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Survival Skillset

Lesson 3 of 12

Ageing sign, following a trail and tracking a person

40 min

You wake in a bothy at first light and your companion's sleeping bag is empty. Their boots are gone. They said last night they might walk up to the tarn for the sunrise, but that was hours ago and the cloud is down. Outside the door the path is wet from a shower that woke you at about three. In the mud there are boot prints going up the hill.…

In this lesson

  • Ageing a print: the test print comes first
  • Ageing droppings and feeding sign
  • Reading behaviour from a trail
  • Following a trail
  • Tracking a person: cutting for sign
  • Vehicle sign: which way did the tractor go?
  • Common mistakes
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

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