The rule of threes || Survival Skills || OS
I was pretty eager to get some trading in. I stayed up the last couple nights going through a lot of the books at my disposal to get a theoretical idea of what I need to do to survive, now I just needed practical application and some practice. I wanted to spend my focus today on 4 things; first aid, knots and traps, poison and antidotes and survival skills. I had read up on a lot of these in my suite so I had gotten some basic understanding but this will give me a chance to show my face, get hands on and fill any gaps in my knowledge. Maybe I’ll learn something that will make Thadius proud of me if I get home. When, when I get home, not if.
The morning session I’m going to focus on survival skills. I read up on a lot so this wasn’t going to be too strenuous but this area was one of my least used skills before the games. If I was cold I would go inside, if I was thirsty I would drink water or eat some snow, so not having those accessible to me regularly is a weird thing to think about. The instructor, a man named Grills, said he was a former special forces military veteran, and was a bear of a man. Tall, rugged, with what seemed like almost zero body fat on him, he seemed like he always lives in the wilderness. He basically taught me what I had read: the rule of threes. A person can normally survive 3 minutes without air, 3 hours in extreme exposure, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.
“What’s that mean? Your first priority is always going to be shelter, whether it is a simple lean to to keep rain off you, or a snow den to help insulate any warmth you produce, shelter is your key to survival. Water can come from a verity of sources. Streams, rivers, oceans, snow, plants or even your own piss. It all depends on how you treat it. If possible you’re going to want to boil it for a good few minutes to kill any bacteria or parasites. The last thing the people at home want to see is some kid shitting their brains out cause they drank bad water, got dysentery and died. As far as food goes, stick with plant life as much as possible. They don’t have as many calories but you should be able to eat most of them raw and won’t have to cook them. Cooking can give you a big boost but remember that other tributes or predators can smell it too. So if your going to cook make it quick, make a small fire and don’t stay in the same spot.” Grills went on for a while longer about which plants were always okay, which were never okay, how to test for them and eventually how to skin an animal if it came down to it.
We got some practice in making shelters and starting fires, both were VERY different in person than reading. I found that it took almost all my focus the first few times trying to start a fire but eventually I got it down pretty well. After that he told me it was already lunch time. Fuck, how did it get so late? I didn’t expect to be here this long. I was about to walk off when he gave me one last piece of advice.
“Keep your head on a swivel and your eyes open. Nature is always talking so when it gets quiet, expect everything. If you are ready for anything, nothing can surprise you.”
I said my thanks, shook his hand and left. Pretty successful training. But most of my day was eaten up and now I had to make a choice on which one course I could end the day with. But for now, his belly was demanding his full attention.
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