I grew up on a farm of northern Minnesota. I also was a boy scouter when I was a kid. Never went in the woods without a small survival pack. We didn't have fancy equipment 10 days but I know I would have made it anytime a night or two. Because I did many hikes in the woods when I was a little kid. If you find yourself lost, first thing you do is sit down and look around and see what's going on. Sit by a tree and lean against it and start thinking.
Never get lost in the mountains. Always get lost in the Arizona desert because it all looks exactly the same. Be very careful especially in the summer!
I like to carry a knit winter hat in my goin' for a hike bag. It is important to keep your head warm in an emergency, but mainly I use it as a pad to sit on to keep my bum warm, dry, and comfortable.
Hey Rick great video, when you emptied your pockets you overlooked your cell phone which you can have a compass app installed that can be used offline, no cell signal needed !
great one! THanks for sharing and I would want to be around Linda's pack:) Had to LOL about her getting kicked out of girls scouts! I go kicked out of Cubs.... ALL THE BEST and take care! Cheers :)
Good tips 👍. I always carry a lighter and a compass. One good tip is to periodically stop and take a look back at the trail. The trail always looks different on the way back. And I try to make mental notes of landmarks.. big stupp , large bolder , ext. Safe travels Perry
I always carry a Brunton compass and peanut butter, water in my backpack, Can survive for days. Getting lost is no fun! A U.S. Military Surplus Mosquito Net in summer time.
Aloha, thanks for the wonderful video. Seeing Linda reminded me that every year I was on Oahu the fire department would have to rescue some careless visitors who got lost. The one thing they always stressed was “stay on the trail'’. Good advice to me.
If you want to try something .... take apart your old "Barbecue Starters" .... even the Dollar Store ones ... once you break them apart inside next to the trigger is a spring, a coil, inside that coil a small magnet, a tiny capacitor and two wires .... it's about a half inch in size ... when you push down on it you compress the spring ... the spring then releases and quickly pushes the magnet through the coil which by induction creates a tiny electrical charge ... that charge is built up and stored in the small capacitor until it releases itself between the gap of the two wires as a spark .... there is no battery involved .. this tiny apparatus will always be able to spark unless you try real hard to break it ... it's made of nylon plastic .... I take those barbeque starters apart and put the mechanisms in places where I can just leave them and forget about them ... like in my vehicle, in back packs, coat pockets and pouches or with stuff I might carry around ... they won't catch fire on their own .. they won't be affected by moisture and take up almost no space ... it's like having a reusable match lying around for an emergency ... and they are mostly just thrown away ..
I love this video! I'm going to make my young teen watch it! What a great thing to film just before summer adventures. It got me thinking about how I keep a roll of mason line (bright pink) in my tool kit for the box kite I keep in the car. I'll be moving it into my go bag for sure. Maybe the kite too for visibility. You guys are awesome! Thanks again for the dry run.
A couple of items I carry as well are spare eye glasses, a fusee for starting fires with wet wood and a army surplus poncho that doubles as a make shift shelter and finally a small section of duck tape wrapped around my trekking poles. But the Garmin Inreach is now our latest addition thanks to one of your previous videos. Also my wife and I both carry a compass as electronics are never a sure thing. As always Thanks for another informative video!
Good video my friend. Lot of useful information. One thing you didn’t have that is really good to have is two or three contractor garbage bags. You can cut a hole for your head and pull them over you for a rain coat, fill them full of pine needles or leaves for a soft bed to sit or lay on. Ground cover, wind breakers. Lot of useful things for a big garbage bags. A tube tent is another handy thing. They come in a bag as small as a space blanket. If you can know the edible wild plants in your area is good. The best thing is to mark your trail in unfamiliar areas. Take care.
People need to learn to use and navigate with their CELL PHONE when there is NO SERVICE. Everyone has a cellphone, they are NOT useless without service!!! It takes a few seconds to DL a offline maps of the area you'll be in, prior to losing service. You could do a whole video on this.
I've heard heading down can get you in trouble. Number one to me is the second you get lost do a 180. Stop and think. Work your way back. Stopping thinking looking listening every 100 steps. Make some strips from the mylar blanket. Tie a few as you go with a note that includes the date, your name, direction you are going. If you must shelter make sure to tie out a death flag with mylar as well. Many of those we can't find sheltered and died of hypothermia in the night. Extremely hard to locate. If you shelter and become too weak to get the attention of a rescuer that mylar note could save your life. Also make sure someone knows when to expect you back and approximately where you are. Be aware of anyone missing historically in the area. If you find any items of interest GPS the location and notify the authorities.
When I was a teenager, my dad always bought me a bag of sunflower seeds when we went hunting...if you got lost, you could follow your trail of spit out shells back to where you came from. Here on the Oregon coast, staying dry is priority one, so we always carry a large trash bag on each of us to use as a tarp or parka. I always have my car keys on me, so I keep a small ferro stick and pen knife on my key ring. I used to have a tiny flashlight on it, but it died. I should probably replace it.
