If dropped in the woods with a sak..

I took an "impromptu camping trip" in the mountains for a couple days with my SAK adventurer and was very underdressed for the occassion once when my snowmachine broke down. it worked and got me by, although I never again left for the woods without a fixed blade knife of some kind. (making and maintaining a fire really sucked) I didn't get by on brains, I infact did alot of crap wrong. I guess brute force and ingorance were in my favor.:D

The grand irony of all was that the weather finally cleared and State Troopers finally got a chopper in the air and found me when I was about 1/4 of a mile from the main road.:D (that was after i'd hiked/waddled umpteen miles so through waist deep snow)

I believe they'll getcha by in a pinch. I still carry mine as a secondary knife when I go play in the woods.
 
As far as multi-tools in the woods. I often have guns,bows, backpack stoves,fishing reels etc when out in the woods. Multi-tool good.
 
If I had clothes on my back (rarely travel without them) and a SAK, and survived the imaginary parachute crash, the first thing I would do is look for a road....or a fresh water stream and follow that, they almost always intersect with a road. Then follow that to the next house...then call home. I'm assuming we are not talking about WWII survival fantasies. I would try to get out of this situation within 24 hours.

Codger, you ate grubs?
 
If I had clothes on my back (rarely travel without them) and a SAK, and survived the imaginary parachute crash, the first thing I would do is look for a road....or a fresh water stream and follow that, they almost always intersect with a road. Then follow that to the next house...then call home. I'm assuming we are not talking about WWII survival fantasies. I would try to get out of this situation within 24 hours.

Codger, you ate grubs?
 
Runs, glad to hear you had a sak blade to save your ass. Nice to know there were troopers around, they'll getcha by in a pinch. Is the state going to bill you for the rescue operation?
 
Coldwood said:
...Codger, you ate grubs?
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Yes. I ate pretty much anything that was moving and not bitter. Snake is good too. Tastes like...lizard! Small mussells, snails, minnows, darters... many environments are full of food once you get over the fact that it isn't frozen or canned like the stuff on the supermarket shelves. You have to eat a lot of the small stuff to keep up an active energy level, but adding grass seeds, roots, sometimes berries if you can find and identify them will keep you fed quite nicely. In fact, I gained weight!

The white grubs in old rotted logs are the best. A few minutes work can yield a handful of almost pure protien.

Codger
 
Codger, I don't mean to be personal, but it sounds to me like you were an airborne ranger on survival training. I can't see many civilians who would have the imagination to eat crap like that ;) So you've gained weight? Has your doctor told you to cut back on the minnows and grubs?
 
Lol! No, I gained weight on the "camping trip", when all the others came back lighter, bug-bit and looking like hell! Yes, it was training, and was really light duty compared to the real thing. I never did eat one of those "cussin' lizards" though. They scared the bejeebers out of me several times, and a few got shot for their agravation. "FUH-KEEW!!" ...BLAM!! "You too buddy!"

Codger:D
 
Coldwood said:
Runs, glad to hear you had a sak blade to save your ass. Nice to know there were troopers around, they'll getcha by in a pinch. Is the state going to bill you for the rescue operation?
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Nah, no bills, especially since they didn't do a damn thing for me.:D (they called the family and let them know "yeah...we found them...they're almost at the road and should be calling you in about a half hour or so....")

Billing for rescues is a topic that's brought up here in Alaska from time to time, especially with focus on Denali, but nothing has come of it yet. (Or at least not that I'm aware of)
 
RUNSWITHSCISSORS ? Good story . Doing crap wrong ? Maybe you coulda done some things better ? Sounds like you did just great .
 
Coldwood said:
What's a "cussin' lizard"? (sounds like a girl I used to know)
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A tokay gecko. Imagine creeping through a silent, dark jungle, your nerves like a tripwire, expecting to be shot at any moment, and suddenly you hear a freaking lizard scream "FUH-KEEW!!" Dayum! I mean you know what it is, and you know they are there, but it still gives your concentration whiplash. Like when you're sixteen and her Dad walks in on ya when you're necking. It is a mood spoiler for sure!

Codger

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/476.shtml
 
That's funny as hell Codger...about the gecko I mean. I want a few of those in my front yard garden. For the other, I think we all got our plans interrupted at least once at the age of sixteen.
 
Assuming the temp was reasonable a SAK would do. Hell a rusty tin can lid would do for most.

I do have some concerns of fire lighting for water purification however and is why a small pot is VERY high on my list of must have items.

I still say fire lighting and water is more important than a blade but thats me.

Skam
 
True, but what I am trying to convey is that if you have the will to survive and maintain a positive outlook, you are half way there !
Knowledge also helps and as the great Ray Mears says " knowledge weighs nothing !"
 
The knive issue is kinda null for me. I also carry a usable knife when i enter the woods, however, most of the issues of survival depend on rational thinking instead of blade length, strength,or use. After all... the original inhabitants of this great country didnt have metal blades of any sort... and they flourished here. Loved life, respected it, and truely lived in harmony with nature rather than just survived. I love making knves, enjoy all the metal issues, enjoy all the posts regardless of content, but... i think if we knew how to knapp a blade to start with maybe our metal blade designs would be more praticial... Just a thought whats yours??:)
 
michael p said:
After all... the original inhabitants of this great country didnt have metal blades of any sort... and they flourished here. Loved life, respected it, and truely lived in harmony with nature rather than just survived.
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Your studies of native American history vary greatly from mine. They murdered, raped and pillaged every thing they could, they starved to death in lean years and glutted in good, they ran entire herds of animals over cliffs and then only took the choice pieces and left the rest to rot. I am not trying to piss anyone off, but please, the Native Americans were some of the most brutal people that ever lived, several tribes idea of fun was torturing captured members of rival tribes. Chris
 
since people have been lost in the woods without a sak or any other tool, and survived before; im guessing it wood b possible
 
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