Are you interested in survival and want to learn the difficult art of survival in extreme conditions? If so, in addition to good intentions, not bad shape and assimilation of sometimes unintuitive knowledge, you will need high-quality equipment for existence in desolate areas.

Every survivalist before the first expedition completes the appropriate equipment, which must not lack the most important tools and accessories. Such equipment will also come in handy for fans of backcountry hiking and people who love mountain expeditions.

Survival – a basic tool, namely a knife. What else is useful for cutting?

If you are planning a survival trip or just a hike in the woods, the most important thing in your gear will be a knife. Survival knives often serve multiple functions. They are suitable for cutting, of course, but also for starting a fire (they have a flint), opening bottles, chopping or planing wood. Of course, in the forest wilderness you’ll need more than one knife, but when you’re just hiking on the trails, a multifunctional folding knife, such as the 6-in-1 knife offered by NEO Tools, which is also useful in the car, can be an excellent solution. In addition to a blade, whistle and flint, it also has a wrench (sizes M3, M5, M6 and M8), as well as a window smasher and a blade for cutting car belts.

In addition to knives, survivalists also use machetes, hatchets and folding saws for cutting. Quite often, outdoor equipment also includes multitools. Such multitools can perform multiple functions at once, as can survivalist shovels, which combine multiple tools in one – such as a spade, pickaxe, multi-tool knife, saw, drift, bottle opener, flintlock and whistle.

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Camping – how to survive the cold, rain and poignant winds

Survival during fine weather is almost an excursion. Only extreme conditions, which in our latitudes involve low temperatures and annoying rainfall, make our expedition worthy of being called difficult and risky.

Indeed, in order to survive in cold temperatures, you need, in addition to appropriate clothing, to ensure that you can organize an encampment. This is where a tarp and a hammock come in handy. Manufacturers of outdoor tools and accessories offer both hammocks without nets and with nets, which will protect us from mosquitoes when camping at night in the summer. They will also work well for more advanced survivalism, such as in subtropical zones.

However, the domain of expeditions in our latitudes is rather cold, accompanied by precipitation. Therefore, special attention should be paid to equipment that allows you to warm your body and cook a warming meal. A camping chair together with a collapsible stove is a useful tandem, but during a heavy downpour it is much easier to use a gas burner.

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Useful gadgets – protection in case of loss of equipment

In addition to knives, machete, torch, hammock or tarp, it is a good idea to equip yourself with the so-called essentials that you should always carry with you. Then, even with the loss of all equipment, we are not left helpless. A minimal amount of tools can help us survive.

Essentials usually include a full range of the most important mini-tools. So there is a cutting blade, a flint, a whistle, a compass or a cord. Usually the basic tools, essential for outdoor expeditions, are supplemented by additional accessories: keys, a pin, tweezers or a can opener.

Flashlight – indispensable at night not only in survivalism

Lighting is one of the most important elements of any expedition. It is an absolute must have during survival, but it is also useful on a mountain trail or even a simple hike. After all, we can always miscalculate the time, or get lost and find ourselves in the field after dark. A flashlight will enable us to continue on our way without risking an accident.

Of course, headlamps are an excellent option, but larger flashlights and multi-functional lamps that can be used for both road and camp lighting are also useful in survival.