Excellent video...i reckon you have about covered all the basics and then some...this video might just help to save a life some day!...atta girl Linda!...Dave
Yes, it varies according to your situation. In Alaska, the native inhabitants have taken to ARs the last few years. One explained that 30rds of amour piercing works, even on Brown bears. That made the AR a great choice for a survival gun because FMJ doesn't destroy the meat as much and could be used on small game as needed. interesting and thinking outside the normal box.
Again, great tips Rick and Linda. Thanx. I only got lost once but it was scary, and it got pitch black and I had no flashlight, no food or survival gear. I got to the point where I fired my rifle three times, a couple times, I was running out of ammo, and I knew there were campers within earshot, but they never fired back. Luckily I finally saw their tent glowing thru the trees. When I got up to them, they said "Was that you that shot?" I said "Ya think?" Why didn't you fire back so I knew which direction to go? He said he had some guys out on the road looking? I said really? I think if I'm on a damn road, I can find my way out... duh? So, I might add, if you hear those shots, fire back so they know where you are.
@@gonagain They taught that here in hunter safety class, that I took when I was like 12. (almost 50 years ago) Too bad others weren't paying attention...
I have spent years camping and hiking in the deserts and mountains with my dog. A couple of years ago I found myself lost in the desert and low on water. If it wasn't for my dog finding our way back to camp I would probably died .. No matter how experienced you think you are, It could happen
Great video alot of valuable information. I like to add my two cents about your first a kit I'm a retired medic/airforce civilian nurse for 30years. I would recommend that you add a tourniquet ,hemostats, and a good pair of surgical scissor and iif you can a oral airway which I would show you how to put in.remenber airway is everything.i like to make one correction I hope you don't get mad. Heat stroke is hyperthermia. Basically it starts as heat exhaustion that quickly goes into heat stroke which most of the time is fatal like you said hydration is the key. Hypothermia is what you get in the winter. About ten years ago I had a patient that was in the German army in ww2. He was on the Russian front and his daughter told be careful with feet.
I appreciate all the info, Brett. We were just thinking on the spot, like someone who's lost would have to do. I lost an uncle to hyperthermia years ago as he was hiking in AZ, and he was a longtime resident there who should have been more aware. Back in those days though, they didn't know about staying hydrated and made a big thing about rationing your water on the TV programs at the time. He wasn't even carrying water that day. In the car we carry a very good medical kit, but by your recommendations I'm missing a couple of important items. Thanks!
@@gonagain it's funny back in high school in the 70,s you couldn't get water until you completed your two of day drills o by way SOG. Makes a great par of surg/med scissors compact.
You guys are cute. The "stop and think" part is so extremely important. Also the part about keeping a mental map in your head. As you travel, pay attention to your landmarks. And stop and look back, to see what it looks like coming back.
"Stop and look back" - Exactly! I do this every time I park in a large parking lot and point out the view to folks with me. "That's the way back to the car." In the woods the "going back view" is even more important. Great survival tips, Rick and Linda.
@@jeffpoplin558 I like that part about telling others, too. Just the act of telling them cements it in your mind. And it helps train others, especially the young, to think that way too. And you never know what might occur that they have to return to the car without you. Now if I can only remember to do it every time I go to Walmart!
Thanks so much for your info. When most people were only showing off their expensive gadgets, very few people will share their life's experiences and lessons they have learned. Thanks again for your teaching. You pairs are amazing !
I know I am a bit late watching this video but another thing I think about and usually have in my pocket if I'm going out is a couple days of my medication.
You got the point of the video!!! A lot of folks said that they carry a lot more gear into the woods (and so do we), but this was about getting lost unexpectedly, like if you went out to gather firewood and got turned around.
@@gonagain I got lost within minutes of hiking out in the desert just North of Dateland, AZ if it were not for my brother's dog I might have been wandering around for a long while even with mountain ranges on both sides and understanding North South East and West... that simply wasn't enough !!
Great video! Your first tip is the best! When learning to scuba die my dive instructor drilled into us, panic you die! He was the dive instructor for the Navy Seals at Pearl Harbor. Saved my butt more than once!
@@gonagain what year as that is where I did my certification dive! 76 or 77. Wouldn’t it be a small world if he was in my dive class. Doc was my instructor and I was Naui certified.
Very good topic Rick and Linda. As I go out into the woods i tag my path in an unfamiliar area with small ribbons or string and I collect it on the way back to camp. Also, you can use anything like rocks, etc with a light color marker mark on them. boy scout thing from the 1960 era. Always water and poncho with cotton balls and vaseline and fire starter.
Great video. Fab tips! 👍 I also carry a small roll of nylon string and water purification tabs. I never enter wilderness areas without my well equipped backpack -- not even for just a casual stroll. It's so easy to get turned around. Things look different going back than they did going out.
I have seen panic set in less than 100 yards into a deer drive. There was eight of us about 75-100 yards apart and bordered buy three roads and a barbed wire fence. One member shot his rifle three times and took of running like a mad man. He ran past at least four people in our group and could not even acknowledge us when we yelled at him to stop even though he was only 20-30 yards in front of everybody. Panic is a real killer in the woods and it CAN happen to anybody. We finally got him to stop and he was so shook up that he never left camp for the next four days
People are funny, but we all have our idiosyncrasies to deal with. I think it's also a fear of being caught out in the woods at night that causes folks to make bad choices.
