How to Survive the Apocalypse

HOW TO SURVIVE A GUIDE TO LIVING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE MIND SET Prepare Learn principles Be ready for adventure Conserve energy Adapt FIRE MAKING PRINCIPLES Spark: flint and steel / a fire steel Chemical reaction e.G. Potassium permanganate Friction: bow drill / hand drill Electricity: spark from shorting out a battery (9v and above) Focus light: lens / parabola / base of a drink can polished Compression / fire piston CAMOUFLAGE Dull the skin use dust Apply darker patches to skin or clothes Charcoal and mud work well Add local foliage Match scent to the environment Use peripheral vision FIND OR MAKE SHELTER Main beam strong enough to take weight Place sticks covering side 5 degree pitch of roof to shed rain Insulate two feet thick using available materials Construct around body so it's snug HUNTING FOOD Seeds, roots and 1000's species of edible grass (4 are toxic). leaves are edible but cellulose indigestible so suck instead Inner bark of pine / birch edible / acorns boiled Insects if cooked are edible as cooking kills parasites All creatures edible but if mangy or diseased leave alone Fish if water quality is ok (frogs are sensitive to pollutants) avoid mushrooms unless 100% certain Find a short stick or stone to throw at game Place feet carefully to minimise sound Sit tight near fresh tracks or animal signs Set simple traps like snares Gut, skin and cook WATER HELL Be certain it's contaminant free Harvest rain or dew Dig for ground water Tap birch or maple trees Filter / purify / boil Use a solar still to distil water CORDAGE Look for long plant Fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses HELL SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING! GATHER FIREWOOD Gather fire making materials first Dead wood still in the tree is best Fluffy tinder / kindling: matchstick thin, pencil thin, finger thickness. Birch bark burns even when wet If wet scrape outside layer off and feather inner parts Lay fire to tipi shape or cross fire shape TOOLS Look for long plant fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses UNLEASHED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY JULY 2ND 2012 INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOMAS SCHORR-KON FROM WWW.TRACKWAYS.CO.UK HOW TO SURVIVE A GUIDE TO LIVING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE MIND SET Prepare Learn principles Be ready for adventure Conserve energy Adapt FIRE MAKING PRINCIPLES Spark: flint and steel / a fire steel Chemical reaction e.G. Potassium permanganate Friction: bow drill / hand drill Electricity: spark from shorting out a battery (9v and above) Focus light: lens / parabola / base of a drink can polished Compression / fire piston CAMOUFLAGE Dull the skin use dust Apply darker patches to skin or clothes Charcoal and mud work well Add local foliage Match scent to the environment Use peripheral vision FIND OR MAKE SHELTER Main beam strong enough to take weight Place sticks covering side 5 degree pitch of roof to shed rain Insulate two feet thick using available materials Construct around body so it's snug HUNTING FOOD Seeds, roots and 1000's species of edible grass (4 are toxic). leaves are edible but cellulose indigestible so suck instead Inner bark of pine / birch edible / acorns boiled Insects if cooked are edible as cooking kills parasites All creatures edible but if mangy or diseased leave alone Fish if water quality is ok (frogs are sensitive to pollutants) avoid mushrooms unless 100% certain Find a short stick or stone to throw at game Place feet carefully to minimise sound Sit tight near fresh tracks or animal signs Set simple traps like snares Gut, skin and cook WATER HELL Be certain it's contaminant free Harvest rain or dew Dig for ground water Tap birch or maple trees Filter / purify / boil Use a solar still to distil water CORDAGE Look for long plant Fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses HELL SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING! GATHER FIREWOOD Gather fire making materials first Dead wood still in the tree is best Fluffy tinder / kindling: matchstick thin, pencil thin, finger thickness. Birch bark burns even when wet If wet scrape outside layer off and feather inner parts Lay fire to tipi shape or cross fire shape TOOLS Look for long plant fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses UNLEASHED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY JULY 2ND 2012 INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOMAS SCHORR-KON FROM WWW.TRACKWAYS.CO.UK HOW TO SURVIVE A GUIDE TO LIVING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE MIND SET Prepare Learn principles Be ready for adventure Conserve energy Adapt FIRE MAKING PRINCIPLES Spark: flint and steel / a fire steel Chemical reaction e.G. Potassium permanganate Friction: bow drill / hand drill Electricity: spark from shorting out a battery (9v and above) Focus light: lens / parabola / base of a drink can polished Compression / fire piston CAMOUFLAGE Dull the skin use dust Apply darker patches to skin or clothes Charcoal and mud work well Add local foliage Match scent to the environment Use peripheral vision FIND OR MAKE SHELTER Main beam strong enough to take weight Place sticks covering side 5 degree pitch of roof to shed rain Insulate two feet thick using available materials Construct around body so it's snug HUNTING FOOD Seeds, roots and 1000's species of edible grass (4 are toxic). leaves are edible but cellulose indigestible so suck instead Inner bark of pine / birch edible / acorns boiled Insects if cooked are edible as cooking kills parasites All creatures edible but if mangy or diseased leave