Where I am windbound today, I spy the following from my perch (3.5 decks = 33 ft ht of eye):
3 - 1gal milk jugs
1 scrubby tree (living)
2 small dead trees laying on the bank
Small drainage platform w/railing and a gangway up to it standing over a neary pond
1 plastic square garbage can lid
A small piece of plywood
Plenty of Ducks and Coots in a nearby pond
Plenty of cattail like plants, maybe cane
If I were stranded here with only my EDC, I would try the following:
1) Break down the dead trees/limbs to add more verticals to the drainage plaform.
2) Cut the cattails and weave them on the windward side of the platform railing.
3) Use the piece of plywood to form the windbreak wall on the platform.
4) Use the 5 sides of each plastic milk jug to form the windbrek wall on the platform.
5) Start looking for more wood to build a fire for signaling & cooking.
6) Use material from my EDC to make some snares for the Ducks and Coots.
7) search for more material to make some fish traps for the ponds.
This would be a rough place to survive in, for more than a couple days with only my EDC. Very flat ground with little natural or manmade resources to work with.
There is a small clump of trees in the distance that offers more shelter and firewood. I think it would be wise to hike there and establish a camp versus where I am at the present, if I became stranded here.
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