Ideas on survival site

[Recon1]

A comprehensive site dealing with economic survival would be popular right now.

 

[Recon1]

One thing I would include is updated info on links that carry "best bang for the buck" survival equipment.

 

[TheGame]

Navigation would be good. I recently got lost and couldn't remember a few of the things I knew how to do when not stressed. I need to get more advanced in the area. (I did manage to find myself a way out, after stopping and getting a fire going. After 10 minutes I figured where I was)

 

[byrd687]

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[Dibley]

Edible plants - with decent photographs (if possible, including preparation).

 

[Danknuggler]

Urban survival stuff like how to "obtain" a vehicle or use the various materials and fluids found on vehilcles for survival.How to hide in the big city like going underground under the streets and rooftop to rooftop travel etc.When all hell breaks loose how to get out of the city alive and where to go from there once you do would be a real good subject.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

KNOTS & LANYARDS

Animated Knots by Grog - www.animatedknots.com/
Boondoggle Man - www.boondoggleman.com
Chris Reeve Coil Knot - www.chrisreeve.com/knotright.htm or knotleft.htm
Digital Cowboy - www.geocities.com/dgtlcwby/
Folsom's Knots - www.folsoms.net/knots/
Frayed Knot Arts - www.frayedknotarts.com/index.html
International Guild of Knot Tyers - www.igkt.net/index.php
Knot Heads World Wide - www.khww.net/news.php
Ropers Knots Page - http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm


Purpose Of Lanyard ?
www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=396823

t1mpani’s one-finger lanyard
www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4583905&postcount=223

Someone on Wilderness & Survival Skills recently put up good pictures of how to use a lanyard. I think I can describe it in words, though.

Tie a loop of cord through the thong hole. Hang the knife off your upraised thumb by this loop, with the cord lying across the back of your hand. Turn your hand palm down and reach around to grab the knife by the handle.

The lanyard loop now holds your hand tight to the handle. Adjust the loop's size to fit comfortably. You may want to leave extra length of cord to enlarge the loop if you're wearing gloves.

If you need to reach for something, just release the knife, which will still hang off your thumb, away from what you reach for since the cord is across the back of your hand again.

 

[Tomso]

Good idea if its going to be build correctly. First make a good basic structure of the site, make appealing design without too much going on and the most important thing, be very careful about copyrights. If you plan on using other people's pictures, text etc be sure you have their permission before using them. Good luck!:thumbup:

 

[MrCoffee]

Edible plants - with decent photographs (if possible, including preparation).

This is HUGE. I have been climbing/hiking/camping in New England all my life, yet I still can't identify more then a hand full of plants.

Urban survival stuff like how to "obtain" a vehicle or use the various materials and fluids found on vehilcles for survival.How to hide in the big city like going underground under the streets and rooftop to rooftop travel etc.When all hell breaks loose how to get out of the city alive and where to go from there once you do would be a real good subject.

This one is a good idea, but be damn sure you caution people on possible risks. I have seen a number of these kind of threads before suggestion really risky suggestions. Example: One thread I was reading suggested that in an emergency a truck radiator was a source of water, and to boil it to get rid of the antifreeze. This of course is downright stupid, not to mention possibly deadly. Danknuggler's suggestion falls into the Urban E&E catagory, which is always a great subject, especially because every Urban environment is going to offer it's own unique challenges and benefits.

 

[Gadgetaholic]

This is HUGE. I have been climbing/hiking/camping in New England all my life, yet I still can't identify more then a hand full of plants.

Do you need more than that? How about for each area that you can get the info on - a handful of edible plants commonly found? i.e. If you go into the northern Canadian forests here are a handful of plants that you will often see that are edible . . .

This would be pretty useful, you could memorize or even print off the list before heading into an area. But yes it would be huge eventually if you kept adding new areas as you could.

 

[Dibley]

Do you need more than that? How about for each area that you can get the info on - a handful of edible plants commonly found? i.e. If you go into the northern Canadian forests here are a handful of plants that you will often see that are edible . . .

This would be pretty useful, you could memorize or even print off the list before heading into an area. But yes it would be huge eventually if you kept adding new areas as you could.

Many of the popular field guides and manuals have line drawings of edibles, and some books have very few of those. Good pics are uncommon. Even Ray Mears' videos about wild edibles in Britain don't have wide-ranging application in many places. Modern travel allows a person to change climates and micro-ecosystems quickly. It's easy to get into unfamiliar territory, and not know what's good to eat.

I think Coffee meant "it would be very beneficial" when he wrote, "HUGE," and that he wasn't referring to the size of a future database or site.