imo, wilderness survival, as well as any other form of survival, starts taking place as soon as something out of the expected or planned activities begins.
if you're prepared, it just becomes plan b, c, d, or whatever
if you're NOT prepared, it can become a life threat.
for your specific question, wilderness survival...you're hiking, tracking a deer, mis-read a map, "thought" ya knew where you where, a storm blows in, a rapid weather change, you mis judge time of daylight...any of these things CAN put your bacon in a survival situation...
are you dressed properly?
do you have some rain gear?
do you have any water?
any warm drink mix?
do you have any extra gear to provide these things?
the list can really go on almost endlessly...the key is to have at the least the minimum gear to get thru this...so again, if you're prepared, plan b, c, d...
if not, you my friend, depending upon what cards you are being dealt...YOU MAY end up as a statistic
so, yeah, you gotz da gear yo!...
...next, do you know how to use it?
have you practiced/trained with it?
are you sure it works?
are you sure YOU can work yourself and your gear thru it?
"oh, shit, it got dark and i do not know where the "f" i am at!
temps are dropping almost immed after that big ass ball of fire goes down!
maybe you, in the "haste and waste" of things, twist your ankle or knee, even possibly both, and fall, on the way down to giving Mother Earth a kiss, you just cut your arm wide open"
all of this CAN put you in a "survival situation"...as a matter of fact... ANY ONE of these things can!
IF you're prepared, and have trained/practiced/and have gear you know how to use:thumbup:... maybe you add layer of clothes, patch yourself up a bit, get some bearings from your map and compass/gps...drag your sorry ass out to your camp, car, boat, broom, whatever...and just say "man, this trip sucked"
IF NOT...
:foot::thumbdn:?????
if you're prepared, it just becomes plan b, c, d, or whatever
if you're NOT prepared, it can become a life threat.
for your specific question, wilderness survival...you're hiking, tracking a deer, mis-read a map, "thought" ya knew where you where, a storm blows in, a rapid weather change, you mis judge time of daylight...any of these things CAN put your bacon in a survival situation...
are you dressed properly?
do you have some rain gear?
do you have any water?
any warm drink mix?
do you have any extra gear to provide these things?
the list can really go on almost endlessly...the key is to have at the least the minimum gear to get thru this...so again, if you're prepared, plan b, c, d...
if not, you my friend, depending upon what cards you are being dealt...YOU MAY end up as a statistic
so, yeah, you gotz da gear yo!...
...next, do you know how to use it?
have you practiced/trained with it?
are you sure it works?
are you sure YOU can work yourself and your gear thru it?
"oh, shit, it got dark and i do not know where the "f" i am at!
temps are dropping almost immed after that big ass ball of fire goes down!
maybe you, in the "haste and waste" of things, twist your ankle or knee, even possibly both, and fall, on the way down to giving Mother Earth a kiss, you just cut your arm wide open
"all of this CAN put you in a "survival situation"...as a matter of fact... ANY ONE of these things can!
IF you're prepared, and have trained/practiced/and have gear you know how to use:thumbup:... maybe you add layer of clothes, patch yourself up a bit, get some bearings from your map and compass/gps...drag your sorry ass out to your camp, car, boat, broom, whatever...and just say "man, this trip sucked"
IF NOT...
:foot::thumbdn:?????