What Survival Skill Do You Wish You’d Learned Sooner?

[OrbitJazz21]

Honestly wish I’d gotten into water purification much earlier—knew the basics but didn’t realize how many options were out there. What’s one skill you regret not picking up sooner, and did it ever come back to bite you in a real situation?

 

[TeaTimeTalisman]

Wish I’d learned more about wild edible plants when I was younger. Figured I could just tell the difference between what’s safe and what isn’t, but once I actually tried foraging it was pretty overwhelming. There’s so much local knowledge that gets lost, too, especially about smaller “weeds” that are actually edible