Skills to help survival - Page 2

Shellie · 10-24-2008, 12:15 AM

If you are sufficiently dehydrated, even 5 sips of salt water can kill you- either from the salt, or from the shock to your system.

capreycorn · 10-24-2008, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Shellie

If you are sufficiently dehydrated, even 5 sips of salt water can kill you- either from the salt, or from the shock to your system.

almost anything "can" kill a weak "system" and on the other hand is the human body in connection with the "spirit" capable of "miracles" (seen by western medicine standards).
the french naval authorities have argued about this "salt water" issue with brits and americans already..i don`t want to waste more time on this.
I´m not going to post on this thread anymore. but hope to find some interesting information posted here soon.

cheers

asteram · 10-27-2008, 07:18 AM

For those who know how to read, capreycorn already posted the info that one should not wait until one is seriously dehydrated to start sipping sea water.

I've read various takes on this for some time, and the consensus I have found is that the idea that drinking sea water is worse than no water is a myth with no basis beyond accepted rumor. Let it go.

In the interest of adding something positive to the thread: The hardest thing to obtain when food is scarce is fats and oils. Buy olive oil and store it in a cool, dark place. You can also can butter or make clarified butter, ghee, that keeps for a long time without refrigeration.

Sure would be nice if this forum had a simple way to track one's posts, and even better if one could actually reply to a person on a thread and flag that person so they would know the reply was to them. If that is not fixed or implemented this forum will soon become useless, which pretty much is happening already. I have no idea who is replying to whom, and no idea how to find the threads I posted on earlier. I doubt I'll post here again as there is no way to find this thread again. Too bad.

Swanny · 10-27-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by asteram

Sure would be nice if this forum had a simple way to track one's posts, and even better if one could actually reply to a person on a thread and flag that person so they would know the reply was to them. If that is not fixed or implemented this forum will soon become useless, which pretty much is happening already. I have no idea who is replying to whom, and no idea how to find the threads I posted on earlier. I doubt I'll post here again as there is no way to find this thread again. Too bad.

You can PM people and if you look in their profile at their stats you can see all their posts.

I think if it gets that bad that you start drinking sea water your not going to make it.

asteram · 10-27-2008, 11:47 PM

So, Swanny, are you going to find this post? How? By finding this thread again and reading through everything to see if there is a reply to you? And if I didn't put your name at the top or quote you how would you know it was a reply to you? Or should I perhaps PM you and tell you that I left a reply to you somewhere but you'll have to find it? Or suggest that you read through a list of all of my posts because somehwere in there is one replying to you on some thread somewhere?

It's a very crummy forum system, the worst I've ever used, and that's a real shame.

BTW, as a life long ocean swimmer and diver I have swallowed a whole lot of seawater and it never hurt me.

333mark333 · 10-28-2008, 12:00 AM

IMO Tom Brown Jr survival guides are the best.

For under $10 you can build a SOLAR STILL - sheet of plastic, small cup, tubing. Take water from the earth through moisture- even bacterially but not chemically infected water.

mr.komie · 10-22-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoss the SURVIVER

HI ALL

I'm from Aussie, a lot of Survival equipment here is bloody expensive so I've gone more to having a go at making things like? Also I live on a disability pension so money is tight, but we learn to adapt

hey hoss the survivor.... smashing work on the Kuhkri's. i just bought a few smith and wesson's Kuhkri's. they look good and that but the leather handles will probably last longer than mine!

thriftfulness is going to be the only way forward soon and money wont mean a thing. ur on the right road and i wish u all the best for u and ur's...

peace and love KE

10-24-2008, 12:15 AM	#1
Shellie Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 267	Re: Skills to help survival If you are sufficiently dehydrated, even 5 sips of salt water can kill you- either from the salt, or from the shock to your system.

10-27-2008, 07:18 AM	#3
asteram Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Isla de Margarita, Venezuela Posts: 161	Re: Skills to help survival For those who know how to read, capreycorn already posted the info that one should not wait until one is seriously dehydrated to start sipping sea water. I've read various takes on this for some time, and the consensus I have found is that the idea that drinking sea water is worse than no water is a myth with no basis beyond accepted rumor. Let it go. In the interest of adding something positive to the thread: The hardest thing to obtain when food is scarce is fats and oils. Buy olive oil and store it in a cool, dark place. You can also can butter or make clarified butter, ghee, that keeps for a long time without refrigeration. Sure would be nice if this forum had a simple way to track one's posts, and even better if one could actually reply to a person on a thread and flag that person so they would know the reply was to them. If that is not fixed or implemented this forum will soon become useless, which pretty much is happening already. I have no idea who is replying to whom, and no idea how to find the threads I posted on earlier. I doubt I'll post here again as there is no way to find this thread again. Too bad. Last edited by asteram; 10-27-2008 at 07:22 AM.

10-27-2008, 11:47 PM	#5
asteram Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Isla de Margarita, Venezuela Posts: 161	Re: Skills to help survival So, Swanny, are you going to find this post? How? By finding this thread again and reading through everything to see if there is a reply to you? And if I didn't put your name at the top or quote you how would you know it was a reply to you? Or should I perhaps PM you and tell you that I left a reply to you somewhere but you'll have to find it? Or suggest that you read through a list of all of my posts because somehwere in there is one replying to you on some thread somewhere? It's a very crummy forum system, the worst I've ever used, and that's a real shame. BTW, as a life long ocean swimmer and diver I have swallowed a whole lot of seawater and it never hurt me.

10-28-2008, 12:00 AM	#6
333mark333 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Western Shore of the Hudson Bay-churchill, manitoba, canada Posts: 301	Re: Skills to help survival IMO Tom Brown Jr survival guides are the best. For under $10 you can build a SOLAR STILL - sheet of plastic, small cup, tubing. Take water from the earth through moisture- even bacterially but not chemically infected water.