alone Fish if water quality is ok (frogs are sensitive to pollutants) avoid mushrooms unless 100% certain Find a short stick or stone to throw at game Place feet carefully to minimise sound Sit tight near fresh tracks or animal signs Set simple traps like snares Gut, skin and cook WATER HELL Be certain it's contaminant free Harvest rain or dew Dig for ground water Tap birch or maple trees Filter / purify / boil Use a solar still to distil water CORDAGE Look for long plant Fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses HELL SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING! GATHER FIREWOOD Gather fire making materials first Dead wood still in the tree is best Fluffy tinder / kindling: matchstick thin, pencil thin, finger thickness. Birch bark burns even when wet If wet scrape outside layer off and feather inner parts Lay fire to tipi shape or cross fire shape TOOLS Look for long plant fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses UNLEASHED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY JULY 2ND 2012 INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOMAS SCHORR-KON FROM WWW.TRACKWAYS.CO.UK HOW TO SURVIVE A GUIDE TO LIVING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE MIND SET Prepare Learn principles Be ready for adventure Conserve energy Adapt FIRE MAKING PRINCIPLES Spark: flint and steel / a fire steel Chemical reaction e.G. Potassium permanganate Friction: bow drill / hand drill Electricity: spark from shorting out a battery (9v and above) Focus light: lens / parabola / base of a drink can polished Compression / fire piston CAMOUFLAGE Dull the skin use dust Apply darker patches to skin or clothes Charcoal and mud work well Add local foliage Match scent to the environment Use peripheral vision FIND OR MAKE SHELTER Main beam strong enough to take weight Place sticks covering side 5 degree pitch of roof to shed rain Insulate two feet thick using available materials Construct around body so it's snug HUNTING FOOD Seeds, roots and 1000's species of edible grass (4 are toxic). leaves are edible but cellulose indigestible so suck instead Inner bark of pine / birch edible / acorns boiled Insects if cooked are edible as cooking kills parasites All creatures edible but if mangy or diseased leave alone Fish if water quality is ok (frogs are sensitive to pollutants) avoid mushrooms unless 100% certain Find a short stick or stone to throw at game Place feet carefully to minimise sound Sit tight near fresh tracks or animal signs Set simple traps like snares Gut, skin and cook WATER HELL Be certain it's contaminant free Harvest rain or dew Dig for ground water Tap birch or maple trees Filter / purify / boil Use a solar still to distil water CORDAGE Look for long plant Fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses HELL SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING! GATHER FIREWOOD Gather fire making materials first Dead wood still in the tree is best Fluffy tinder / kindling: matchstick thin, pencil thin, finger thickness. Birch bark burns even when wet If wet scrape outside layer off and feather inner parts Lay fire to tipi shape or cross fire shape TOOLS Look for long plant fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses UNLEASHED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY JULY 2ND 2012 INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOMAS SCHORR-KON FROM WWW.TRACKWAYS.CO.UK HOW TO SURVIVE A GUIDE TO LIVING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE MIND SET Prepare Learn principles Be ready for adventure Conserve energy Adapt FIRE MAKING PRINCIPLES Spark: flint and steel / a fire steel Chemical reaction e.G. Potassium permanganate Friction: bow drill / hand drill Electricity: spark from shorting out a battery (9v and above) Focus light: lens / parabola / base of a drink can polished Compression / fire piston CAMOUFLAGE Dull the skin use dust Apply darker patches to skin or clothes Charcoal and mud work well Add local foliage Match scent to the environment Use peripheral vision FIND OR MAKE SHELTER Main beam strong enough to take weight Place sticks covering side 5 degree pitch of roof to shed rain Insulate two feet thick using available materials Construct around body so it's snug HUNTING FOOD Seeds, roots and 1000's species of edible grass (4 are toxic). leaves are edible but cellulose indigestible so suck instead Inner bark of pine / birch edible / acorns boiled Insects if cooked are edible as cooking kills parasites All creatures edible but if mangy or diseased leave alone Fish if water quality is ok (frogs are sensitive to pollutants) avoid mushrooms unless 100% certain Find a short stick or stone to throw at game Place feet carefully to minimise sound Sit tight near fresh tracks or animal signs Set simple traps like snares Gut, skin and cook WATER HELL Be certain it's contaminant free Harvest rain or dew Dig for ground water Tap birch or maple trees Filter / purify / boil Use a solar still to distil water CORDAGE Look for long plant Fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses HELL SURVIVAL IS EVERYTHING! GATHER FIREWOOD Gather fire making materials first Dead wood still in the tree is best Fluffy tinder / kindling: matchstick thin, pencil thin, finger thickness. Birch bark burns even when wet If wet scrape outside layer off and feather inner parts Lay fire to tipi shape or cross fire shape TOOLS Look for long plant fibres on stalky plants like nettle The inner bark of many trees Vine bark or some vines as they are Some long strong leaves and some grasses UNLEASHED ON DVD AND BLU-RAY JULY 2ND 2012 INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THOMAS SCHORR-KON FROM WWW.TRACKWAYS.CO.UK