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Survival skills are essential tools that can help us navigate and overcome unforeseen challenges and emergencies. From natural disasters to unexpected situations, knowing how to handle yourself in a survival situation can mean the difference between life and death. In this blog, we will explore the many different aspects of survival skills, from the basics of wilderness survival to more advanced techniques for urban survival. We will cover everything from shelter building and fire starting to first aid and self-defense. Whether you’re an experienced outdoors person or someone looking to learn how to be better prepared for unexpected situations, join us on this journey to discover the essential survival skills that can help you stay safe, calm, and in control in any situation.
Tater Junction is your Survival Skill How To Home.
I really started a deep dive on this topic because I am super interested in this. I know a little bit about a lot of things. Which in some ways is good. But, when I start thinking about trying to go deeper and learn more and then trying to share it with others I realize that there is so much to learn concerning survival skills.
So, here’s a list of topics I intend to cover related to survival skills, and I know it’s not exhaustive, but truly there is a lot to surviving!
Friction Fire
Tying Knots
Stone Blades and Tools
Trap Making
Rock Boiling
Building Shelter (Skills such as knowing what materials to gather and how to put them together, techniques like ribbing sticks is a great example of this.)
Foraging
Navigation (make and use a compass, sun, stars and shadow)
Fishing
Tracking
Metal Work
Carpentry
Sewing
Gardening
First Aid Focus on simple things like cleaning wounds, preventing infection, setting broken bones, stopping bleeds and CPR.
Communication
Healing
Hunting
Campfire Cooking
bowmaking, basketry, pottery, hide tanning
blacksmithing, canning, gardening, flint and steel firemaking, knife and axe craft
carving
self defense and how to hide (having a plan of escape, staying aware, facing doors)
Read the weather
Simple things like being able to access water, washing clothing, lighting a room and even entertainment would all change forever.
Braiding
Preparedness period
Livestock
Clean food/Preserve (smoking, drying, harvesting, griding, canning)
Clubs, spoons, mortar and pestle, bows, arrows, hoko knives, wooden spoons and many, many more can be made with only a good knife. Sure, in order to make something of quality, you’ll need more than that but, nevertheless, “primitive woodworking” is a great skill to learn
Knife sharpening
Cordage
Estimating daylight
Know the Rule of 3’s: You can survive three minutes without breathable air (unconsciousness generally occurs), or in icy water. You can survive three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold). You can survive three days without drinkable water.
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