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Rule of three survival infographic beside a person carrying a large backpack.

The Rule of Threes

Learn the Rule of Threes for survival: prioritize breathing, shelter, water, and food. Prepare for emergencies with tips on safety and resourcefulness.

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Participant uses a knife and fire steel near dry grass while another person points during a snowy outdoor lesson.

General Survival Tips

Learn essential survival tips for facing natural disasters, getting lost, or emergencies. Stay calm, prioritize needs, find shelter, water, food, and more to increase your chances of survival.

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Stream water flowing over submerged stones and around large sunlit rocks.

How to Find Water in the Wild

Let’s say you get lost in the woods. You’re by yourself and don’t really have any supplies. You know you need to find water — but how?

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Making a Lifesaving Whistle from Trash for Survival

Learn how to make a super quick and highly effective whistle hack that carries over distance. Prioritize your situation and ensure safety when processing found items. Use trash to your advantage and be a modern primitive by making an aluminum can whistle.

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81 Basic Survival Tips That You Should Know

Discover essential survival tips for any emergency situation with our comprehensive blog. Stay safe and prepared in the wilderness!

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Analogy of a Survival Kit

A Survival kit is a package containing essential items and supplies that are designed to help individuals survive during an emergency situation.

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Another Tucking Survival Tip

An easy to follow survival tip. If we tuck our pants into our socks, shirt into our pants, and so on, we trap this warmed air in a pocket of insulation so it can keep us warm instead of heating the universe. If you have long hair, tuck it into your shirt, too. Anything you can do to hold the heated air in and close to your skin will go a long way toward keeping you warm.

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The 5 C’s of Survival Gear

The Basic gear you should have to survive the night outdoors. A common mistake most adventures make is heading outdoors without the necessary gear should something go wrong. People get lost, hurt, or stranded in the outdoors all the time and find themselves in life threatening situations because of their failure to prepare.

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A man in a dark shirt is partly submerged in water beside a bank of tall green reeds.

Understanding Water Survival

Learn the importance of water survival techniques to survive cold water immursion, sinking vehicle accidents, and floods.

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A group of people wading through a shallow creek surrounded by tall grass and forested hills during a survival training. A bearded man in the foreground is smiling at the camera, wearing a brown cap, radio, and backpack. Participants behind him are focused on navigating the water and terrain.

10 Reasons to Take a Survival Class at TSU

Reasons to learn survival skills are legion, but here are ten to consider before you sign up for a survival class.

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Instructor hiking through a remote Costa Rican jungle with a large pack beside a mountain stream during tropical survival training

Costa Rica Jungle Adventure

Where survival training meets adventure in one of the world’s most vibrant environments

The jungle wakes before you do. The air hums with life long before dawn. Howler monkeys roar in the distance, cicadas scream in the canopy, and the mist drips from every leaf like the forest is breathing around you.

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Survival Challenge – One Match Fire

Do you ever test your survival skills?  Looking for a way to challenge yourself in a practical way that may be useful in a survival situation?  […]

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