All videos for the tag : Survive Smart (41 videos) - page 3

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • Flood Season Has Arrived. It’s the rainy season and many states are already facing massive floods. Swimming in flood waters can be very dangerous. It should never be done – except your life depends on it. Here are a survival tip to help you prepare for the tough weather. I show you how to use…

  • The Self-Extinguishing Candle: There are some 18,000 candle-caused fires annually in the United States, and experts blame carelessness on the part of candle users. Some Candle fires occur because candles were left unattended, abandoned or inadequately supervised. To leave your candle burning so that it will safely extinguish itself at any estimated time, insert the…

  • Tea strainer: improvised Rescue Signaling Technique Signaling for rescue in any survival situation is extremely important. The more signaling ‘know-how’ tactics you have in your “Trick-Bag” the better your chances are of rescue. 1) Stuff the tea strainer with birch bark. 2) Light the Birch bark (wait for a short time, then perform step 3)…

  • This time: Once you get to your bug out location – how will you be living in? Do everything you can to take care of yourself, now more than ever before. Security: Make sure that the rock structure is solid and there are no rocks poised to fall from the roof on you while you’re…

  • How to improvise a compass from a video tape. Today’s magnetic tape is composed of three main layers: the base film, the magnetic layer, and the back coating. The base film provides the physical support and main strength of the tape. The magnetic layer determines the tape’s magnetic properties. It is composed of magnetic powders,…

  • The candle emergency lantern, made of a old tin can, a candle, and a bit of wire for handle, is a device that will be found to be very useful in an emergency. The whole thing was a boxed light, shining ahead like a searchlight.

  • When you think of planning a bike ride, generally you just think about what you will need, to get from one point to the next point. As a survival cyclist, you plan to use the bike as a tool for survival when circumstances may not be predictable. Here i show you a important survival technique….

  • Soldier emergency tinder. Snipers, combat medics, even Mantracker carry the same good fire tinder with themselves. Few of them know it. (repost)

  • 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,…

  • This time: Finding North from the Great Bear. In the northern hemisphere the North Star (Polaris) indicates the position of True North to within 2°. It is a bright star and can be found by producing a line from the two end stars, or ‘pointers’ of the Great Bear (Big Dipper). The North Star will…