Got lost a few times. 2 times while hunting. One time with a deer I shot. Another, my car boke down on the way to a friends house. Couldn't find his house. Had to stop and decipher. If I got lost over night hunting, I had my knife, lighter and TP. Didn't give much thought back then. Young and dumb.
That was a good example. I have left on hudge pack trip just outside of Yellowstone and had less with me, and I can get turned around sometime too. I got to get better and more real things for my pack. Thank you for this video.
I'm hanging with Linda.😊 Never underestimate flat open terrains and consider what is the most valuable commodity for the environment and ration it to yourself. I have friends who went to desert to have a cookout just off the road. They cooked about a hundred feet from their car and decided to leave before the sun went down but they couldn't find their car. They repeatedly tried the car remote to locate it but were so confident that they would find it that they drank the last of their water supply mostly from anxiety. 10 hours later they walked upon their car that was parked in a depression in the landscape. They never located all of their cooking equipment that they slowly abandoned during their search, they have no idea how far away they walked. If they hadn't found the car the next day they wouldn't have survived without water and 100+ degrees. Their experience changed how I viewed the "flat" desert.
Learned in army training. If you're trying to walk a straight line in the woods: Walk directly up to an obstruction (skinny trees count as obstructions!) STOP as close as possible. Make a 90 degree turn. Walk straight a few paces to the edge of the obstruction. STOP. 90 degree turn back in your direction. STOP. 90 degree turn back to the obsctuction. When at the point you'd be had you walked through the obstruction.... STOP. Face forward again the resume until the next obstruction. You basically made four 90 degrees turns in the shape of a half box. IMPORTANT! At the next obstruction, make your initial 90 degree turn in the opposite direction you did the first time. Never ever ever go around obstructions favoring the left or right side. This will cause you to travel in an arc or worse, a circle.
ps. You should be using a compass. COUNT the paces you make in your box. For even terrain. If you turn and go 10 even paces away from the obstruction, your return paces in the direction of the obstructions should be 10 even paces. If not, you're setting yourself up to returning your journey already off course. Discipline.
Along with all the items you have shown us, which is very good, one thing you could do is use your phone as a GPS with its mapping software. The programs will allow you to download from the network a large area map that can be used OFFLINE, so even with out cell service you can use the maps. The GPS sats are available where ever you have a reasonable clearing to see the sky. Set a waypoint or mark on the program so you can find your way back. IF you are going to be several days, you can shut your phone off to save power and just power up to take periodic bearings. Associate your way on the gps map with landmarks and walk to the landmark, and take another. Good map skills are easy to learn and can save your hide. You might think carrying a phone like that is a waste of weight, but it also does good duty to take photos of your trip, and also could be used to take pictures of landmarks for getting back on the right trail.
Super video you two. Although my husband and I are not really the camping and outdoor type in our older age are two daughters and their families love to camp in the Rockies of Alberta and BC close to their homes. After seeing your video we are going to put together a survival pack something like Linda showed on the show tonight. This would be great for them to have when they are camping and doing their hikes way out in the bush. Thanks for all the tips and ideas that you helped us out with. We continue to enjoy your videos. George and Alison
Can u now make a video from all the things u had with you to make a make shift camp of the things from your pockets and back packs so we have a visual thanks glad Linda is healing so well..Godspeed Greetings from NC
Good advice ! We all who spend time out in the wilds and become misplaced! An old timer a bunch of years ago told me , you are not lost you are just temporarily misplaced as you don’t know exactly where you are at the moment! I could work with that advice ! But true what do you have on you that’s helpful? Some always say I carry to much stuff , well maybe so !! But again an old timer said , it’s better to have it on you and not need it then need it and not have it!! So I carry it !
Lots of good tips there. Another tip for finding your way out if you are in a forest that has logging, like the northwest, wherever two roads or a spur roads intersects another road 90% of the time it will form a Y that is ‘gunned’ or points towards town, the way out . Those roads are mainly there to get loaded log trucks out . In mountainous country they don’t have the luxury to make big intersections so they just build it in the direction a loaded truck will be headed. I had to point this out once to a couple guys that had grown up here in the northwest and I was a transplant from Southern California but I had been working in the logging industry for about a year. I finally convinced the guy who’s Jeep we were in, and was very low on gas, that they don’t haul logs up hill and a log truck couldn’t make that corner if it want too, and out was the other way and not the way his brother wanted to go. (Alcohol may or way not have played a small part in the situation) Lol
LOL! The point was what happens if you wander away from your vehicle and all you have is what's in your pockets. Linda just happens to always have that pack along and it changed the direction of the video. That's why I went off on my own in the second part of the video. Dang women, always making us men look bad.
