How to Build a Wilderness Survival Team
Learning basic wilderness survival tactics can help save the lives of either yourself or others you're traveling with. Building a wilderness survival team gives you the opportunity to learn and practice various survival techniques in a group setting. Forming an actual group requires you or someone else to have some general survival experience to build on. Your wilderness survival activities vary, based on the geographic location in which you live. You can form a group by organizing specific meeting times and use various forms of advertising to find new members.
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Instructions
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Decide how often you want your group to meet. To keep it simple and as a base starting point, commit to meeting at least once a month. Once you form the group, you can change this after learning everyone's schedules.
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Create a flier advertising your desire to start a wilderness survival group. Post your first meeting date and a contact phone number. List some benefits of joining such as "Learn survival techniques together, Important rescue information, Shelter building," or whatever else may be appropriate.
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Post your flier up on community bulletin boards located in sporting goods stores. Post the flier in laundry mats and those located within grocery stores. If you find any advertisements of anyone else seeking to form a wilderness survival group, keep their phone number and contact them later to find out if you have common goals in your desire to form a group.
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Log on to the Internet and navigate to Meet Up.com's website. Click on the "Sign Up" link to register for a free profile. Fill out the form to list your interest in starting a wilderness survival group.
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Search for other profiles of people interested in wilderness survival and send them an email via the Meet Up.com website.
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Tips & Warnings
Before forming your group or just after you form your group, try to find any local establishments that may offer courses or one-day events that focus on different elements of wilderness survival, such as fire building, water gathering and more. Be willing to commit to meeting with your new wilderness survival group for at least six months.
Do not list your home address on the Internet site or on your flier. If any website you use requires you to show location or geographic region, include a name of county or a large familiar city near you. Only use your first name on your fliers to protect your identity.
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