General Survival 

How to Survive Falling Without a Parachute

You’re more than 3.6 km (12,000 ft) above the Earth. And there’s no turning back now. But as you jump out of the plane, and see how beautiful the Earth looks below you, you start to think this might not be so bad. Then you pull the cord to open your parachute, and all your worst fears come true. There’s no parachute coming out, and now you’re plummeting towards the ground at about 200 km/h (125 mph). You’ve only got a minute before you hit the ground. Is there anything…

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Desert Island General Survival 

By the way, Can You Survive on a Deserted Island? (ft. Annabelle)

D: Courage… Endurance… Perseverance…. Strength… uhh-uh… Fearless… Fearless-ness… Ad- a- Ad- adventurous-ness… And the will to SURVIVE… Descriptions that none of us apply to and its not gonna be ok, because today we are going to be playing.. CAN YOU SURVIVE ON A DESERTED ISLAND real quick, we’re not going to be talking about physical attributes or broad knowledge on survival skills because again, none of us have those things 🙁 so instead I will be narrating the story and give you options along the way to pick from; if…

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Desert Island General Survival 

300 Days alone… – The Movie

it was only upon my arrival at the Geneva Airport that I realized it was over. over there it was difficult physically but mostly psychologically and if I had to do it again well… I don’t think I would. in September 2008 I left Switzerland and it’s comfort to spend 10 months alone in the archipelago of Tonga in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to live, I brought with me a machete and my swiss knife I also had a medical kit satellite phone, solar panel and battery to…

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Desert Island General Survival 

Desert Island Survival Shelter | THE FIRST FEMALE CASTAWAY (2 of 6)

where exactly are you going to sleep? This are you gonna make a shelter? No, no shelter just… …just sleep Like this.. No… Yes Shelter… …tree is the shelter The tree is the shelter? So no rain coming? No… ..no problem… I can sleep I see… But if big rain? …maybe is 2 days raining… Big rain? if… …a big rain… …I should… I donÂŽt know… …but… …I think in… …that time… I don’t… …think.. now Ok You just… …improvise something Improvai? You just thing something… …when the rain coming……

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General Survival 

Stuck on a Deserted Island in The Middle of a City With Only Garbage to Help Him Survive

Welcome back to Movie Recaps. Today I will show you a comedy, drama film from 2009, titled Castaway on the Moon. Spoilers ahead! Watch out and take care. In the city of Seoul, Kim Seong-Geun is having a bad time. He has lost his job, his girlfriend broke up with him, and he’s drowning in debt, so he decides to jump into the river. However, instead of dying, he ends up washing ashore on a coast near the city. Seeing as drowning didn’t work, he thinks it’ll be more effective…

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Desert Island General Survival 

How to Survive Being Stranded on a Deserted Island, According to Science

So, you’re stranded on a deserted island, no fast food or coffee within reach. Do you have a pet volleyball like Tom Hanks had Wilson? Do you imagine that living creatures are food, like in cartoons? How will you approach the physical and mental demands of being all alone, and without the modern comforts of home? How do you endure being stranded on a deserted island? Well, here’s how you survive, Hey, don’t try to wing it. You’d be best to borrow a tip from the Boy Scouts. They use…

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General Survival 

How to Survive Arachnophobia

An old cabin in the woods. Cozy, and wait. What is that? Is that a spider? Agh. The walls are covered with huge spiders. Your quiet retreat is now the perfect setting for a horror movie. Fear paralyzes your body, you can feel their creeping legs crawling all across your skin. Your chest starts to hurt. You’re choking. Arachnophobia is an anxiety disorder that affects more than 420 million people around the world. That’s more than 6% of the global population. If you’re affected by this phobia, you can experience…

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General Survival 

How to Survive the Most Dangerous Snake Bites

The sharp, piercing pain came from out of nowhere. Your throat tightens as you stare down your attacker. The World Health Organization says snakes bite about five million people annually, causing 81,000 to 138,000 deaths. Your best chance of surviving these fatal bites is with antivenom, but you would need to identify what your potential killer is. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Here is our list of the top five deadliest snake bites. Knowing your enemy can help you survive. To avoid snake bites, be especially careful in places…

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Food 

How To Forage For Edible Plants

Hey, I’m Josh Clark, and this is BrainStuff. And this the BrainStuff where I talk to you about survival foraging. So I have bad news everybody. America, and pretty much the rest of humanity, has turned its back on our hunter/gatherer roots. Luckily some people have guarded this ancient wisdom and kept it alive and can pass it along. I am not one of those people. I’m just a host. And for legal reasons, you should not listen to anything I say from this point forward. But there are some…

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General Survival 

What If You Got Caught in a Giant Spider Web?

Do you hate spiders? “Oh, little babies coming out of it!” “Ahhh!” “Ahh, look at them.” Their legs, their eyes, and, oh man, their webs. Well, it turns out that they don’t like you much either. Imagine that you’ve stumbled into the belly of the beast, and now you’re trapped in the sticky, horrifying webs of a giant spider. It looks like you’ve gotten yourself into a sticky situation. Spiders’ webs are not something to take lightly. Especially if you’re caught in one. Each strand of spider silk is 1,000…

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