Backpack Camping and Woodland Survival

Introduction

Gear

• Basic Survival Kit
• Clothing
• Canvas sack backpack
• Bedroll backpack
• Packframes
• Lights
• Weaponry
• Tools
• Cooking
• Sleeping
• Hygiene
• Miscellaneous

Skills

• Water purification

Crafts

• Tanning
• Simple woodworking
• Clothing
• Weaving
• Furniture
• Packframes
• Primitive knives
• Bows and arrows
• Staff making
• Dreamcatchers

Clay Pottery

• Pinch pots
• Coil pots

Hunting and gathering

• Primitive fishing
• Hunting
• Tracking
• Traps and snares
• Seasons
• Safety and laws
• Gutting
• Skinning
• Butchering
• Cleaning
• Field dressing
• Gathering
• Plants
• Medicine

Fire

• Safety
• Prevention

Fire Starting

• Bow drill
• Hand drill
• Pump drill
• Bamboo saw
• Flint and steel
• Other methods

Cooking

• Natural and harvested
• Prepared food
• Hollowing logs
• Steam pits
• Stone ovens
• Cooking utensils
• Cast iron
• Sanitation and storage
• Best practices

Shelters

Natural Shelters

• Caves

Quick Shelters

• Lean-to

• Tents

• Tipis

• Bivvy

Emergency Techniques

• First aid
• Emergency kits

Getting There

• Navigation

follow your nose and see where the wind takes you!