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Noob/Survivor Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:25:20 No.150722 View View Reply Original Report

Evening, /out/!

I'm pretty new to the whole 'survival'/camping thing.

I gotta say I got pretty inspired by the new 'The Last of Us' game with Joel as the narrator.

Has anyone made a survival kit based of Joel from the game?

I'm very interested because I'm going on a survival trip to Sweden very soon. The trip is going to be around 3-4 weeks, self supplying while there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:31:58 No.150726 Report

Quoted By: >>150730

>these threads
god make it stop

Noob/Survivor

Noob/Survivor Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:34:51 No.150730 Report

Quoted By: >>150735

>>150726
Why? Do you think it's bad that the producers behind this game might have inspired people to try and start surviving in a post apocalyptic mindset?

Limited by supplies and back to the roots without any telephone service etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:38:58 No.150735 Report

Quoted By: >>150736 >>150740 >>152567

>>150730
Do you plan of shooting the first guy you meet with the mindset of him being a zombie ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:39:30 No.150736 Report

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>>150735
on shooting *

Noob/Survivor

Noob/Survivor Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:42:39 No.150740 Report

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>>150735
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:44:57 No.150742 Report

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I've never played that game and I don't have a fucking idea about what Joel's kit is but I'm pretty sure that using the usual stuff would work unless there is radiation / other shit like that involved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 15:47:45 No.150743 Report

Quoted By: >>150746

before you try any self supplying survival madness with literally 0 experience I recommend you actually try staying for a few nights in the woods first

if you are stil keen on the whole thing after that you can come back

Im not gonna feed you basic information you can find yourself in no time if you actually tried some research, or just took a look at the fucking sticky

we have threads like this shit about 2 times a day and it has become mentally exhausting

how about you get yourself a sleeping bag, a sleeping pad and walk into your local woods, spend a night or two there and you will learn more than I or anyone here can be bothered to tell you over the internet

Noob/Survivor

Noob/Survivor Sun 30 Jun 2013 16:00:30 No.150746 Report

Quoted By: >>150749 >>150771 >>150785

>>150743
I know what you're saying. With 0 experience it might seem like a bad idea, but I want to learn as I'm surviving.

I had no idea that this kind of thread has been made before, I'm sorry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 16:08:33 No.150749 Report

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>>150746
well its just that threads like ''how do I survive in the woods'' ''how can I live off the land'' or ''how 2 survive solo innawoods on survival situation''
have been relentlessy popping up lately
and while these topics are interesting and cool to discuss, there are a few key mistakes always made by the OPs
1. /out/ is not a request board or a knowledge database, basically you are welcome to discuss things and topics, but it's not here as a quickhelp forum for outdoor beginners
2. They NEVER check the sticky, which has a LOT of good information and stuff to read up on
a right way to start a thread like this would've been
3. many people are kind of deluded about this whole survival thing, thinking its some sort of fun adventure game, when in reality it's hard work where the tiniest mistake can fucking kill you

it's like having a forum for rockclimbers where every day 2 new people stumble in and make threads like :"HEY GUYS I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE, HOW DO I CLIMB A 5000ft WALL WITHOUT ROPE?''

so yeah, Im kinda aggravated

I recommend you check out the SAS survival guide by Lofty, it has some really good information and read up on the stuff in the sticky

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 16:09:46 No.150750 Report

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>>150749
>a right way to start a thread like this would've been
eh, dunno how that got in, just skip that part

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 16:15:02 No.150754 Report

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>inspired by a video game
>wants to survive in the wild for 3-4 weeks without any previous experience

OP, please stop.
You're not gonna find health packs spread across the forest to fix your foot that you stupidly sprained trying to RPG innawoods.

If you are serious about this, lurk on this board and other survival/bushcraft websites and then collect some gear and only then start going into the woods for a day or two.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 16:55:34 No.150771 Report

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Read the sticky. There is a link to a free download of the US Army Wilderness Survival Handbook. This is, predictably, a great starting point.

>>150749
This nigga right here. I own a copy of The SAS Survival Guide. Tons of useful information inside.

>>150746
I would STRONGLY recommend NOT attempting to "learn as you go" with wilderness survival. That WILL get you killed. Go into your backyard, practice building shelters and starting fires in ALL weather conditions.

Do you fish? If not, Start. Do you hunt/trap? If not, Start. Can you Identify local plant edibles? If not, go into your local bookstore and buy a book on local plants and read it. Then read it again. Memorize all the local edible plants. Can you tie all of the knots in pic related? Do you know when/where you would use these knots? If not, find some rope, and get to work, and do a quick google search of the names of these knots to find their uses/applications. Do you know how to find water in the wild? If not, learn. Do you know First Aid? if not, you need to.

When you are in a survival situation, the best tools you can have are a sharp knife and a sharper mind. Learn everything you can about survival BEFORE putting your skills to the test.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 17:18:59 No.150782 Report

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>>150722
>Has anyone made a survival kit based of Joel from the game?
and that's when I stopped reading.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 17:28:40 No.150785 Report

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>>150746
This kind of behaviour will get you killed, promised. Even the most skilled instructors can't show you how to be 100% sure to survive, it's simply impossible. Nature is a bitch and if you disrespect her, she will show you her hard side. Before heading into such an adventure like your seem to want, practice the fuck out of every aspect. Whatever survival pack you may make, if you miss out on learning how to use it properly, you are toast.

Good luck nevertheless.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 18:13:11 No.150814 Report

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>>150722
Joel's kit:

various weapons, flashlight, gasmask, rags.

no sign of equipment for food/water, never seen starting a fire, never seen sleeping anywhere other than a couch, he doesn't even have a fucking knife. Survival isn't a series of gunfights mixed with traversal sequences.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Jun 2013 19:37:20 No.150888 Report

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>I'm pretty new to the whole 'survival'/camping thing.
I gotta side with the rolleyes on this thread and others like it that have cropped up. Why does it have to be "survival/camping." Why can't it just be camping? ESPECIALLY if you have no experience. There's different kinds of camping, ranging from being in an RV to your typical family outing to backpacking to minimalist hiking and camping. The latter is what most are probably thinking of when they get all amped up from "survival" games and an overdose of Man vs. Wild. Even if you're making debris huts and trapping animals or fishing with line braided from your pubic hairs or something, if you're having a good time you're camping. If you're challenging yourself but you can always pick up and head home, you're camping. You might be learning and applying survival skills, but you're still camping.

When are you surviving? If something has gone wrong and you are now trying to NOT DIE before you can get out or be found, NOW you are surviving. Surviving is when your camping trip... even if it's a "live off the land" camping trip... has fucked up. Even in those survival shows they are essentially camping because they have a lifeline. It may not be entirely reliable due to remoteness or such, but they're basically just doing a very challenging and somewhat dangerous form of camping and demonstrating survival techniques (or doing utterly crazy shit and calling them survival techniques). There's a difference between when some survival show host does a "lost at sea" episode and the situation Steven Callahan faced as recounted in "Adrift."

Seriously, kids. Drop the notions of going from zero experience to having some kind of grand survival adventure where you're rigging up a lean-to from a scrounged airplane wing and killing bears with your bare hands. Just go camping and have fun. Stop trying to turn it into some grimdark experience that would make the most hardened Marine cry for mommy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Jul 2013 00:33:13 No.152567 Report

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>>150735
There are no zombies in that game.
I'll only shoot if I see fungus.

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