Many people want to escape from the city for an "adventure trip", and outdoor, hiking, forest, rock climbing, creek, and snow-capped mountains have become the keywords that more people search for. But there are a lot of uncertainties in the wilderness, so it's important to be prepared. Adhering to my consistent principle of learning new areas by reading children's books, today I would like to talk about a very practical guide to survival in the wild.
The full title of Into the Wilderness is Into the Wilderness: A Wilderness Survival Guide for Children, and as you can tell from the title of the book, itIt is not only an explorer's adventure record, but also a relatively easy to operate wilderness survival guide. After reading the whole book, I truly admired the author's courage, wisdom, kindness and skill. All in all, it's a magical book that makes you feel like you're ready to go on a wilderness adventure too.
Let's talk about this book in three parts.
The author of Into the Wilderness is not the author of the book. Adventure enthusiast Teddy Keane discovered an unknown explorer's expedition notes, sketchbooks, etc., during an expedition, and he and a team of experts compiled them into a book. So the author of this book is actually a mysterious explorer.
Judging from the stories recorded in this book and the illustrations drawn, the author has explored all over the world, such as the Antarctic and the Arctic, Sri Lanka, Heilongjiang, watching meteors, encountering brown bears, seeing redwood forests, and panning for gold in small rivers. The book is 192 pages thick, and there is a lot of popular science content in natural subjects, so you can learn a lot about nature, history, geography, weather, rivers, etc.
The author's description of the experience is meticulous and vivid, and when I saw the part where he bravely fought the crocodile, it was simply a cold hairSeeing his finger bitten off, my fingers hurt. Moreover, the author has done a great job in painting, and he has painted the beautiful scenery he has experienced very beautifully. To be honest, I even went to research the gold panning plate, and I think I can do it too.
Even if it is not used as an adventure guide, it is a very enjoyable experience to read just as a travel story. Exciting, thrilling, and extraordinary adventures make people feel full of illusions about the world, feel the greatness and wonder of nature, and it's hard not to love the earth more.
Because the mysterious explorer "Into the Wilderness" has been to various terrains and environments, his wilderness survival skills can be described as very richThe book is divided into five themes: camping, rafting, shelter, exploration, and practical skills, with each topic containing more than a dozen sub-topics. Each knowledge point breaks down a complex operation into multiple steps, each of which is illustrated.
The author taught a lot of useful information about life in the wild, such as what equipment to prepare in various environments, how to fish, how to find directions by constellations, how to make torches, and how to pan for gold in the river.
The author's color pencil skills are very strong, landscape illustrations and step illustrations can be comparable to professional illustrators, so you don't have to worry about not being able to understand the step diagram, like me, a novice in the wilderness, after reading this book, I am full of self-confidence, and I feel that there is no blind spot in knowledge in the wilderness survival.
The most inseparable thing for adventure is luggage, and "Into the Wilderness" is rightPacking is all about being lightweight, easy to carry, and eco-friendlyThen we need to think about how to meet these requirementsThe author gives several examples:
A tarp + rope = tent.
Large tinplate boxes can be used to boil water, dig up bugs, and cook rice.
Tin foil can be made into a reflector to send out a distress signal.
You should have found out,In short, it's multitasking. In fact, in this part, the author used a lot of pen and ink examples, and even the most important life-saving treasure box is only the size of a palm, but everything in it can be used for multiple purposes. You will find that we can make a lot of things homemade.
By extension, do we really need that many things?Can we live our lives without being burdened by material things and travel lightly?In this case, can we learn from the author to develop ideas, and don't buy what can be replaced?This not only enhances the sense of control over your life, but also saves money and the environment more and leads a sustainable life.
The next time you're packing up, shopping, or packing, take your kids along and see what isn't necessary, what is repetitive, and what can be multi-tasking. A mature concept of consumption can be cultivated from a young age.
There is a sentence in "Stepping into the Wilderness", which is very good, and I will share with you that "the place of shelter is home". Whether it is in the house or on the road, where the heart desires, where the dream goes, and enjoying the moment is the best life.