Whats Your Top Low-Tech Survival Skill?
Reading through a ton of threads here, I keep coming back to the same idea: tech is great, but what happens if it fails? For me, the most valuable low-tech survival skill has got to be fire making, especially with nothing but natural materials. Being able to start a fire in wet conditions, without lighters or matches, seems like a foundation everything else builds on—cooking, warmth, even making instruments, if that's your thing.
But then again, I’ve been messing around with solar stills lately. Water purification using just sunlight and whatever’s lying around is both fascinating and practical. It’s slow, sure, but in a pinch, it works.
So I’m curious—if you had to choose just *one* low-tech survival skill to focus on, what would you pick, and more importantly, why? Not just the “cool” factor but what you honestly think would give you the best chance if you had zero gear. Also interested if anyone’s integrated these kinds of skills with
But then again, I’ve been messing around with solar stills lately. Water purification using just sunlight and whatever’s lying around is both fascinating and practical. It’s slow, sure, but in a pinch, it works.
So I’m curious—if you had to choose just *one* low-tech survival skill to focus on, what would you pick, and more importantly, why? Not just the “cool” factor but what you honestly think would give you the best chance if you had zero gear. Also interested if anyone’s integrated these kinds of skills with