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Michael Powell. How to Send Smoke Signals, Pluck a Chicken & Build an Igloo
CONTENTS
Introduction
STOP A RUNAWAY HORSE
STOPPING A HORSE MEANS CONTROLLING ITS MIND SO YOU CAN REGAIN CONTROL OF ITS BODY:
PITCH A TENT without tent poles
CLIMB A TREE
CATCH A FISH in a trap
LEARN. FINGER WHISTLING
MAKE NATURAL FIBER CORD
AGE A TREE WITHOUT CUTTING IT DOWN
CORE EXTRACTION
COUNT THE WHORLS
COUNT THE GAPS
MEASURE THE CIRCUMFERENCE
COLLECT, FILTER, AND PURIFY WATER
HOW TO MAKE AN EVAPORATION TRAP
HOW TO FILTER WATER
HOW TO PURIFY WATER
MAKE A DUGOUT CANOE
Tell the time without a clock
DAYTIME SUN METHOD
NIGHTTIME MOON METHOD
Build an igloo
Gut and clean a fish
Pan for gold
SHOE A HORSE
MOUNT and DISMOUNT a horse
HOW TO MOUNT
HOW TO DISMOUNT
SHEAR a SHEEP
Send smoke signals
Cure people with leeches and maggots
LEECHES
MAGGOTS
Keep bees and harvest honey
Pluck a chicken
MAKE FIRE WITH a BOW DRILL
Learn FLINT KNAPPING
Make a bow from a sapling
MAKE AND FLETCH AN ARROW
BUILD AND USE A PIT OVEN
CHOP DOWN A TREE WITH AN AX
PREPARATION
CUTTING THE TREE
Thatch a roof
CLIMB A LADDER safely
CHOOSE YOUR LADDER
PLACEMENT
CLIMBING UP AND DOWN
USE A SCYTHE
SALT-CURE meat
DRY-CURE PORK BELLY
SALT BEEF BRISKET
Ride an ANTIQUE BICYCLE
Survive a bear attack
Survive an avalanche
SURVIVE A FOREST FIRE
BUILD A coracle
Save yourself from drowning
DROWN PROOFING (WITHOUT PFD)
H.E.L.P. (WITH PFD)
HUDDLE POSITION (WITH PFD)
Tie a hangman’s noose
Track animals
LARGE
MEDIUM
SMALL
TRACKS
Start fire with ice
FORECAST the weather
Boil water in a cabbage leaf
Make an antler fishing hook
Steam bend wood
HOW IT WORKS
MAKE A STEAM BOX
STEAM BEND YOUR WOOD
Open a coconut with a stone
Make a bone flute
BUILD A DRY STONE WALL
TAN AN ANIMAL HIDE TO MAKE LEATHER
MAKE PINE PITCH
Catch, skin, and cook a rabbit
CATCH YOUR RABBIT
SKIN YOUR RABBIT
COOK YOUR RABBIT
Make and throw a lasso
MAKE YOUR LASSO
TWIRL AND THROW YOUR LASSO
Load and FIRE a musket
Make animal glue
MAKE A CAVE PAINTING
BLOW GLASS
Throw a pottery jug
Knot two ropes together
Cross a desert
Treat a snake bite
CATCH AN EEL
Collect sap and make maple syrup
SHARPEN a knife
USING A WHETSTONE
USING A HONING STEEL
Start a FIRE in the rain
COPPICE FOR firewood
Remove a stone from a horse’s hoof
NAVIGATE USING STICKS AND SHADOWS
TREAT HYPOTHERMIA
READ A COMPASS
COMPASS ANATOMY
NOTICE YOUR SURROUNDINGS
ORIENTEERING COMPASS
USING A COMPASS AND MAP
Forage for food
MUSHROOMS
WILD GARLIC
NETTLES
DANDELIONS
ELDERBERRY
Work the land with a horse and plow
MAKE TEA AND FLAVORED HONEY FROM PINE NEEDLES
PINE TEA
PINE HONEY
INFUSION
MAKE YOUR OWN
Carve a WOODEN BOWL
MAKE A BIRCH BARK CONTAINER
Prevent and treat MOSQUITO BITES
Store food without a fridge
SIMPLE STORAGE
DRYING
CANNING