Hi Linda, HI Rick. Smart information here, the Basics for survival for sure. Good Video. And Me??? I'm Always camping, trekking and exploring 'Alone' except for Bruzetta. She is one Great Dog for Companionship and Security but can't drive me to safety. So, that Garmin is Next on my list. Maybe one day there will be World-Wide cell coverage, but that has yet to happen. (Rick, that EcoFlow Wave, is actually $1200 on its own without an additional tag-on battery. If only there was a way to Know for Certain if it can Truly Cool a 12×7×7 insulated cargo rig???) This Situation absolutely needs to be addressed. The Heat Switch will be flipped within a week. Ut Oh 🥴🤔
I watched Hobotech review the EcoFlow Wave and it looks like it works ok, but uses a lot of power. Do you own a generator? If you have one of proper size, then it may be best to run a 5,000btu window AC unit. They're cheap at Walmart.
This is most definitely one of your better videos and that's a hard choice to make. I hope a lot of people watch this and heed your advice. Thank you guys both for making this video your advice is quite stellar.
I have a few fanny packs that has as much almost as the Misses backpack ,, plus a space blanket tent , a old epi-pen holder w/ all kinds of fishing line,hooks and jigs, a small can of lighter fluid w/ a zippo lighter and extra flints out of old "bic lighters " small signaling mirror from walmart , and a can or 3 (depending on the fanny pack) of sardines in OIL which can be made into a candle, a box of those campfire things that changes the color of the camp fire,a pack of those joke birthday candles that relight after blowing out. a couple sewing needles,.my biggest fanny pack also has a harmonica, a deck of playing cards (with survival info) on them , a roll of that 1" wide red plastic non tape stuff that you can wrap around trees or what ever that surveyors use
@@gonagain Yes I did almost got lost once when I was 13 , but I knew that stick and sun trick and new I was west of the fire lane so I went east and found it, but my hunting buddies think it is overkill to have a filled fanny pack,, I also carry 1 or 2 depending on the fanny pack 55 gallon heavy duty garbage bags, and in my truck I have everything to last a month in there ,, except water, but I live in northern Wisconsin, so water is not really a issue ,
I grew up on a farm of northern Minnesota. I also was a boy scouter when I was a kid. Never went in the woods without a small survival pack. We didn't have fancy equipment 10 days but I know I would have made it anytime a night or two. Because I did many hikes in the woods when I was a little kid. If you find yourself lost, first thing you do is sit down and look around and see what's going on. Sit by a tree and lean against it and start thinking.
If I get lost I'm calling Linda.
Never get lost in the mountains.
Always get lost in the Arizona desert because it all looks exactly the same. Be very careful especially in the summer!
I like to carry a knit winter hat in my goin' for a hike bag. It is important to keep your head warm in an emergency, but mainly I use it as a pad to sit on to keep my bum warm, dry, and comfortable.
You could also pack a small drone to assist you finding your way out.
Thanks
Great advice
Great video. Thanks for the pointers.
Another awesome video !
Thanks.
A simple, inexpensive pocket compass can be a lifesaver on a short walk in the woods, or accidentally losing sight of your camp.
Always sage advice on this channel !!
10 mm auto was a good recommendation, Rick. Thanks.
I always have some rope also , good for a tarp !
That is all good advice hope people will lesion and learn! and ALL stay safe thank you!
She's definitely a keeper.
A matriarch full of knowledge is irreplaceable.💞
Thank you!
Excellent video
Linda is prepared!
Thank you both for the information and advice love ❤️ you guys
Very useful information.
So very informative. Thanks to both of you. You have so much wisdom between you.
Hey Rick great video, when you emptied your pockets you overlooked your cell phone which you can have a compass app installed that can be used offline, no cell signal needed !
Great video, you've made me think about getting necessary survival items. Thank you both!
A very good video. Thanks. Excellent information.
great one! THanks for sharing and I would want to be around Linda's pack:) Had to LOL about her getting kicked out of girls scouts! I go kicked out of Cubs.... ALL THE BEST and take care! Cheers :)
I got kicked out of Boy Scouts. We belong to an exclusive club!!!
@@gonagain Must be!!!! THanks MUCH!
Life saving advice...thank you!
It is easy to get lost. It is good to have a compass
Thank you I needed this info
Linda wins! Well, you did have the Garmin in-reach…
Thanks for noticing that!
In the PNW they say walk up to find a logging road. Walking down you end up in a cold dark valley usually a river and thick brush.
Linda is amazing!
She's a keeper, for sure!
Very informative, thank you both.
Glad to see Linda and you to see you,. Both.
Thanks for your kind comment, Olivia.
Good tips 👍. I always carry a lighter and a compass. One good tip is to periodically stop and take a look back at the trail. The trail always looks different on the way back. And I try to make mental notes of landmarks.. big stupp , large bolder , ext. Safe travels Perry
I always carry a Brunton compass and peanut butter, water in my backpack, Can survive for days. Getting lost is no fun!
A U.S. Military Surplus Mosquito Net in summer time.
this video shows the real things needed. its not from a book. its from experience. rock on dude
Aloha, thanks for the wonderful video. Seeing Linda reminded me that every year I was on Oahu the fire department would have to rescue some careless visitors who got lost. The one thing they always stressed was “stay on the trail'’. Good advice to me.
