Effective Survival

[...] he is beginning to think he should have taken the other fork in the road, some miles back. He keeps repeating to himself that he never gets lost and tries to cheer himself up with thoughts of finally being on an adventure. Suddenly he is startled when his car hits a sharp rock protruding into the side of the road. Slowing to a stop he hears the loud hiss of air [...]

If something is unexpected, how can you prepare for it? It’s already hard enough  preparing for what you do expect, so how can you hope to get yourself equipped for an unknown and sudden disaster? Try to imagine the maximum threat in terms of survival situations and think of what would be necessary to prepare [...]

Planning and Organization If going as a group, meet often with the other members of your party to set the goals of the trip and discuss how to achieve them. Assign specific duties and responsibilities for each individual member to learn about, prepare for and specialize in while on the ground. Such duties include: leader, [...]

Your will to survive is your best asset, no matter what you’re doing. In a survival situation it is easy to lose all hope and give up; your desire and determination to make it through is the single most important element to your ultimate survival. With a real certainty that there is always a way to survive, no matter the circumstances, you can develop hope and that is a major stepping stone to a strong will to live. Without that will to live, none of the survival skills and knowledge taught here will be of any use. Force yourself to develop that will. Never surrender your life, for you can always find a way.

AN OVERVIEW OF SURVIVAL

Survival is not just living and continuing to be alive. It is an active participation in effective “doingness” that results in good health and a better existence for yourself, your family, your friends and often your neighbors. It can also include your business associates and sometimes your country and even all of humanity.

There is no such thing as bad survival. If a person is not surviving, they are dying and if they do not force themselves to consider the situation and actively do something effective to change it, they will not make it. This is just as true in normal life as it is in survival situations.