Updated July 15, 2025 07:42PM
Survival 101
First-aid tips, survival gear, what to do if..., plus dangerous hikes (and a few scary stories).
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Frostbitten Feet
Trapped by a Rock
Lost in a Whiteout
A Mangled Ankle
Swarming Wasps
Stuck on a Scree Slope
Lost in the Desert
Trapped by a Rock
Archive
Bowline
Half Hitch as Bowline Backtie
Clove Hitch-Single Line
Clove Hitch-Mid-Rope
Overhand Knot-Mid Rope
Quick Release Trucker’s Hitch
Figure 8 Knot, Mid-Rope
Tautline Hitch
Treat a Sprained Ankle
Splint an Arm
Set a Fractured Leg
Treat a Blister
Treat a Gaping Wound
Make a Survival Bracelet
The Ultimate Survival Kit
Whistle
Firestarter
First Aid Kit
Knife
Bivy
America’s Ten Most Dangerous Hikes
Kalalau Trail, Kauai, HI
The Maze, UT
Mist Trail, Half Dome, CA
Buckskin Gulch, UT
Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canyon, AZ
Barr Trail, Pikes Peak, CO
Abrams Falls, Great Smoky Mtns., TN
Mt. Washington, NH
Huckleberry Mtn., Apgar Range, MT
Muir Snowfield, Mt. Rainier, WA
Caught in a Colorado Snowstorm