If you want to try something .... take apart your old "Barbecue Starters" .... even the Dollar Store ones ... once you break them apart inside next to the trigger is a spring, a coil, inside that coil a small magnet, a tiny capacitor and two wires .... it's about a half inch in size ... when you push down on it you compress the spring ... the spring then releases and quickly pushes the magnet through the coil which by induction creates a tiny electrical charge ... that charge is built up and stored in the small capacitor until it releases itself between the gap of the two wires as a spark .... there is no battery involved .. this tiny apparatus will always be able to spark unless you try real hard to break it ... it's made of nylon plastic .... I take those barbeque starters apart and put the mechanisms in places where I can just leave them and forget about them ... like in my vehicle, in back packs, coat pockets and pouches or with stuff I might carry around ... they won't catch fire on their own .. they won't be affected by moisture and take up almost no space ... it's like having a reusable match lying around for an emergency ... and they are mostly just thrown away ..
That's something I hadn't thought of. Thanks, Richard.
I can’t think of anyone I’d rather get lost with, than Linda, she would save my butt, guaranteed!
Great video, so useful. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I love this video! I'm going to make my young teen watch it! What a great thing to film just before summer adventures. It got me thinking about how I keep a roll of mason line (bright pink) in my tool kit for the box kite I keep in the car. I'll be moving it into my go bag for sure. Maybe the kite too for visibility. You guys are awesome! Thanks again for the dry run.
A couple of items I carry as well are spare eye glasses, a fusee for starting fires with wet wood and a army surplus poncho that doubles as a make shift shelter and finally a small section of duck tape wrapped around my trekking poles. But the Garmin Inreach is now our latest addition thanks to one of your previous videos. Also my wife and I both carry a compass as electronics are never a sure thing. As always Thanks for another informative video!
Thanks for the additional tips, Gary.
Ahh, yes, spare glasses. Adding that to my pack right now. ✅️
Good video my friend. Lot of useful information. One thing you didn’t have that is really good to have is two or three contractor garbage bags. You can cut a hole for your head and pull them over you for a rain coat, fill them full of pine needles or leaves for a soft bed to sit or lay on. Ground cover, wind breakers. Lot of useful things for a big garbage bags. A tube tent is another handy thing. They come in a bag as small as a space blanket. If you can know the edible wild plants in your area is good. The best thing is to mark your trail in unfamiliar areas. Take care.
Great tips, especially about more uses for the garbage bags. Thanks, Willis!
Isn't that why bear spray is gel based now?
Wind isn't going to affect that unless you're in a storm. Then you got bigger problems anyway.
I'm not aware of an upgraded bear spray and I'll certainly look into it. Thanks!
Great episode! The only thing I would add to Linda's first aid tin is a triangle bandage.
Thank you, we'll add that in.
Great video Linda and Rick
Thank you, James.
God bless
People need to learn to use and navigate with their CELL PHONE when there is NO SERVICE. Everyone has a cellphone, they are NOT useless without service!!! It takes a few seconds to DL a offline maps of the area you'll be in, prior to losing service.
You could do a whole video on this.
Exactly.
You're right about the offline maps. Thanks for bringing that up, we all learn from each other.
Videos like this save lives along with being entertaining.
this is probably one of the most important and interesting subjects in survival.
Impressive
I've heard heading down can get you in trouble. Number one to me is the second you get lost do a 180. Stop and think. Work your way back. Stopping thinking looking listening every 100 steps. Make some strips from the mylar blanket. Tie a few as you go with a note that includes the date, your name, direction you are going. If you must shelter make sure to tie out a death flag with mylar as well. Many of those we can't find sheltered and died of hypothermia in the night. Extremely hard to locate. If you shelter and become too weak to get the attention of a rescuer that mylar note could save your life. Also make sure someone knows when to expect you back and approximately where you are. Be aware of anyone missing historically in the area. If you find any items of interest GPS the location and notify the authorities.
Some good tips from some good people. Adventure on you guys ✌️🤠 Brian
Thanks 👍
Great show!
Thank you, Doug!
Very good information sometimes people don't think and you need to think when you're out there
Tyvm for all the information you 2 care to share,too many lives needlessly lost
When I was a teenager, my dad always bought me a bag of sunflower seeds when we went hunting...if you got lost, you could follow your trail of spit out shells back to where you came from. Here on the Oregon coast, staying dry is priority one, so we always carry a large trash bag on each of us to use as a tarp or parka. I always have my car keys on me, so I keep a small ferro stick and pen knife on my key ring. I used to have a tiny flashlight on it, but it died. I should probably replace it.
Excellent video...i reckon you have about covered all the basics and then some...this video might just help to save a life some day!...atta girl Linda!...Dave
MTwoodsrunner, I used to get inspiration from YOUR videos!
Very informative, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good, advice. For bears, I have 40 s&w, 45/70 gov, and 12g shotgun. I also carry bear spray, but like you said no good in the wind. Have fun, Mike
Yes, it varies according to your situation. In Alaska, the native inhabitants have taken to ARs the last few years. One explained that 30rds of amour piercing works, even on Brown bears. That made the AR a great choice for a survival gun because FMJ doesn't destroy the meat as much and could be used on small game as needed. interesting and thinking outside the normal box.
