Survival is based largely on two things: a positive mental attitude and knowledge. With those two covered, you can make up for any lack of tools. Knowledge doesn’t break, wear out, and short of forgetting a thing or two, you generally can’t lose it.
Below, I’ve compiled a list of skills I think everyone should know. This is by no means a “complete” list because there is always room to learn more, and the more you know, the greater your chances of survival. But this will give you a solid foundation and a far broader skill set than most people. Everyone should know how to:
- Drive a stick shift
- Swim
- Start a fire without matches or a lighter
- Build a garden
- Use herbal remedies
- Produce beer/wine
- Build your local community
- Tan leather
- Cure/smoke meat
- Make soap
- Construct animal/fish traps
- Make activated charcoal
- Survive hypothermia
- Properly load a backpack
- Conduct basic repairs (home, auto, equipment, etc.)
- Operate a ham radio
- Defend yourself without a weapon
- Identify surveillance
- Build a rainwater collection system
- Weld
- Accurately fire an arrow
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