How to Survive Alone in the Forest

wandering off on the hiking trail seemed like a great way to get in touch with Mother Nature but now every part of the forest is starting to look the same and you're not sure which direction you came from you try to get your bearings by checking your phone but the battery's dead so what do you do now you're lost and completely off the grid here's how to survive alone in a forest it's very easy to get lost in a forest everything looks the same so it's hard to keep track of visual landmarks and it's nearly impossible to see any distant destinations beyond the trees so instead of focusing on finding your way out of the forest you're probably better off figuring out how to survive until someone finds you how could you make a fire without a lighter or matches would you be better off eating plants or bugs and how could you use pine needles to help you get rescued [Music] step 1 find freshwater if you're going to last out here for a long period of time you'll need to stay hydrated keep an eye out for animals animal tracks green foliage mosquitoes and flies as they're all good signs that water is nearby in the forest you're most likely to find the creek a stream or a pond another way to stay hydrated is to save rainwater if you have anything that will hold water leave it out to collect rain or Dew if you don't have any containers use a tarp or a poncho or if you have one hang them by tying the corners to trees three to four feet off the ground put a small rock in the middle of the material to make a kind of bowl to collect the water step to build a shelter the canopy of trees above will provide decent shelter from the Sun but if you're going to be stuck here for a long time you're going to want something better the easiest most effective way to protect yourself from the elements would be to build a lean-to shelter to do this you'll need to find a large branch and lean one end against a tree then place smaller branches at 45-degree angles along the length of the large branch and cover the entire structure with leaves and foliage step 3 find food all that shelter building is bound to build up your appetite so you need to start looking for something to eat plants would seem to be the easiest bed but you have to be careful because a lot of them are poisonous some characteristics of poisonous plants to watch out for include white or yellow berries thorns mushrooms and umbrella-shaped flowers so unless you have a guidebook on which plants are edible it's best to play it safe and not eat any at all instead you can flip over logs to find easy to catch protein filled insects you can safely eat worms ants and grasshoppers mmm but avoid spiders ticks and flies and just to be safe you should probably cook any insects before you eat them but you can't do that without heat step 4 make a fire if you have a lighter or matches on you then this shouldn't be too hard start by collecting everything you're going to burn dry leaves or tree bark are easy to burn so light them first build a little teepee with the tinder and kindling tinder will be the first thing that catches a spark it then transfers the sparks to the kindling and starts a flame but if you don't have a lighter you'll need to get a little more creative make a fire plough to ignite the fire by scraping a small groove in the middle of a flat piece of wood then create friction by quickly plowing up and down the groove with a small twig until it produces an ember step 5 get rescued yeah this is easier said than done but you've got to be proactive about it stay where you are that way rescuers won't be able to find you much easier than if you hike around if you have a mirror or some aluminum foils you could use it to reflect light to planes or other people to help them find you another option would be to make smoke signals with your fire glean leaves and pine needles create a lot of smoke so use those using a branch with leaves on it cover the fire for three to four seconds to trap the smoke and then remove it keep doing that so that it creates clouds of smoke when you do finally get rescued you're going to have some time to think about how all this could have been avoided next time don't wander off the guided trail research the area you're going to be exploring beforehand and bring along some supplies in case you do get disoriented in some areas you might even want to prepare yourself to defend against predators but don't worry we've got just the video to help you come out on top [Music] [Applause]

Channel: How to Survive

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Id: 11UD9gLNlHs

Length: 6min 28sec (388 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 14 2020