Again, great tips Rick and Linda. Thanx. I only got lost once but it was scary, and it got pitch black and I had no flashlight, no food or survival gear. I got to the point where I fired my rifle three times, a couple times, I was running out of ammo, and I knew there were campers within earshot, but they never fired back. Luckily I finally saw their tent glowing thru the trees. When I got up to them, they said "Was that you that shot?" I said "Ya think?" Why didn't you fire back so I knew which direction to go? He said he had some guys out on the road looking? I said really? I think if I'm on a damn road, I can find my way out... duh? So, I might add, if you hear those shots, fire back so they know where you are.
That's a good reminder about the 3 shots. Here in Montana, we hear shots while out and think that's someone who's plinking or shooting at varmints.
@@gonagain They taught that here in hunter safety class, that I took when I was like 12. (almost 50 years ago) Too bad others weren't paying attention...
Thank you for a very informative video, hopefully will save many lives..👍🤗
Great info Linda-thanks❣️ Oh-and you too Rick🌹. So very nice to see Linda healed & back enjoying adventures with her hubby again 🙏✌️🌎💞
Yes, she's doing a lot better. She's made more improvement this last week.
@@gonagain Can't keep a good woman down 😁💞
I have spent years camping and hiking in the deserts and mountains with my dog. A couple of years ago I found myself lost in the desert and low on water. If it wasn't for my dog finding our way back to camp I would probably died .. No matter how experienced you think you are, It could happen
Great video alot of valuable information. I like to add my two cents about your first a kit I'm a retired medic/airforce civilian nurse for 30years. I would recommend that you add a tourniquet ,hemostats, and a good pair of surgical scissor and iif you can a oral airway which I would show you how to put in.remenber airway is everything.i like to make one correction I hope you don't get mad. Heat stroke is hyperthermia. Basically it starts as heat exhaustion that quickly goes into heat stroke which most of the time is fatal like you said hydration is the key. Hypothermia is what you get in the winter. About ten years ago I had a patient that was in the German army in ww2. He was on the Russian front and his daughter told be careful with feet.
His feet
I appreciate all the info, Brett. We were just thinking on the spot, like someone who's lost would have to do. I lost an uncle to hyperthermia years ago as he was hiking in AZ, and he was a longtime resident there who should have been more aware. Back in those days though, they didn't know about staying hydrated and made a big thing about rationing your water on the TV programs at the time. He wasn't even carrying water that day. In the car we carry a very good medical kit, but by your recommendations I'm missing a couple of important items. Thanks!
@@gonagain it's funny back in high school in the 70,s you couldn't get water until you completed your two of day drills o by way SOG. Makes a great par of surg/med scissors compact.
I don't have experience hiking but when I do hike I'm going to remember your video. It's a very important and useful one thank you both!
Glad it was helpful!
Great information you two...People are always telling me to get lost. So far I've always found my way back. Hahaha
Tell them no worries, your pockets are full!
I always take a spare T-shirt & socks. If you’ve worked up a sweat it’s good to put on dry clothes prior to spending the night.
You guys are cute.
The "stop and think" part is so extremely important. Also the part about keeping a mental map in your head. As you travel, pay attention to your landmarks. And stop and look back, to see what it looks like coming back.
"Stop and look back" - Exactly! I do this every time I park in a large parking lot and point out the view to folks with me. "That's the way back to the car." In the woods the "going back view" is even more important.
Great survival tips, Rick and Linda.
Stacking stones or twigs and branches periodically along the way can be surprisingly helpful, as well.
@@jeffpoplin558 I like that part about telling others, too. Just the act of telling them cements it in your mind. And it helps train others, especially the young, to think that way too. And you never know what might occur that they have to return to the car without you.
Now if I can only remember to do it every time I go to Walmart!
Thanks so much for your info. When most people were only showing off their expensive gadgets, very few people will share their life's experiences and lessons they have learned. Thanks again for your teaching. You pairs are amazing !
Thank you, HA Wong. We appreciate your comment.
I know I am a bit late watching this video but another thing I think about and usually have in my pocket if I'm going out is a couple days of my medication.
Thats a good thing to remember, Shari. Most of us have to take some sort of medication daily. Thank you.
I absolutely loved this episode! Terrific tips!
You got the point of the video!!! A lot of folks said that they carry a lot more gear into the woods (and so do we), but this was about getting lost unexpectedly, like if you went out to gather firewood and got turned around.
@@gonagain I got lost within minutes of hiking out in the desert just North of Dateland, AZ if it were not for my brother's dog I might have been wandering around for a long while even with mountain ranges on both sides and understanding North South East and West... that simply wasn't enough !!
I get lost going to the kitchen🤣
Great video! Your first tip is the best! When learning to scuba die my dive instructor drilled into us, panic you die! He was the dive instructor for the Navy Seals at Pearl Harbor. Saved my butt more than once!
