Questions tagged [lost]
When you don't know where you are. Use this tag for questions related to how to prevent getting lost, how to react when you do get lost, or other questions related to the consequences of getting lost.
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How to find true north without compass, sun, and stars?
Is there any reliable method from nature to find north without the stars, sun, or compass?
I have read a little bit on this subject, and a lot of it seems to be controversial.
Let's say I am lost in ...
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What is the longest dead end road on US public land?
In this answer at; I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go? It claims
...logging roads These may extend many miles into the forest, with multiple branches, all ending in dead ends. There can ...
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I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?
If I am lost in the woods, and I find a trail or a road, how do I decide which way to go?
Autumn Veatch was 16 years old in 2015, when her grandparents small plane crashed in the North Cascade ...
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What is the most methodical way to try to get yourself unlost? (Assume below timberline in a temperate climate)
My question is prompted by the answer of @Aaron to this question; his answer referenced Geraldine's Largay's death on the Appalachian Trail.
Ms. Largay was hiking alone on the AT in Maine. She got ...
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What is the risk of getting lost while canoeing in a cypress swamp?
Based on the answer here I would be exploring a cypress swamp in the Mississippi valey north of the 35th Parrell.
If I canoe in a lake or on a river, I always have a pretty good idea where I am, and ...
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How often are missing people found?
Sometimes, people go into nature and go missing. A big search party is set up but they may be never found again. A morbid version of “leave no trace”. We probably all know examples: Joe Keller, ...
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If injured and lost, what are your biggest priorities for survival?
Let's imagine for a moment that you're solo hiking somewhere you've never been before and take a fall off the edge of a trail, injure yourself (to the point of limited mobility), and become entirely ...
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What are survival tools I should have when in the wilderness? [closed]
When venturing out into the wilderness, what are crucial things I should bring?
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If lost in the wilderness, what is the first thing I should do?
If I get lost in the wilderness, what is the very first thing I should do?
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How to improvise a signal mirror?
If I'm out in the wilderness and I don't have a signal mirror, what other objects could I improvise to work similar to a signal mirror?
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