Myth № 6: Boiled water is 100% safe to drink.
Boiling destroys only germs and bacteria but does not purify the water from harmful elements. It doesn’t matter, for example, how long you boil muddy water— drinking will never be healthy. So, filter the water through a clean piece of fabric (like a towel or a shirt) before boiling and let it sit until the dirt settles down.
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Myth № 7: If you are lost, you should go down the river and, sooner or later, you will find people.
Exactly— the keywords here are “sooner or later.” People do settle close to rivers, of course, because they need water, but… It may take weeks to find some settlement (see a map of Siberia and the Far East). And make sure you’re warm and safe as well.
That’s why the first rule is: stay where you are if you get lost. This is the rescue team’s first place to search for you.
Myth № 8: Wet clothes are always better than no clothes.
Not all the time. For example, if the temperature of the air is below zero and you wear wet clothes (like if you walked under the ice), they will cool you down. Heating water takes a lot of time and energy. That’s why it doesn’t feel as hot in cities near the sea or ocean, rather than in the center of the continent’s cities.
Instead of heating its own internal organs, the body will end up wasting its energy heating the water in the wet clothing.
Myth № 9: The first thing you need to do in a desert is to find a source of water.
No. No. No. First, you have to find shade and wait until the night instead of wasting your own body’s water reserves. Try to find and sit in the shade of a large boulder. Steer clear of the warm ground— it’s better to sit on a tree or bring under yourself something. And once it’s dark, you can find stars, resorts, air, and Wi-Fi.
Myth № 10: You should save some water for later.
You’re meant to cool down if you’re thirsty, sit in the shade and drink. You may have a heat stroke or lose consciousness when you are exposed to sunlight and you ignore the need to drink. And ironically, you’re still going to have some water with you, but you can’t drink it.
Have you found in your favorite movies some crazy scenes of survival in extreme situations?
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