Rick got his scuba certification at Makua Beach. I was hapai at the time so had to sit that one out.
@@gonagain what year as that is where I did my certification dive! 76 or 77. Wouldn’t it be a small world if he was in my dive class. Doc was my instructor and I was Naui certified.
Very good topic Rick and Linda. As I go out into the woods i tag my path in an unfamiliar area with small ribbons or string and I collect it on the way back to camp. Also, you can use anything like rocks, etc with a light color marker mark on them. boy scout thing from the 1960 era. Always water and poncho with cotton balls and vaseline and fire starter.
Scouts and caring fathers taught us a lot as kids.
@@gonagain Yes sir!
Great video. Fab tips! 👍 I also carry a small roll of nylon string and water purification tabs. I never enter wilderness areas without my well equipped backpack -- not even for just a casual stroll. It's so easy to get turned around. Things look different going back than they did going out.
Great tip!
I have seen panic set in less than 100 yards into a deer drive. There was eight of us about 75-100 yards apart and bordered buy three roads and a barbed wire fence. One member shot his rifle three times and took of running like a mad man. He ran past at least four people in our group and could not even acknowledge us when we yelled at him to stop even though he was only 20-30 yards in front of everybody. Panic is a real killer in the woods and it CAN happen to anybody. We finally got him to stop and he was so shook up that he never left camp for the next four days
People are funny, but we all have our idiosyncrasies to deal with. I think it's also a fear of being caught out in the woods at night that causes folks to make bad choices.
What about a hand held GPS so you can mark your camp location and find your way back to it? Nice video with good tips and ideas. 👍
I never say lost I say I’m just disoriented
Me too, and I've been disoriented a few times!
Heat stroke is hyperthermia not hypothermia. Take the ten essentials on any hike
I'll tell ya, If You personally ever forgot or don't have something, Linda's got ya covered.. lol 👍🤠
Got lost a few times. 2 times while hunting. One time with a deer I shot. Another, my car boke down on the way to a friends house. Couldn't find his house. Had to stop and decipher. If I got lost over night hunting, I had my knife, lighter and TP. Didn't give much thought back then. Young and dumb.
Thanks for sharing that, Bert.
Yep....I'm going hiking with Linda. 🙂👣🚶♀️🚶♀️
That was a good example. I have left on hudge pack trip just outside of Yellowstone and had less with me, and I can get turned around sometime too. I got to get better and more real things for my pack.
Thank you for this video.
It's always nice to go through your pack and replace or change out things. We learn as we go. Thanks for watching, James.
I'm hanging with Linda.😊 Never underestimate flat open terrains and consider what is the most valuable commodity for the environment and ration it to yourself. I have friends who went to desert to have a cookout just off the road. They cooked about a hundred feet from their car and decided to leave before the sun went down but they couldn't find their car. They repeatedly tried the car remote to locate it but were so confident that they would find it that they drank the last of their water supply mostly from anxiety. 10 hours later they walked upon their car that was parked in a depression in the landscape. They never located all of their cooking equipment that they slowly abandoned during their search, they have no idea how far away they walked. If they hadn't found the car the next day they wouldn't have survived without water and 100+ degrees. Their experience changed how I viewed the "flat" desert.
We spend a lot of time in the desert, and I can see how that could easily happen. I'm really glad it turned out ok.
Heck of a good job on this. Enjoyed to comments too
Much appreciated!
Such great information. So happy you were not really lost. Great Video.
Thanks, Betty Bear!
Thanks for the advice. I have to go through the daypack in preparation for camping season here in Montana this year. Good times.
Good plan. I need to replace the energy bars and go over my medical kit.
Good recommendations, and don't forget to pray.
Of course! That's the most important part.
love you both a ton. thank you. we can find ourselves in a sticky situation. I agree be prepared. It could be a matter of life or deaths
Learned in army training. If you're trying to walk a straight line in the woods:
Walk directly up to an obstruction (skinny trees count as obstructions!)
STOP as close as possible.
Make a 90 degree turn.
Walk straight a few paces to the edge of the obstruction.
STOP.
90 degree turn back in your direction.
STOP.
90 degree turn back to the obsctuction. When at the point you'd be had you walked through the obstruction....
STOP.
Face forward again the resume until the next obstruction. You basically made four 90 degrees turns in the shape of a half box.
IMPORTANT!
At the next obstruction, make your initial 90 degree turn in the opposite direction you did the first time. Never ever ever go around obstructions favoring the left or right side. This will cause you to travel in an arc or worse, a circle.
ps. You should be using a compass.
COUNT the paces you make in your box. For even terrain. If you turn and go 10 even paces away from the obstruction, your return paces in the direction of the obstructions should be 10 even paces. If not, you're setting yourself up to returning your journey already off course.
Discipline.
Thank you for the instructions, appreciate it.
