Survival guide

[kylecorry31]

https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN12086_ATP%203-50x21%20FINAL%20WEB%202.pdf (DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.)

Goal: Create a super practical survival guide for the users of the app (ex. average hiker) to get home after surviving a couple days lost in the wilderness.

Why am I writing my own guide: A lot of survival guides are verbose, assume you have a lot of equipment and are out there for a really extended stay. Many also cover impractical techniques that are better suited for bushcraft. The goal of a survival guide should be to help you get out as fast as possible while remaining safe.

I don't plan on covering many of the topics in depth and want to avoid specialized equipment and skills (ex. if you brought a bow with you, I probably don't need to explain how to use it). If an in depth guide is wanted, I recommend the Offline Survival Manual.

Most people hike with a smartphone, bottle or two of water, a wallet, car keys, and maybe a pocket knife/multitool or lighter. While not ideal in a survival scenario, that's what I'm going to assume for this guide (though will also assume some hikers are more prepared).

• [x] New survival guide tool (uses same display logic as the user guide)
• [x] Chapter: Overview
• [ ] Chapter: Getting rescued (what to do when lost, signaling for help, getting out)
• [x] Chapter: Shelter and clothing
• [ ] Chapter: Medical
• [x] Chapter: Fire
• [x] Chapter: Water
• [ ] Chapter: Food
• [x] Chapter: Navigation
• [ ] Chapter: Equipment
• [ ] Chapter: Knots and rope
• [ ] New tool icon
• [ ] Extract shared guide rendering code
• [ ] Add disclaimer
• [ ] Add licenses
• [ ] Remove unused images
• [ ] Search (might pull into a separate item)
• [ ] Follow on item for printing the guide
• [x] Icons for chapters?
• [ ] Invert colors of the grayscale images based on theme?

Other info to add:

• [ ] Boiling water without a container (Water)
• [ ] Desalination (Water)
• [ ] Using rocks for heating (Fire)
• [ ] Thatching and chinking (Shelter)
• [ ] Survival kit (Equipment)
• [ ] Power (Equipment)
• [ ] Smartphone (Equipment)
• [ ] Hand warmers (Equipment)
• [ ] Weather and clouds (Create a new chapter - maybe new issue for this)
• [ ] Call out that users should understand local laws and regulations (Overview)
• [ ] Rafts (movement and navigation) - create a new issue for this if I even cover it. Avoid water crossings where a raft is needed.
• [ ] Grid search (movement and navigation)
• [ ] Pace beads (movement and navigation)
• [ ] Detours (movement and navigation)
• [ ] How to use a fire steel (Fire)
• [ ] Meditations (medical)

[kylecorry31]

Going with https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN12086_ATP%203-50x21%20FINAL%20WEB%202.pdf and I am almost certainly going to implement this.

[jm355]

https://github.com/ligi/SurvivalManual/issues/206#issuecomment-903144379 in this comment @ligi says the content of the app is public domain. So maybe you can use it after all?

[kylecorry31]

ligi/SurvivalManual#206 (comment) in this comment @ligi says the content of the app is public domain. So maybe you can use it after all?

Great find! I will look into that and compare it against the work I've been doing to embed the Army guide.

[kylecorry31]

FYI, I've decided to write my own survival guide based on the Army guide and my own knowledge (fact checking everything against credible sources, mainly the Army guide). My rationale is the existing guides are very in depth (Army and the Survival Manual) - which is great if you want to learn a lot - but they can also be a bit hard to decipher in a survival situation. I've rewritten a couple of chapters (reducing them by about 75 - 80%) to focus on the key information and it didn't take me too long (though I did start with the shorter chapters).

It will probably take a few passes to get them easy to read while still being useful, but I think it will be worth it in the long run.