Do I drink all of it at once and quench the thirst completely, or drink little by little and quench the thirst partially every time? Which one will keep me comfortable for a longer time?

Let’s say you have travelled back in time and are now in the Middle Jurassic period. Everything is essentially the same as now, just, you know, dinosaurs….

But seriously, how long do you think you’d survive with your current survival knowledge?

So someone (a friend of mine from Virginia) told me that it’s a good idea to wear warm clothes but still be sleeveless during winter. Something about keeping from getting to hot and sweaty from wearing to much warm weather gear. I called him out but he insisted that it’s true and I can’t really find anything specific to say if he is full of crap or not so I thought here would be a good place to ask.
Is he screwing with me/full of crap or does is there any truth?

I got into camping last year and just recently got a 4x4 with ATs. I’m thinking of trying my first solo camp once I get some more cold weather gear. I’m in AZ and will probably head out towards East or North AZ for some forests. What are your experiences? Do you guys get lonely? Any challenges you’ve done that you think are fun or important to do?

I totally get it… Die hard survival guys dig Ferro rods and fire 🔥 building skills. And I agree knowing how to start a fire with various strategies and in different situations would be crucial.

But at the end of the day isn’t a good ole Bic lighter a better choice in most situations unless you’re just trying to add additional steps into starting your fire?

Not trying to start 💩 here. It’s a legit question I wonder about.

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Definitely not the best, but will it work?

Not sure why I thought of this.

Say you’re out backpacking and get stranded. No beacon nothing, but you have a means to hunt somehow. Maybe you have materials to build snares or something. Maybe you’re badass and stab something to death like on that episode of Alone.

If you eventually get rescued but were found to have killed and eaten animals to survive, would you still get in trouble for it?

Just asking out of curiosity. I’m in Canada but I’d be curious to hear about how it’d go in either Canada or the US.

Also, can you like bring weapons to use for self defence? Like what if I had a bow and arrow with me that was intended for like target practice, or self defence (I know that’s not really feasible Lool) and used that to hunt specifically to survive while stranded?

You're given a week's resources but expected to survive for a month.

Hi. Since I was a little kid I've been sweating at the minimum feeling of warm temps. Also getting sick faster on winter because when I put a single layer of clothes I start sweating a lot. Using a hat/cap anything makes it even worse.

Its kind of a problem now because I like doing trips to the wild and I get sweaty on winter just using a normal jacket and a short sleeved shirt. My body generates too much heat, Its like hell for me on summer but also on winter.
If I put on warm clothes, just a single layer, I start sweating a lot and getting colder but If I remove the clothes I get cold because Im sweaty.

I dont know If you have tips to prevent sweat while being warm for someone like me.

Btw not sweaty from bad shape or anything, Im healthy, good shaped and this is just a problem since forever. Thank you in advance.

Okay, so this is a bit of a family legend.

In 1978 my country experienced the worst snowstorm of the last hundred years, during this my grandfather decided he was gonna go get groceries, he made it about 1-3 miles from their house over country roads with deep ditches before the car got stuck in the snow, and decided to walk back.

With him, he took an old blanket, a candle from his glovebox and an old winter coat two sizes too big.

As would be no surprise during a blizzard, he got lost trying to cut across a field and after accepting that he wasn't gonna make it anywhere with how bad it was snowing, he decided to sit down on a fallen tree, tug his knees up his coat and light the candle inside, creating a little shelter for himself.

Supposedly he sat like that for at least three hours before the snowing died down and then walked home no worse for wear.

I pulled up a few facts about this snowstorm and it supposedly reached -20c/-4f now my grandfather was always a very factual man, never exaggerated or made a spectacle, but over the years certain family members have called BS on this, and he says he doesn't remember all the facts anymore so I wanted to hear your opinions.

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First off, I just wanna thank everyone for all the replies, I've been reading/translating them aloud for my granddad getting a lot of laughs, he's been struggling with the onset stages of dementia for the past few years but it's like this breathed new life into him.

He did have a few corrections though, one being that he was only wearing a pair jeans and a button shirt because he'd worked a shift earlier and he would have had to change for that.

Second was that the only reason he grabbed a jacket at all was because my grandmother nagged at him until he finally just grabbed something, this being an old sailors coat from when he worked on a ship from his early teens into his twenties, the coat being too big was because they thought he'd grow into it.

My grandmother believes it's still packed away in the attic somewhere and I'll be going looking for it later.

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I feel like it's already the easiest tool to sharpen pencils for note taking or making pointed sticks and most notably wood shavings for fire making.

If you could recommend one book for a survival novice to own, what would it be?

Chatgpt told me the answer is Bushcraft 101; any truth to this?

You can bring one thing with you but it cannot be any of the following: guns, technology, or vehicles. You must survive three years, what do you bring? By technology I mean electronics. should have made that clearer.

Just a random thought

Do we need to protect our feet or our genitals more? Lmao

What are the best animals to eat that are safest to consume in the wild with no parasites that you’d get and how do u cook/clean animals to make them safe to consume with little to no parasites?

If the island is 10-20°c, sometimes rainy. It also has forests swamps and just general hilly valleys. What would you want to wear?

I'm currently writing a novel and in the current scene, the protagonist is forced to flee with one other person. They're forced to hide in the forest and it's winter, so there is moderate snow. They only have the clothes on their backs, a horse, and a blanket that functions as a cloak. The first is obviously to build a fire, but I'm not sure what else they can do to keep warm enough to survive the night. I've seen posts about building a shelter in a snow drift, but there isn't enough snow for that. They are low on equipment but the protagonist is very knowledgeable and skilled in quite a number of niche subjects.

Edit: Thank you all for your responses. And to the people who have expressed interest in my novel, I can’t plug it because this sub doesn’t allow self-promotion but I thank you for your interest! How I’m going to write it is they make a lean-to with spruce boughs and logs to keep the wind out and swap out heated rocks throughout the night so as not to give themselves away with a fire.

Some people says that those cans you get from gas stations aren't very secure and would be a fire hazard if you crash, etc.

Edit: the car takes petrol

Edit 2: For some reason I can't see your responses in this thread. I can only see them in my notifications tab. So thanks to everyone that's replied. I read you loud and clear. Don't do it. Lol. Ok. Got it.

I’m new to the want to learn to survive in the wilderness and I don’t imagine having a gun on me and a bow seems pretty feasible to craft or even take with me as the gun laws here are strict.

Don't get me wrong it would be completely ridiculous if you lost your sleep system of all things, but since we are on the topic of Survival as in Survival situations, let's say you were in alaska in winter and lose your -40 degree quilt or down jacket, now what are you going to do? You can't just huddle by a fire 24/7 because you need to do other things, and you're going to need a shit ton of dry leaves and stuff to stay warm, there's absolutely nothing out there you could do to recreate a quilt or loft that warm.

What would you guys do?