Survival Training: Page 11

Learn what to do when you find yourself lost at sea, including how to gauge your rate of drift and make a sextant (a reflecting navigation instrument) in order to locate yourself and--hopefully!--find your way back.

Learn how to open a can with a knife. This is a very useful skill because, in many situations, there's often no can opener to be found. What did people do before can openers were invented? Watch and learn!

Using materials collected on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan you can create a fire quickly with the flint and steel method. Tinder fungus is common in North American woods.

Ray shows us how to make a strong shelter in wet forest, and the right and wrong ways to strike a match.

Description of contents and usage of Preparedness-In-a-Box Kit. Be prepared when disaster strikes with the right materials to survive.

Andy McNab survived six weeks of torture and interrogation in Iraq. He gives us an exclusive guide on how to get through it and win the physical and psychological battle. Watch now!

You can make fire using an empty flintwheel lighter. Watch the video to see how.

If you plan to travel in a remote location, grab a CD before you go it could save your life. Here's how to use a CD to make an emergency signal.

For the technique in this how-to video, you need: smoking papers, receipt or any thin paper and a hard surface like a cd case or book and a piece of paper on top for friction. If your lighter runs out of gas you can still start a fire with these items from your pocket. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to start a fire with an empty lighter.

If you're ever stranded alone with your special someone and you remembered everything but the matches, this how-to video should help. It will show you how you can make fire using just a condom and some water. Watch this video survival training tutorial and learn how to start a fire with a condom.

A necessary survival guide for anyone plagued by bloodthirsty werewolves. The video explains how to identify and dispose of these troublesome terrible terrors of the night.

In this video you'll see how the Masai tribe make fire using friction. All you need is some really dry brush or grass, a stick and piece of wood with a hole.

Buried alive? Don't worry, I'll show you how to escape from a locked coffin. This was the creepiest video I have ever made...I will show you the one important object to always carry around with you...just in case...

How to use lint out of the dryer to build a fire. To make the fire last longer, add a little vaseline.

Shaun of the Dead's Nick Frost faces an ornery alligator and learns a few useful tricks in the process.

In this survival video series, learn how to survive hiking in the Appalachian Mountains from hiking expert David Jackel. David will teach you how to survive hiking in the Appalachian Mountains with camping tips and survival techniques such as how to pack for a camping trip in the Appalachians, how to choose footwear for hiking in the mountains, how to find firewood in the Appalachians, how to start a fire, how to find shelter when hiking, how to handle rain in the Appalachian Mountains, how to...

In this video series, survival skills expert Mike Myers explores how to survive in the desert. Learn basic desert survival tips such as: how to prepare for the wilderness, how to find a campsite, how to use a map and a compass, how to kill and eat a rattlesnake, how to treat a snake bite, what to do if your lost in the desert, how to filter water, and how much water is needed to survive in the desert.

Learn how you can get water from a tree if you are lost in the wilderness. All you need is a plastic bag or tarp.

Turn a paper clip into a safety pin with a pair of pliers and some ingenuity.

Using only a plastic bottle, a lighter, a string, and the step-by-step instructions in this how-to video learn how to turn any water into safe, potable drinking water. This is a vital skill for camping, hiking, and even emergency situations when there's something wrong with your running water at home. Check out this video survival training tutorial and learn how to purify water.

Andrew Price of Dryad Bushcraft demonstrates the varied uses of an axe. Demonstrated techniques include chopping and carving as well as axe maintenance and sharpening.

Andrew Price of Dyad Bushcraft teaches you how to create a crude water filter from natural materials. The usage of military-grade and other hi-tech filters is also demonstrated.

Andrew Price of Dyad Bushcraft demonstrates how to light a fire using a flint and a piece of steel. He also demonstrates how to make charcoal clothe and shows you how to use the modern version of flint and steel.

Andrew Price demonstrates several knots useful for bushcraft and wilderness survival. Learn how to tie the reef knot, clove hitch, half hitch, bowline knot, climber's knot, and how to lash knots together.

Learn how to construct a shelter in the woods from Andrew Price of Dyad Bushcraft. Where are the best places to build shelter? What should you look for? Andrew will teach you what a 'basha' is and how to tie the best knots to build hammocks and other wilderness shelters.

In this how-to video, Andrew Price of Dryad Bushcraft teaches methods of trapping animals in a survival situation. Learn methods of tracking animals as well as the West County trap and wire snare method. Watch this video hunting tutorial and learn how to trap animals like a real Bushman.

They fall a palm tree and cut open the tree to retrieve bugs. The natives tell us that if they cut a tree down and wait a month, they can return and harvest the grubs.

Anacondas are one of the most dangerous and the largest snake in the world. National Geographic's survival guide helps you to understand how to survive if you encounter an anaconda. Don't pull out or poke it in the eyes. Push your hand into the anaconda's mouth.

Preparing to be out in the cold? Why not prepare by packing a heater! That is right, this video will show you how to make a portable heater so you never have to be stuck in the cold again.

Stranded somewhere without a pot but need to boil some water? This video will teach you how to boil water without a pot using a plastic bottle.

Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine and video jug team up to demonstrate how to build a bivouac shelter. Materials you will need are: a bivouac, a ground sheet and a knife. Choose right spot for camp. Is there a fuel source or water nearby? Is there a water source? These and other practical considerations are discussed.

Bushcraft And Survival Magazine, and Videojug team up to demonstrate how to use natural fire lighters in the wild. Various techniques are explained. Flammable materials readily available in the wild are maya sticks, birch bark, cramp balls. Good luck practicing your bushcraft. Maya sticks, birch bark, cramp balls are ideal natural fire starters.

Videojug and Simon Eller of Bushcraft And Survival Skills Magazine team up in this informative video to demonstrate how to split wood with a knife or axe. Place your knife where you want to split the wood and use another reasonably heave piece of wood to strike the knife. Good luck.

Learn how to protect yourself in the jungle. This video shows you techniques and measures to take to protect against illness. Such illnesses include trench foot or jungle rot from walking in wet climates. Myke also use plants as herbs and medicinal substitutes.

When in the jungle, everything can look the same. Myke demonstrates how to navigate through the jungle. Using tress, Myke shows you how to find streams, rivers and tree lines to help you keep a steady path. He also illustrates how to create big fires to make black smoke signals.

Learn how to protect yourself from one of the most dangerous predators, the mosquito. Mosquitoes spread dengue fever and malaria. Phil West explains the steps and procedures to protect yourself from mosquitoes, using roots and animal dung.

Learn wilderness survival priorities. This is part two of a series on survival shelters and skills by Ron Hood. Find your directions, search for a south facing slope to make your camp. You can also learn how to tell time with your fist.

Learn about how you lose heat in a wilderness survival situation. This is part one of a series on survival shelters and skills by Ron Hood of survival.com. Defeat heat loss by understanding how you lose heat, building shelter and a fire.