You may have been exposed to the teamwork exercise where your group has to agree on the most important items to scavange from the wrecked plane that just dumped you in the Alaska wilderness. The point of the exercise is to compare the items you would have picked if you were alone versus the group’s consensus choices and to see that two (or three, etc.) heads are better than one. The survival scenario is generally chosen since it’s unlikely that anyone in your group is a survial expert (even if they are, it is difficult for them to convince the group to follow their advice since many of the decisions are counterintuitive). Anyway, next time you do this exercise, you’ll be ready because this tip will give you a way to prioritize what you need to survive in the wilderness.

1. Positive Mental Attitude
2. First Aid
3. Shelter
4. Fire
5. Signaling
6. Water
7. Food

Related posts:

1. Top 5 Camping Essentials
2. Surviving the Wild: STOP
3. Do signs on hiking trails diminish the wilderness experience?
4. More Than One Way to Build a Fire
5. Fire starters

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