Gathering Dew Is A Viable Fresh Water Source
Dew on The Grass
You have probably all heard that you can go for 30 days without food, but only about 3 days without water. That is essentially true, although I am sure I have lived a week or more on nothing but Diet Coke, which I guess is mostly water…I hope. But seriously, if you are ever caught out in the wilderness or find yourself in a survival situation where you can’t stop at McDonald’s for a diet coke, or get water from a tap or buy bottled water and for whatever reason you don’t have the ability to find or purify open sources of water (ponds, lakes, streams, etc). The technique described in the video clip below is one method that you can use to collect potable safe water. This technique is amazingly simple, but many survival manuals often misteach it in my opinion. Take a look in the video below.
Click here to watch on YouTube if you don’t have Flash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1rGgemkdCw
What other ways do you know to gather fresh water in the wild?
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What it the optimal type of rag to use for this technique? Are some better than others?
Tracy,
You could use anything, socks, tee shirt, — dare I mention — no I’m not going there. Anything cotton will work, or anything that will absorb water. Some common items that campers, hikers, hunters might have with them could be bandannas, triangular bandages (kravat), combat field dressing, gauze or bandages from a first aid kit, jersey gloves, etc.
One thing i did forget to mention in the post is that you should pay attention to where you are wiping and what type of plants they are, because doing that technique on poison ivy or poison oak, etc transfer some of the oil from the plant into your mouth, so make sure to pay attention.
Cheers! JJ