A Bad State of Mind

This could mean so many things to different people. The point is that you want to stay balanced. While yes you may have been planning for years that does not mean that things will go the way you think they will. One little mistake or an accident can turn into a life-threatening event for yourself or your group.

Laziness or Stuck in a Rut

Being lazy or stuck in a rut is not a good state of mind in any wilderness camping trip. These individuals will slow down anything that they are assigned to do.{adinserter usdeception}Most individuals that are affected by this problem usually spend more time trying to get out of work than it would have taken them to just do the job in the first place. Lazy individuals can endanger the whole camping group with their short cuts and not sticking to the prepared set of procedures.

Think of your bug out group or family group as a team. Each team member has specific duties assigned to them on the daily job roster. Without the roster there will be nothing but chaos and nothing will get done in a timely matter. The group leaders say so on any team member’s problems will be the final judgment and all must abide by it until pre-agreed upon meetings are used to discuss and make changes to the plans.

Not Camping on the High Ground

Camping on the high ground provides safety. There will be no one camping or hiding out above you. Your camp will control all the area below and have the advantage if attacked.

If camping on the high ground during the rainy season, late spring, or summer be careful of lightning strikes when exposed at the top of the hill. The campsite should have multiple safety zones for the protection of the campers. They can be as simple as natural caves or dugouts in the side of a hill.

Not Setting Up Perimeter Defenses

Always thinks ahead and sets up perimeter defenses even if it is only for an overnight camp. These defenses can be as simple as circling the camp with brush, small branches, and tree limbs or putting up strong barriers of wood, stone, or barbed wire with fox holes for armed guards.

The most important safety feature of the perimeter defenses is to keep out unwanted animals or armed raiding parties from the campsite. For animals, the human scent and the outer barriers should be enough to keep them away. Unwanted raiding parties can be neutralized by well-armed and trained members of the group if necessary.

 Not Knowing and Understanding the Cause and Effects of Wildfires

Each year thousands of acres of land are destroyed by these fires, untold numbers of wild and domestic animals are killed, and also humans that did not evacuate from the area in time.

With the first early warning of wildfires, pack up and leave the area and go to one of safety. Take everything you can including your animals. It is easier to rebuild in a new location than get trapped and die trying to save the old homestead.

Avoiding the main causes of wildfires is the best way to prepare for them.

Not Knowing the Area

When bugging out to your new home location, the prepared plans must include where to find food and water that is safe to consume. There should be one or two good hunters also trained in tracking in the group. This includes evaluating animals present by tracks and knowing which ones are too big or dangerous for the party to handle.

They should also know the trip route well and also where to hunt wild game and find safe water.

There you have it. The 6 things that everyone no matter how experienced needs to think of before venturing out into the wild!

Article Source: Suvivtopieda

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