How to survive when lost?

It may be due to a passion for research work or chasing the trail of prey that you lost between deep forests. Or you go slow and lag behind the caravan and lose track without anyone knowing. Or are going camping, exploring that flood washed away in a wilderness, lost all luggage. It is also possible that you worry about running away, escaping the enemy's hand or the "evil beast" chasing, but falling into a completely unfamiliar place.

There are two common misplaced cases:

Lost without searchers

In case for some reason you are lost, but no one knows to organize the search, and because you are not prepared for the necessary items (or if it is, it is not complete ), so you must set a top goal to get out of the danger zone as soon as possible , you must find the shortest path to get you to the nearest neighborhood or safe area.

When you get lost, first set the direction to find your way.

In a panic, you will not be calm to consider, so it is easy to go around in the forest, sometimes after a while, you will return to your position at the beginning. head, which in folk often referred to as "magic" . (The short-term step makes us tend to turn into a circle when in the forest).

* Orientation - find direction

To do that, you have many ways:

First, you choose the highest point in the area: high tree, hill top, and stone aggregation . to climb up and observe .

When climbing trees, to be safe, you have to climb close to the trunk, put your feet close to the armpits of the branches, hands clinging to the branches firmly, your body is always above 3 bearing points (1 foot and 2 hands or 1 hand and 2 legs).

If in the daytime, you can see some characteristics of residential areas such as towers, buildings, fields, houses, smoke . If at night, you can see the fire, electric lights. . Where the town is located, even if it is very far away, at night the light will shine into the sky like a halo.

If the residential area is near, when the forest is still quiet, you can settle down with big noises such as car horns, train horns .

But what if we can't see or hear anything?

Try to find a stream or a river and go down the water toward the downstream. Although it is not easy because the rivers and streams never flow in a straight line, the travel route is always much longer.

Try to find a stream or river.(Photo: Patti Perkinson).

If you encounter a shallow stream, then you can follow the stream, easy to move, and hope to meet a large stream or river (and many chances to find water in the water or small pools).

To find a river or a stream, you can climb to a high point to observe , if you see a place where trees are running long (especially in the dry season, hopefully there are streams or rivers). Or you move down the slope of the ridge or the hillside. At the end of the slope, there are often small slots or streams. If you follow the flow, you will meet larger rivers and streams.

We move along the stream because every stream flows into the river, but along the two sides of the river there are usually residential areas or fishing villages or you can meet the fishermen's boat, the forest goers . you will have chance to be saved.

While moving, if you encounter a trail, your luck will be multiplied. However, you should also consider it an old or new trail, created by people or wild animals, trails leading to deep forests or to residential areas.

You judge by observing the branches of the road, if going deep into the forest, there is usually a V-shaped shape , otherwise, if it leads to a residential area, it has an inverted V-shape . If you can't judge, you move until you meet a stream that cuts through the trail and can wait for you to pass. Because here, we have drinking water and it is also possible to find food along streams. But if you feel you can afford it, after taking a break and preparing enough drinking water, we will go on, believe; The place where people live is not far away.

Lost people seek

Before you go into the wilderness, you have informed someone, but on the day of your appointment you don't return . You leave the group, go somewhere and get lost . You are assigned to do a task at one strange and missing places . and similar cases above, people will organize rescue teams to search for you. But what about you? How do you act?

While waiting for help, please follow these tips:

• Stay in place, if you can't find your way out and surely everyone will discover your disappearance and will organize your search.This is essential for you, because it limits the consumption of energy, energy . while you are lacking in food and can be hurt.

When lost, stay in place.(Photo: number1.com)

• Learn about the surrounding environment , to be able to detect water, food, shelter, firewood .
• Setting up a comfortable comfort shelter, will make you feel secure, relax, relieve stress, fear .
• Make visible marks for your searchers (or aircraft flying over) to easily identify your whereabouts such as: Ignite (in the empty space), stretch the colored cloths, clothes, hats . high up or conspicuous place.
• Causing a loud noise such as blowing a whistle, knocking on hollow stems, burning bamboo to leave the whole tree (will cause loud explosions), shooting (if any).
• Keep the fire always if the source of firewood or fuel allows, to signal, drive away wild animals (but to prevent forest fires)
• Patience and caution . Do not be impatient to try to find a way out, as you can make your friends more and more distant, making it more difficult for those who seek you.
• Rest assured that your body can withstand the lack of water for 3 days and lack of food for 3 weeks. What you need to do is stay in place, people will find you.

So what needs to be done to minimize the possibility of getting lost?

Before entering the forest or wilderness

Before entering the forest, knowledge of forests is required.(Photo: 500px.com).

• Notify relatives (or authorities) where you will go?What?Expected route? . and when are you going?
• Practicing the habit of bringing in necessary things such as: folding knives (multi-function), lighters, areas . especially those who regularly go to the forest.
• Study and practice the ability to make the most of equipment, be knowledgeable about escape skills, know the methods of using maps and locations, have knowledge about nature.
• Know how to handle emergency first aid cases and treat illnesses.

When entering the forest

1. There is a map

• Every 20-30 minutes, check your standpoint on the map, compare whether it matches the surrounding reality scene or not?
• Watch and compare your wind direction and direction, if you see the wind being deflected from the beginning, check the direction of movement.
• Remember your time and movement speed, to estimate the road that has passed.
• Mark on the map the points that are particularly noticeable (but not printed on the map) such as: giant tree, stone aggregate, deformity, termite mound, stone cave, huts, forest workers, water circuits .

There should be a map when going into the forest.(Photo: depositphoto).

2. No map available

• Leave a noticeable trace as a signal on your path like: flipping a knife into a tree trunk, snapping branches, grabbing tall grass bushes, arranging rocks or branches in a convention, to tie the rags to small trees . These signs must be easily distinguishable from the tracks created by animals or nature.
• Sketch a diagram, record the specialities of the terrain, the key points of the terrain, special optical scenes, mark the direction changes.
• Watch and remember the direction of the wind, the direction of the sun, the rising moon, observe the constellations .

Conclusion

Always remember: our goal is survival, so please support yourself with the "beautiful dreams" , with "big projects" for the future. It is these things that will give you the power to overcome the current situation.

Remember when you are alone in the deep forest, if you don't know how to let your mind fly, don't know how to improvise, deep forests will engulf you in fear.