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Field guide · 02
Fire
Tinder, kindling, fire lays, ignition methods, and wet-weather firecraft with a safety-first approach.
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Field guide · 13
Ten-Item Selection Strategy Workbook
Score gear by survival value, skill fit, calorie return, redundancy, repairability and biome fit.
Read guideOutdoor Skills
Skills you can practice before you need them
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Light a one-match fire
A single match is enough when the platform is built before the match comes out.
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Build a debris hut
A debris hut is the warmest one-person shelter you can build with no cordage.
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Purify water by boiling
A rolling boil kills every waterborne pathogen you'll meet in the field.
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Find north with a stick and shadow
A shadow moves west to east through the day — that gives you a true east-west line.
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Tell if ice is safe to cross
Color, thickness, and history — check all three before you step out.
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Build a signal fire that gets seen
The point of a signal fire is smoke and contrast, not warmth.
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