![]() ![]() And I mean that from the bottom of my heart and soul. While I have been stoked for this game, if it never comes to full fruition, that’s OKAY. And I hope you never, ever lose your creative spark. I hope you have people around you to encourage you. I hope life is treating you decently (which is all most of us can hope for). This game and concept had its hooks in me from day one. I want you to know, no matter when or if this game comes to fruition, I am so impressed by your creativity and skills. I know you’ve got a lot on your shoulders. I have been following your game development since it’s conception. Keep the old brain in commission and the chances are you will come out of the woods on your own feet.Hey kiddo (idk your age, tbh I call everyone kiddo I’m a teacher), He knows that wild food which sustains animals may be eaten sparingly that he will not die of hunger as quickly as of thirst that he must remain where is is or push on to some definitive objective, but not the point of exhaustion that someone will be looking for him, and strength in that knowledge makes hardships easier. ![]() He knows that streams going down and ridges going up do not branch. His compass may be useless because of local magnetic attraction but he may know what kind of vegetation grows on the shady and what on the sunny side of a ridge. He knows that surviving a night in the forest he may awake to a clear dawn and readily regain his location. A gun may help as a signal, seldom as game.Ī thinking man is never lost for long. ![]() A fish line and a few hooks, matches in a waterproof box, a compass, a map, a little concentrated food, and a strong knife carried along may save a lot of grief. Yet in going alone into the forest it is well to go prepared to get lost. It is better to carry a clear head on your shoulders than a big pack on your back. But it is difficult for an observer in a plane to see a lone man in the forest, so the lost person must use ingenuity, and the signal smoke is the best method of attracting attention.Ī word from the Forest Rangers to the new camper, hiker, or vacationist. The eagle eye of the Forest Service lookouts or the observers in forest patrol planes or commercial ships may spot your smoke. In the day time throw green branches and wet wood on the blaze to make smoke. Build them in an open spot cleared of all inflammable material so that fire won’t spread into the forest, (you don’t want to burn yourself up, of course). Signal fires are the quickest way to attract attention. A boy lost on a southern California mountain peak spent three nights safely in this manner. Failing fire, one should use leaves and branches to shelter himself as best he can. If without a blanket, he may build his fire in a deep hole, cover six inches of hot coals with six inches of earth and sleep on this. If caught out toward nightfall, the traveler is urged to find shelter quickly – a ledge, a large boulder or a fallen tree – clear a space of ground and build a fire. Don’t yell, don’t run, don’t worry, and above all, don’t quit.If injured, choose a clear spot on a promontory and make a signal smoke.If caught by night, fog, or a storm, stop at once and make camp in a sheltered spot.Stop, sit down and try to figure out where you are.The following helpful rules are worth remembering:. The man who keeps his head has the best chance to come through in safety. Loss of mental control is more serious than lack of food, water, clothing or possible proximity of wild animals. “Finding oneself when lost is the test of a man,” says a veteran of the Forest Service who has seen men, women and even children save themselves by sheer pluck and presence of mind. In the mountains the grip of panic is too often the grip of death. Merely being out of sight of others in a strange forest gives many a man the creeps – a natural feeling but a dangerous one. If everyone remembered this, there would be fewer reports of persons lost in the mountains and forests, according to United States Forest Service rangers. Forest Service.Ī clear head will find itself. Scroll to the bottom to see the original document from the U.S. Take a fun step back in history with advice about what do when if you find yourself lost in the woods. ![]()
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