#wilderness survival skills

[redgearguru]

Mastering Essential Bushcraft Techniques in the Wild

Did you know nearly 70% of people in the wilderness lack basic survival skills? This makes them vulnerable in unexpected situations. Mastering bushcraft techniques is key to thriving outdoors. It’s not just about survival; it’s about connecting with nature and navigating your environment with confidence. Learning to find and purify water sources like streams and springs is crucial1. Also, knowing…

[beardedbastardoutdoors]

Top 10 Must-Have Items in Your Urban Survival Kit

🚨 Are you prepared for an emergency in your neighborhood? 🏙️ Ensure your urban survival kit is ready with essentials like water filters, non-perishable food, first aid, and safety tools. Share your kit contents and stay safe! #UrbanSurvival #BePrepared

Introduction In the realm of survival, whether it’s mastering wilderness survival skills or foraging for edible plants, there’s always something new to learn. But how do you transition those top-notch wilderness survival abilities to an urban environment? This article is your ultimate guide on how to do just that. Here, you’ll find the best, most essential items for your urban survival kit,…

[corellianhounds]

Some headcanons for Mando:

Anything he uses to shower or wash his clothes with is unscented. Those scent-neutralizer dryer sheets keep his clothes from smelling like anything that can be detected while he’s on a hunt. Very few species are exempt from being unable to detect him

He keeps a clean ship and a strict schedule. He’s been self-sufficient and on his own for long enough he knows how to cook and take care of himself. Keeping your tools, gear, weapons, armor, and ship in clean, efficient working order means you’re less likely to have to spend time fixing one of them when it breaks from your lack of routine maintenance, and his body is just another tool in his arsenal; sleep, food, necessary medical care, staying limber and getting vitamin D at some point all go a long way towards ensuring he can last longer in the field. You can’t run something ragged every day and expect for that to be sustainable.

That also means he’s well-equipped to handle long stints without different necessities when needed from time to time; you can push yourself pretty far when you’re already in prime condition.

Wilderness survival skills were some of the first things he learned while being brought up by the Mandalorians. Being aware of your surroundings, setting up and breaking down camp, foraging and hunting for food, building impromptu shelters, purifying water, navigating and finding your way, having a variety of general and specific medical knowledge— All of those skills are building blocks for self-sufficiency. You never know when you’re going to be alone or thrust into survival scenarios, so it pays to be prepared.

That also means he’s capable of stomaching a wide variety of what some might consider inedible. Beggars can’t be choosers, and it’s considered very rude to decline someone’s offer of food or hospitality so in any scenario where food is in short supply and/or it’s been offered to him, he’s taking it. As long as it’s something he knows humans can digest, he’s open to whatever cultural or regional dishes his travels have to offer, and he’ll muscle through the less pleasant tastes or textures of food he’s had to make do with when he didn’t have other options.

He does know how to make food taste good, but that more often than not requires more spices and ingredients and hardware than he can afford or spare the room for, so he makes do without. Once the kid comes along he branches out a bit more to make sure he gets some variety.

Along the lines of self-sufficiency and independence, he has a lot of general repair skills: you may not always have somebody who can fix things for you, and he obviously isn’t going to pay somebody else to do something he’s capable of learning, except for when he’s short on time or resources. We see him working on the interior circuitry of his armor in the second episode. He knows how to bypass and pick locks. He has the electrical, mechanical, and structural know-how to fix his ship and would know how to weld and use a torch cutter and a variety of other tools, but it also means he’d know how to sew and mend his clothes. Soft goods are just as necessary as hardware.

Injuries where he genuinely needs professional medical care are few and far in between partially because he’s very good at what he does, and partially out of necessity. Though it is by choice, him tending to his own wounds may not necessarily be because he is neglectful or prideful or has a penchant for pain; medcenters cost money, and submitting to that care means he is vulnerable and at risk of somebody breaking his creed by force, or doing more damage when he can’t fight back. It’s why he likely refuses anesthesia or anything that will put him under and make him unaware of what’s happening while he’s asleep. Either he will find somebody he’s close to to help him, or he will find a way to muscle through self-administered medical care yet again, or he will die from his injuries (which means he will have gone down because of a fight)

Though he has a few physical reference materials and logs he’s written down important details in, a vast majority of his knowledge concerning trade routes, ballistics, geography, maps, various customs and cultures and languages, Guild bylaws— anything he could possibly need to know for a hunt— is committed to memory. He travels light, and the Mandalorians have an oral history more than a written one; belongings and archives can be destroyed, but their people live on and carry the knowledge that’s been passed down through centuries. It just makes more sense to him to commit everything to memory.

That being said, he does a significant amount of research before each hunt anyway, though the bulk of it is centered around the target themselves. Having all of your prep work done means the acquisition itself will go smoother.

He’s mathematically sharp: engine repair, manual piloting, vector calculus, electrical work, ballistics, basic engineering, weapons maintenance, financial management, and navigation by maps or by stars take a lot of mental acuity to understand and apply as quickly as he usually has to use them.

