🧭 Begin Here
How to think when you have nothing, and how to use this guide as a ladder from the first night to a working village.
How to use this guide
See how every guide unlocks the next like branches of a tree, and learn to pick the right next step for where you are.
What matters first
You can live weeks without food but only hours in bad cold, so fix things in this order: shelter, water, fire, food.
Stop, breathe, take stock
Slow your breathing, check what you have and what hurts, and make a simple plan before doing anything else.
Spot danger before it finds you
Learn to stay away from flood channels, dead hanging branches, cliff edges, and animal dens.
Help rescuers find you
Stay in one place, make big bright marks, and use sound and shine so searching people can spot you.