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How do you ration out water in a survival situation

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 08:59:41 No.300130 View View Reply Original Report

I was watching 127 hours - the guy is stuck and he had a about 2 liters of water or so. He was able to figure out via math how long or how many sips he should take to survive for a few more days.
How do you really do this? Is it just a guess and drink as thirst keeps returning?

Talking about a true survival situation... if you need a starting point lets say: 3 liters of water for a 180Lb. male.

Necromancer

Necromancer Tue 08 Apr 2014 11:29:47 No.300146 Report

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>>300130

In a true survival situation you won't have some sort of timer to live by. There's no helicopter in 7 days. There's no speed-boat in 48 hours. There's just you.

You should drink the water as it is needed and keep hydrated to work at your most efficient and keep your wits about you. Say you've not had a drink at all today and it's like 2pm? You're going to be dry-mouth and probably have a headache, depending on the conditions of where you are. You should be staying well hydrated and when you ARE hydrated, you should be doing the most important thing; finding more water.

Lasting a week on 3L of water might be feasible, but who's to say rescue comes in a week? For that entire week you're going to feel like shit and you'll be near useless. I'd rather have two days of looking for water than seven days of crying in the dirt because I'm too weak to stand.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 19:04:20 No.300259 Report

Quoted By: >>300263 >>300582

>>300130
>survival this survival that
What's is this? A new fad? Won't people do something unless bear grills hasn't showed them how to?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 19:11:47 No.300263 Report

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>>300259
I'd say of all the survival threads we get here, this one's at least reasonable. Water rationing is a good discussion for most /out/ activities anyway. Let him live.

Wish I could add some input, OP, but>>300146 covered most of my wisdom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 19:52:42 No.300274 Report

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I always seem to have poor planning during my trips /out/. I either have too much or too little water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 19:58:24 No.300278 Report

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>>300263
>reasonable
No it isn't. Rationing water is not an option. You should be constantly looking for it or you will die. (Regardless of the quality.) Props for saving your urine, but it should be a last resort.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 20:05:52 No.300282 Report

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>>300278
Even then, your urine contains salts and other chemicals which will continue to dehydrate you until you're done. Drinking pee might seem good at first, but I'd rather lick the moisture out of the ground than drinking salt-filled urine.

As for rationing water, it's a no-no. Hikers have been found with perfectly drinkable water, yet died by dehydration, simply because they were rationing it to the point of deadly dehydration.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 20:15:19 No.300287 Report

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>>300282
>but muh survival
>but muh Survival Tactical Stealth Water Rationing 5L Strategic Bottle ™
>but muh "survival"
People having been "surviving" since forever. Just adapt to the circumstances and limits. An "EPIK 5 WAYS TO SAVE WATER" infographic won't save your life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 08 Apr 2014 21:39:10 No.300312 Report

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Unless you're trapped finding water should be a priority. Rationing is just a government buzzword for meeting their quota before tending to needs of nonessential people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Apr 2014 02:57:28 No.300492 Report

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but nobody answered the question, so I assume its movie bullshit: He does some pseudo math and figures out how much water he should drink ratio to how many days he could survive till its all gone. So it's bullshit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Apr 2014 07:38:37 No.300582 Report

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>>300259
out=survival

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Apr 2014 08:09:34 No.300585 Report

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>>300492
in a survival situation, it's best not to take chances.

I never saw the movie, but I saw the dateline episode on tv. the guy thought to himself, maybe someone will notice I'm gone and come looking for me. I have enough to last me til then. he took a chance that he shouldn't have. he thought that the odds were in his favor, when in reality, its never like that.

when I hiked through grand canyon, I traveled with two experienced survivalists, one who had guided the trip about a dozen times. the main thing I learned from them is not to hold back water from yourself. drink until you think you can't drink anymore, and then drink some more. don't stop drinking until you have to move from your source, and take as much water as you can safely carry.

you don't ever take chances when it comes to something as important, and precious, as water.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Apr 2014 02:14:41 No.301354 Report

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I have never been in a survival situation, but i uave been in situations where i run out of water too early in the day.
I work in construction. I was sorry for not rationing it the first time it happened. I was glad to have a few ml to sip on at the end of the day the second time it happened. It tastes a lot better after you are really thirsty.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Apr 2014 04:44:44 No.301422 Report

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Rationing water has exactly the same result as drinking water to quench your thirst - note, I don't mean drinking in excess of your body's needs so that you're urinating excessively. I mean drinking when you are thirsty and not being a retard thinking that "rationing" water is a good idea.

You will get dehydrated at some point anyway. By drinking your water to quench your thirst as soon as you are thirsty, you can effectively delay the point at which you get dehydrated, you get headaches, and your body runs out of energy - rather than accelerating this. Delaying dehydration can give you just that extra amount of physical and mental energy you need to search for more water.

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