@@gonagain You're welcome. I learn so much more from you. Just the tiny bit I remember I'm happy to give back. :)
Along with all the items you have shown us, which is very good, one thing you could do is use your phone as a GPS with its mapping software. The programs will allow you to download from the network a large area map that can be used OFFLINE, so even with out cell service you can use the maps. The GPS sats are available where ever you have a reasonable clearing to see the sky. Set a waypoint or mark on the program so you can find your way back. IF you are going to be several days, you can shut your phone off to save power and just power up to take periodic bearings. Associate your way on the gps map with landmarks and walk to the landmark, and take another. Good map skills are easy to learn and can save your hide. You might think carrying a phone like that is a waste of weight, but it also does good duty to take photos of your trip, and also could be used to take pictures of landmarks for getting back on the right trail.
That's great information, Arnold, thank you!
Super video you two. Although my husband and I are not really the camping and outdoor type in our older age are two daughters and their families love to camp in the Rockies of Alberta and BC close to their homes. After seeing your video we are going to put together a survival pack something like Linda showed on the show tonight. This would be great for them to have when they are camping and doing their hikes way out in the bush. Thanks for all the tips and ideas that you helped us out with. We continue to enjoy your videos. George and Alison
Thank you, George and Alison!
Thank you for the great advice. plan to pack better for my hikes. love watching you, I learn so much.
Can u now make a video from all the things u had with you to make a make shift camp of the things from your pockets and back packs so we have a visual thanks glad Linda is healing so well..Godspeed
Greetings from NC
Thanks, Candy, I'll give that some thought.
Good advice ! We all who spend time out in the wilds and become misplaced!
An old timer a bunch of years ago told me , you are not lost you are just temporarily misplaced as you don’t know exactly where you are at the moment!
I could work with that advice ! But true what do you have on you that’s helpful?
Some always say I carry to much stuff , well maybe so !!
But again an old timer said , it’s better to have it on you and not need it then need it and not have it!! So I carry it !
Right on, Norman.
Lots of good tips there. Another tip for finding your way out if you are in a forest that has logging, like the northwest, wherever two roads or a spur roads intersects another road 90% of the time it will form a Y that is ‘gunned’ or points towards town, the way out . Those roads are mainly there to get loaded log trucks out . In mountainous country they don’t have the luxury to make big intersections so they just build it in the direction a loaded truck will be headed. I had to point this out once to a couple guys that had grown up here in the northwest and I was a transplant from Southern California but I had been working in the logging industry for about a year. I finally convinced the guy who’s Jeep we were in, and was very low on gas, that they don’t haul logs up hill and a log truck couldn’t make that corner if it want too, and out was the other way and not the way his brother wanted to go. (Alcohol may or way not have played a small part in the situation) Lol
That's so interesting I'm going to look for it on my next trip out! Thanks!
This was a great reminder. I would hike with Linda any day. Rick, maybe you should take lessons from her. Lol!
LOL! The point was what happens if you wander away from your vehicle and all you have is what's in your pockets. Linda just happens to always have that pack along and it changed the direction of the video. That's why I went off on my own in the second part of the video. Dang women, always making us men look bad.
Hi Linda, HI Rick. Smart information here, the Basics for survival for sure. Good Video. And Me??? I'm Always camping, trekking and exploring 'Alone' except for Bruzetta. She is one Great Dog for Companionship and Security but can't drive me to safety. So, that Garmin is Next on my list. Maybe one day there will be World-Wide cell coverage, but that has yet to happen. (Rick, that EcoFlow Wave, is actually $1200 on its own without an additional tag-on battery. If only there was a way to Know for Certain if it can Truly Cool a 12×7×7 insulated cargo rig???) This Situation absolutely needs to be addressed. The Heat Switch will be flipped within a week. Ut Oh 🥴🤔
I watched Hobotech review the EcoFlow Wave and it looks like it works ok, but uses a lot of power. Do you own a generator? If you have one of proper size, then it may be best to run a 5,000btu window AC unit. They're cheap at Walmart.
This is most definitely one of your better videos and that's a hard choice to make.
I hope a lot of people watch this and heed your advice.
Thank you guys both for making this video your advice is quite stellar.
Thank you, Bill.
I have a few fanny packs that has as much almost as the Misses backpack ,, plus a space blanket tent , a old epi-pen holder w/ all kinds of fishing line,hooks and jigs, a small can of lighter fluid w/ a zippo lighter and extra flints out of old "bic lighters " small signaling mirror from walmart , and a can or 3 (depending on the fanny pack) of sardines in OIL which can be made into a candle, a box of those campfire things that changes the color of the camp fire,a pack of those joke birthday candles that relight after blowing out. a couple sewing needles,.my biggest fanny pack also has a harmonica, a deck of playing cards (with survival info) on them , a roll of that 1" wide red plastic non tape stuff that you can wrap around trees or what ever that surveyors use
You sound well prepared, Ray. Thanks for the tip on the can of sardines.
@@gonagain Yes I did almost got lost once when I was 13 , but I knew that stick and sun trick and new I was west of the fire lane so I went east and found it, but my hunting buddies think it is overkill to have a filled fanny pack,, I also carry 1 or 2 depending on the fanny pack 55 gallon heavy duty garbage bags, and in my truck I have everything to last a month in there ,, except water, but I live in northern Wisconsin, so water is not really a issue ,