dang I guess I better go rent it and take a look for me self =)
did he/she eject from the plane??
hmm... parachute???? =)
paracord bundled up and in pockets. strips of silk for bandages, wrapping, melting snow, etc...
if its a scenario where I'm only with those three things... (m21, firesteel, signal mirror).. after drying myself off with a fire, i'd try walk around the lake and look for a decent sized rock. pick it up and carry it to some higher ground and drop/smash it in the hopes that the resulting effects would be shards of rocks left. wrap these with whatever I can find and use these over my knife (would use my knife only when necessary). next i'd look around for a decent place to crawl into.. I.e. caves, hollows, tree wells, etc... and sit down and try to assess my situation without freaking out... one of the things I do when I'm out in the woods is just sit down, close my eyes, and just smell the air. take in a few and sometimes u'd be amazed what u can smell... a few of the times I could smell something burning or even cooking.. like tucan sam said "follow your nose"... also closing your eyes lets you listen more... you might be able to hear running water in which case its possible to find a stream or river. I like to stick my streams for two reasons. most of the time it leads to trails or people (even old logging roads). second I always have a fresh supply of water nearby.. also it prevents you from walking around in circles. if I DID have to leave the stream/river I would break or twist a branch every once in a while into a non-natural position, marking where i've been. boggy areas have lots of mosquitos. I'm hoping I'm wearing a jacket and if that's the case (and if its not to cold), I could take my shirt off, cut eye holes into it and wrap it around my head in the hopes that it'll prevent mosquito bites.... trying to survive and being irritated at the same time sucks. once in a while i'd pick up a few rocks and throw it into each direction NWSE because believe it or not, rescue is sometimes a stones throw away, pending u don't hit ur rescuer in the back of the head =). any natural foods I can find and stuff in to my pockets are always welcome. other then that I guess i'd build makeshift shelters along the way and make sure when I leave to make an arrow pointing in the direction I travelled. hopefully someone more well prepared then me will follow it and find me curled up in the fetal position under one of my shelters and give me some FOOD ^^...
cheers ^^
