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Wilderness First Aid : How to Treat a Foot Injury in the Wilderness
Foot injuries are common when hiking, climbing or hunting in the woods and mountains. Learn how to treat a foot injury in the wilderness in this free video on wilderness survival and first aid. Expert: Albert Hedgepeth Bio: Albert has enjoyed outdoor activities most of his life, participating in long distance hiking trips, and caving. [...]
Hiker First Aid Kit
A description of what I carry in my first aid kit. Duration : 0:6:29 Technorati Tags: backcountry, Backpacking, band aids, blisters, Camping, first aid, foot care, Hiking, trail
Make Your Own First Aid Kit
Make your own homemade First Aid Kit to take on every hiking, camping or backpacking trek. All wilderness trekkers should carry one! Click HERE: http://www.squidoo.com/makeyourownfirstaidkit Technorati Tags: first aid kit, hiking first aid, make your own first aid kit, survival, Wilderness Trekkers
Which trail should I take for a 5-day Arizona camping trip?
I live in Decatur, Georgia, next to Atlanta, and am planning a solo 5-day camping trip in early October within 100 miles of Flagstaff. My criteria are: –water –seclusion –much beauty –strenuous is OK, maybe preferred –bonus: good side trails, especially historic ones. I’ve looked at 3 AZ trail books, & narrowed my [...]
Is it true that when a Brown Bear attacks you should pretend to be dead & when a Black Bear attacks u fight back
Magnum Bear Spray and Hip Holster – 7.9 ounces by UDAP ATTENTION Wilderness Trekkers – Hikers – Backpackers! Be Prepared in Bear Country! Bears attack for four main reasons: to protect their young, protect a food source, protect their territory, or they have become predatory. Many bears may and will false charge or bluff. This [...]
Why do they tell you to use pepper spray in a bear attack? Why not carry a gun and shoot it if it attacks?
I always carry my firearm….I’m not relying on some pepper spray while hiking to fend off a bear… I understand attacks are rare, but still… I just finished reading ‘The Grizzly Maze’, the story of how Timothy (Dexter) Treadwell, the ‘famous’ Bear Whisperer and leader of the ‘Grizzly People’ of the 90′s, and his [...]
How many bear attacks in the USA?
Magnum Bear Spray and Hip Holster – 7.9 ounces by UDAP “Between 1900 and 2003 there were about 52 recorded deaths due to black bears, 50 due to brown bears and 5 due to polar bears” Steven Colbert is constantly saying how dangerous bears are. Magnum Bear Spray and Hip Holster – 7.9 ounces [...]
Iceland warned of polar bear attacks?
Iceland warned of polar bear attacks Jun 24 2008 MARAUDING polar bears could cause terror on Iceland after experts claimed global warming could bring the killer beasts across the sea. The alert came as police there shot two bears in just two weeks. The animals – which are not native to Iceland – are [...]
How should one properly react to a bear attack?
Run? Stay put? Let the bear attack you? Help!? Thanks. That depends on the species of bear that is attacking you, but you never run you always hold your ground and slowly back away. In black bear attacks it is advised that you fight back. Fight as if your life depends on it.. gouge eyes, [...]
Basic Wilderness Survival Skills : Wilderness Survival: Homemade Water Purifier
Survive in the wilderness by making a homemade water purifier can be made using charcoal, sand, leaves and grass. Learn to purify water in the wilderness using tips from an experienced outdoorsman in this free video about wilderness survival skills. Expert: kevin Barrett Bio: Kevin Barrett is an experienced outdoors man who has been honing [...]