Why do we need survival skills?

1.Increasing uncertainty in the modern world

2.The more skill you have the less equipment you need to survive

3.Self reliance breeds confidence

SKILL 1:POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE

1. Will give you the strength to persevere

2. set goals for yourself to achieve

3. Focus on improving your immediate situation

4. Never give up!!

SKILL 2:WATER1. Know how to find water2. Understand how to make it safe to

drink a)Purification to remove pathogens b)Filtration to remove sediments3.Exploit rainfall4.Learn to make a solar still

SKILL 3:FOOD

1.Ration what food you have2.what plants and animals are edible3.Learn Understand how to prepare foraged

fooda)cleaning animals and fishb)harvesting plants and berries

4.Learn where plants and animals thrive and target them there

SKILL 4:SHELTER

1. Learn how to build a shelter from readily available material

2. Leverage items you have to shape your environment

3. Keep it basic –insulation from cold and rain are the goal

SKILL 5:FIRE

1. Fires need :fuel,air,ignition source

2. Learn how to make a basic fire

3. Understand types of wood4. Cook on coal and boil water

on flames

By tenzin lekdhen chokhang 10 A