All videos for the tag : Snakeeaters (42 videos)
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Sicherheits-Streichhölzer können in der Wildnis auch ohne die Reibflächen der Streichholzschachtel entzündet werden, vor allem dann wichtig, wenn diese beschädigt oder abgenützt sind. Nützlich ist dabei folgende Information: Streichhölzer entzünden in etwa bei 80 °C. Durch Reibung von Holz auf Holz läßt sich diese Hitze leicht erzeugen; zur Anwendung kommt dabei die Feuerpflug-Technik. Beachte: Streichholzkopf…
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Ground-to-air emergency signs are well known within Rescue parties. Easy displayed by day, you need at night a special procedure for an effective deployment. I call this solution the “SURVIVOR´s RESCUE CINEMA”. The signals can be also projected on the ground, on cliff faces or in urban areas on roofs and walls. The size of…
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Make Yourself Seen. Look at your gear. Evaluate each item for its potential use as a signalling tool. Identify your signalling tools and arrange them so they’re at hand on a moment’s notice. BE FLASHY You can make a highly effective visual signal to aircraft or distant rescuers with a mirror or other reflector on…
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A 2 mm thick wire rope can be used as emergency replacement for a climbing rope, but it is very dangerous. Try this only as a last resort, when all else fails.
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Battery fire lighting. If you are carrying arms you can use the gunpowder from a round to help ignite your tinder.
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The bark of the wild cherry tree is a traditional Native American remedy. However, the bark still has another value: it helps you to kindle a fire. The wild cherry tree bark burns about 3 times longer, than birch bark. This is helpful if you are forced to kindle a fire under wet weather conditions,…
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This time: Charcoal as Survival Medicine. Diarrhoea will normally develop as a result of consuming contaminated food or water. Diarrhoea is detected when the number of daily bowel movements increases by the factor of two or more, the stools being soft and watery. A small amount of charcoal slurry will settle the stomach as charcoal…
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Improvised Camp Lantern (part two) – extremely simple.
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This time: The animal fat Burner Things needed: 2 Tin cans, 3 wooden sticks, cotton strip, animal fat, pocket knife, matches or lighter. Some Facts about animal fat: The University of Georgia has been using chicken fat to heat buildings and water on its campus. Animal fat fuels are produced as waste in the slaughtering…
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This time: Fire-starting with a Fresnel Lens. A Fresnel lens will save on using matches for cloudy days or nighttime while during sunshine you can start a fire for free. The compact and lightweight design of a Fresnel lens along with being inexpensive makes it a perfect addition to your survival kit. The Fresnel Lens…
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Soldier emergency tinder. Snipers, combat medics, even Mantracker carry the same good fire tinder with themselves. Few of them know it. (repost)
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The purpose of such devices is obvious: uninvited guests should be recognised early, or be scared off. However, I show you a widely unknown device, which I have often used in the Jungle!
