Contents
And This Year’s Tribute for The Games is (your name here)!
Why Study Survival Skills?
Expect the Unexpected
If It’s Worth Having, It’s Worth the Effort
Where’s My Silver Parachute?
Are the Odds in Your Favor?
CHAPTER ONE
Victors Have Goals
Victors Are Brave
Victors Are Positive Thinkers
Victors Don’t Give Up
Victors Form Alliances
Victors Adapt and Improvise
Victors Prepare in Advance
Victors Live for What They Love
Summary
CHAPTER TWO
Fire Balls, Tidal Waves, Flesh-Eating Insects, Oh My…
Choosing Your Shelter
Survival Shelters Used by Katniss and Friends
Katniss’s Plastic Tarp
Summary
CHAPTER THREE
Let Nature Be Your Guide
Biological Threats in Water
Water that Needs to be Purified
Water Purification Methods for Survival Situations
Water that Doesn’t Need to be Purified
Water from Plants and Trees
Summary
CHAPTER FOUR
Warmth
Signaling
Cooking and Boiling
Making Tools
Fire Components
Master Fire Building Like Peeta
Four Fire Lays to Survive the Arena
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE
Survival Knife
Cordage
Containers
Fishing Kit
Fire-Starting Tools
Summary
CHAPTER SIX
Creek’s Three Rules of Wild Edible Plants
Wild Edible Plants of District 12: The Eastern Woodlands
Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing in District 12: The Eastern Woodlands
Katniss and Gale’s Hunting & Trapping Tools
After the Hunt
Summary
CHAPTER SEVEN
Knife Cuts, Spear Slices, and Flesh Wounds
Tourniquets
Fire Bombs, Flame-Throwers, and Burns
Viper Bites and Tracker Jacker Stings
Summary
CHAPTER EIGHT
Determining a Direction of Travel
Orienteering
Natural Navigation
Signals, Signs, and Rescue
Summary
CHAPTER NINE
Containers for Survival Kits
Shelter
Water
Fire
Food
Tools
First Aid
Navigation and Signaling
Your Personal Touch
The Capitol is Coming—BUG OUT!
Knowledge Weighs Nothing
Shelter
Water
Fire
Food
Tools
Lighting Products
First Aid Kits and Products
Navigation and Signaling
Disaster Preparedness