards with these boards you can do two things firstly you can make arrowheads either carefully snapped the board or vigorously grind them down against a rock into that desired Arrowhead shape these circuit boards are quite soft so grinding them down isn't too much trouble secondly you can create a sharp cutting tool use a rough stone to grind an angle into the edge and you'll have a bootleg knife that you can use to cut cloth or shave wood also if you carry headphones with your phone then they can be used as wire snares for small game they probably won't be very effective but it's worth a shot behind the speaker element you will find a magnet with this magnet you can make an improvised compass all you'll need in addition to the magnet is a small metal strip made either of iron or stainless steel this could be a needle from your first-aid kit a hair pin a piece of hair clip or just a metal pin out of a watch strap to make your compass simply rub the magnet down the length of the metal pin for several minutes afterwards your metal pin will now be magnetized with both in attracting and repelling magnetic pole now if this pin is given something to float upon then it will align itself with the Earth's North and South magnetic poles giving you a north to south directional line this is exactly how ordinary compasses work so grab a leaf and find the perfectly steel puddle puts your leaf onto the puddle and then delicately place your magnetized metal pin onto the leaf it will immediately begin to rotate and eventually settle once it has aligned with the Earth's magnetic field giving you that north-to-south directional line generally the end of the pin that's pointing the farthest away from the Sun will be north and the end of the pin that's pointing closest towards the Sun will be south this is only true for the northern hemisphere for the southern hemisphere those directions are reversed that's all for now thank you for watching and peace

Channel: AlfieAesthetics

Views: 4,059,335

Rating: 4.8681226 out of 5

Keywords: AlfieAesthetics, Wilderness Survival, Survival, Bushcraft, Camping, Wildcamping, Survival Kit, Bug out Bag, Bushcraft Kit, Survival Skills, Bushcraft Skills, Survival Tips and Tricks, Zombie Survival, Zombie Apocolypse, Survival Guide, Survival Game, Survival Tips, Camping Tips and Tricks, Wilderness Survival Tips, How to Survive in the Wild, How to Survive a Zombie Apocolypse, Top 10 Survival Tips, Survival Hacks, SHTF Tips, Primitive Skills, Primitive Technology, Primitive

Id: stIjgEaES60

Length: 8min 41sec (521 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 13 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/marsmedia]

This was surprisingly good - mostly because he wastes zero time. Just moves form one practical tip to the next.

[u/Joeme]

Alfie Aesthetics is great! His other videos are definitely meal time worthy

[u/Big__Wheel]

Always bring food and a teleport out

[u/AFGHANHOUNDSRULE]

Only one of these I thought was complete crap was the arrow, the rest were pretty great!

[u/Lerzi21]

Alfie is the man

[u/ylenoLretsiM]

How do you know what's north and what's south with the compass trick?

[u/finditfirst]

This guy made a fish hook from a zipper... anyone else still processing that? That's crazy

[u/Just_call_me_Myname]

Good