SURVIVE A LETHAL FREEZE
(Men's Health) Ice, snow, sleet it is a winter wonderland out there, meaning it is a wonder you survive to spring. Give yourself more than a snowball's chance of avoiding injury by stuffing this advice in your parka pocket. These lifesavers are straight out of "The Big Book of Uncommon Knowledge." No library is safe without it:
- Your car broke down in a storm. Now you are freezing in the boonies-Try the scarecrow technique to trap body heat. Remove your shoelaces and use theme to tie your pant cuffs around your ankles. Then take a poke knife or your keys if you don't have one and tear out chunks of car upholstery. Stuff those into your pants and shirt as insulation.
- After a day spent trudging through snow, your boots are totally soaked. – First, light a campfire. But do not stick your boots near it the direct heat can crack leather and melt the soles. Instead, set several stones just outside the flames. Once the rocks warm up, slip off your boots. Place the stones inside to dry them out.
- You have been lost or stranded for quite a while. Now you are really hungry. Dine on pine. Use a rock to chip away the bark on a pine tree until you can peel back a strip several inches long. Discard that; then scrape out the white inner bark. Start feasting on this high-carb snack. Warning it is bland. Hope you brought along a packet or two of ketchup.
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