Survival Camping – 5 Things You’ll Want
To Learn Quickly
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Survival camping, for the uninitiated, is effectively
extreme camping or hardcore camping.
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It is ultimately, whatever you make it as it is
camping with the least equipment you can bear.
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You can go into the woods with as much or as little as you choose.
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I’ve found mimicking survival scenarios the most fun and
rewarding from a skills weighed against leisure type
atmosphere.
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These scenarios range from things I can duplicate and
spread out over a weekend or a long weekend in the woods.
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In terms of what we’ve brought into the woods with us, it was different
every time and the gear you take with you
into the woods is appropriate for
whatever scenario you’re duplicating.
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So, if you are considering getting into survival camping and survival skills in general,
START WITH THESE TIPS:
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1) Don’t Sleep On The Ground
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Those were two shelters I’ve made in past survival camping adventures. On the left, was a typical A frame shelter, where my buddy and I slept on a mylar survival
blanket, on the ground.
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On the right, was a more complex shelter
where you’ll notice the three of us had
suspended sleeping platforms achieved in a very simple way, cross beaming logs, lincoln
log style.
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The first several times I made my survival
shelters I slept directly on the ground, and I couldn’t figure out
immediately why it got so freezing cold when I
tried to sleep.
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The answer was conduction. Simply
put, the ground sucks the heat right out of you and replaces it with cold ground
coldness. Even if the air is 70 degrees
Fahrenheit, the ground isn’t.
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So, from now on, I only do survival camping in scenarios where I can get off the ground, or I
make it a priority to build a platform of
some sort to get off of the ground.
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ITEM OF NOTE: Hammocks and
suspended sleeping can be an issue as the
cool air passes beneath you because you’re then dealing with
convection.
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2) You Never Have Enough Firewood
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If you think you’ve gathered enough
firewood to get you through the night, take a look at the pile, then make that pile 5 times
the size it is now.
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3) It’s Cold Once The Sun Goes Down, Even
In The Summer
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Make fire a priority, even in the summer
when it’s 80-90 degrees Fahrenheit during the day. The
night brings cold, and in droves.
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To combat this, don’t just make that typical
and utterly useless “camp fire” you see in
the movies and cartoons. You know
the one, a fire surrounded by a rock
circle.
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You’re losing all the heat from that fire and you have to practically be on top of it to get
any heat from it.
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The reason for this is because you’re not
controlling the heat. I’m sure you’ve seen or
heard of “reflecting walls” with fires.
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This can be a stack of wood behind the fire, or typically a rock wall built behind the fire, or even building your fire in front of a big slab of
rock.
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The idea is, that reflecting wall directs the heat back towards
wherever it is pointing.
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4) Food Is Hard To Find, Very Hard
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I don’t care what the survival TV programs show you, or what the books say, you aren’t
tripping on berry patches every two feet you walk in the woods.
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Additionally, all the wonderful creatures of the forest that are so high in protein and
taste so great on the BBQ don’t magically
appear to people who are survival camping,
or even hiking.
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And mushrooms… just stay away from
mushrooms. The margin for error is too great. If you’re wrong, you’re dead. They’re
not on the menu.
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5) Survival Camping Is Way More Fun Than
Normal Camping
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It became apparent right away to me that
building shelters out of what I had or what was
around me, and building fires the same way was like being a
kid again.
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Knowing you were directly responsible for
your comfort by affecting your situation using your know how
and ingenuity is thoroughly satisfying
and the best part… the journey is the fun!
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BE
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PREPARED&
TAKE CONTROLOF EVERY SITUATION
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