1 39 Sur viv al Small fr st aid kit Small back pack sur viv al manual if possible eg the Collins Gem v er sion of The SAS Sur viv al Handbook see R ef erence Mat erial in w at er pr oof bag Dont P anic The Psy c hology of Sur viv al F ear and en suing panic in an emergency sur viv al situation are y our biggest enemies A per son who can recognize the sym p t oms and is w ell prepared t o deal with pain cold hunger thir st f atigue boredom and loneliness will be best able t o cope with the normal f ear and confusion which confr onts an y one in an emergency situation R emember that someone else on y our cre w kno ws y our appr o ximat e position and that a sear ch will com mence as soon as y ou are o v er due During summer a per son pr operly eq uipped with a sur viv al kit will no t suf f er fr om e xpo sure Y our great est danger is injur y t o y our self or making y our plight w or se thr ough panic Assisting the Sear c h The sear c h will be fr om a helicopt er or o ther air craf t A per son can be v er y diffcult t o see if situat ed in timber or no t mo ving In addition t o communicating b y sat ellit e t elephone assist ed b y GPS mak e y our self conspicuous b y w a ving bo th arms in a clearing or on a ridge b y using fre fare signal mirr or andor signal fag and b y w earing brightcoloured clo thing On bright da ys smok e is more no ticeable than fre while on dull da ys or in twilight the opposit e applies Smok e dissipat es q uickly in a str ong wind and a small fre in these conditions is inef f ectiv e In positioning y our fag or in timing y our fares remember that the pilo t will be looking ahead or possibly t o his side of the helicopt er If y our int ended pick up sit e w as abo v e timberline sta y there as lat e in the da y as y ou can but mo v e belo w treeline or where v er y ou can k eep dr y and w arm o v ernight The emergency eq uipment y ou carr y is f or situations such as this and y ou w ould cer tainly re gre t no t ha ving it when it is needed Moreo v er b y no t being able t o signal y our position y ou will be w asting a great deal of mone y and time in the sear ch