He’s not going to back down from others who purposefully encroach on his personal space, but he dislikes being in close proximity to strangers for extended periods of time. So much of his life is spent evading threats and fighting off challengers it’s hard to trust anybody to be that close. It’s not an aversion so much as it is an irritation that makes him tense. When you’re always looking over your shoulder, it’s just reflex to act defensively.

He doesn’t drink alcohol or caf unless he has sufficient time and he’s secure in the Crest without worry of attack; both impede his marksmanship and reflexes, neither of which are things he can afford while he’s working, so it’s usually only when he’s traveling through space that he’ll indulge

He doesn’t sing, but once the kid comes along he’s found that it’s easier to get him to sleep when he hums as he holds him and walks around the cargo hold.

[fallensapphires]

Genres: Wilderness Survival Story

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

requested by: @kaiyves-backup

[bastard-woodsman]

KNOT SKILLS: The “Bowline”

— THE SURVIVOR Vol. 1; pg 455 <Copyright 1976 by Kurt Saxon>

[morballs]

still thinking about the scrapped trust mechanic and how swiping and breaking Grey Mother and Jeremiah's items from their homes would lower their trust, no idea why they scrapped it since it sounded like a pretty solid feature

i would kind of get why it would be cut or at least watered down with episode 4, since giving the player that much choice of befriending the convicts would kind of fuck up the linear story but nonetheless I would've enjoyed the choice of getting like quests to do from Vachon in exchange of being able to smuggle in items later

[balkanradfem]

(for context, you'd be able to take a little bag you prepared. in case this is the main problem.)

[a-life-lived-outdoors]

Another small fire with steel wool and flint & steel. Extremely viable option, was much quicker to flame than charcloth.

[parastish]

Sound on!

[rose-without-thorn]

Loving the wilderness construction projects we've got going on

Are those... bark floorboards?

[crazydiscostu]

The World Is Ending : 10 Essential Skills To Survive The Fall Of Civilisation

With the British government issuing announcements about prepping, and the current state of the world, (armed conflicts, propaganda, climate communism, third wave feminism…..) we figured it was time to look into some essential skills for the coming apocalypse. Here is our top 10 list of Essential Skills To Survive The Fall Of Civilisation! The following skills are bullet-pointed for easy…

[ahollowgrave]

🌲 — surviving in the wilderness

She's got decent wilderness survival skills! She knows what makes a good and safe camping spot, she follows 'leave no trace' as closely as a human can, she knows how to fish and forage (not that she needs to eat, but in the event she's traveling with someone), she can pitch a tent and build a fire, she knows the theory behind crafting a lean-to. She also has pretty rock solid first aid skills, just in case. Because so much of her job is traveling it was important to her Sisters (and herself) that she be prepared to survive it. None, a lalafell ranger, is the one who taught Odette most of what she knows and also is her most common traveling partner. Although she prefers her solitude, Odette understands the importance of a second set of eyes. If None is unavailable she will sometimes seek out others traveling the same way, or hire guides in places she is wholly unfamiliar with. Still, she often travels alone. Well... Rou is there, always.

Thank you for the ask!

[ Skillset Symbol Meme ]

[beardedbastardoutdoors]

Ultimate Guide to Choosing Your First Bushcraft Knife

🌲 Unveil the secrets of choosing your first bushcraft knife with our Ultimate Guide! Master the wilderness with the perfect blade. 🗡️ Read now! #Bushcraft #OutdoorAdventure #SurvivalSkills

Embarking on the thrilling journey of bushcraft begins with selecting the right knife, a companion that will be at the heart of your outdoor adventures. As an essential tool for survival, wilderness survival skills, foraging edible plants, and mastering the art of living in nature, your first bushcraft knife plays a pivotal role. It’s more than just a blade; it’s your gateway to mastering the…

[itstimeforstarwars]

Dollar store lighter my beloved I cherish your existence and I'm so glad I do not have to start a fire like a fucking caveman.

[the-survivalist]

How to make an Aloe Vera Hair Conditioner in the Wilderness

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[givehimthemedicine]

I'll never find it now but @henrysglock I think you had a post about Henry's odd line to El about the lab being a prison

and now this Hop and El exchange is making my brain itchy:

maybe you've been over this and I missed it - have you dug into significance to those day counts? 21, 205, 326?

she isn't just making it general and saying 50, 100, 200, which sounds like she's referring to specific days where Hopper literally told her "soon", which means she must have brought up "hey can I maybe see humans ever again?" on those days, which sounds like there was maybe something significant going on.

we have a well defined day count on the milkvan separation, but that's not the same as the cabin captivity count, which is what she's complaining about.

El calls the morning after Halloween day 326, which puts the cabin captivity start date at December 11, 1983.

December 11, 1983 + 21 = January 1, 1984 December 11, 1983 + 205 = July 3, 1984 December 11, 1983 + 326 = November 1, 1984

anything?