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Survival Skillset

Lesson 11 of 15

Water, animals, sounds and smells

40 min

The mist has closed in on a Welsh hillside. You cannot see 30 metres. You stop, push back your hood, and stand completely still. Somewhere below and to your right there is a steady, low hum that rises and falls: a road. Ahead and further off, the regular rush of water over something: a weir, or falls. Behind you, briefly, a dog barks twice and a quad bike starts. You…

In this lesson

  • Water flows downhill: reading the drainage
  • What it is
  • When to use it
  • How
  • Common mistakes
  • Animal trails converging on water
  • Birds flying to water at dawn and dusk
  • Insects as water indicators
  • Reading sounds for direction
  • Why sound carries further at night
  • Reading smells
  • Check yourself

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