What can and can not be done in the forest

Before you go to the forest, you should warn your family where you are going. Be sure to wear bright, noticeable clothes. Preferred are red, white, red or yellow jackets. And it's good if you paste reflective patterns or stripes on your clothes.

Before a walk you need to find out what you can and what you can not do in the forest. If your relative or someone in the group is lost, try to call rescuers right away, as independent searches often lead to trampling traces, which complicates the search for a person.

If you decide to shout to someone who is lost, then you need to wait for him in one place as long as possible. With you, you must have a knife, a clock, a box of matches, at least a small supply of water and medicines, especially if you suffer from chronic diseases.

If you get lost, then the first thing you can not do in the forest is panic. First of all, stop, think - in which direction you were going. Listen, perhaps you will hear people screaming, barking dogs or car noise. Well help to get to people different sounds. It can be a working tractor, which can be heard for 4 km, or barking a dog, you will hear it for 2-3 km. If somewhere near the railway passes, then the passing train can be heard for 10 km.

In the event that you can not hear anything or see anything other than the sounds of the forest, do not give in to despair - this is something that you can never do. In the forest there are always a lot of landmarks, where you can go out to people. Try to find a stream or a river and go downstream, they will necessarily lead you to human habitation.

If you are sure that you will be searched, then it is better to stay in place, it is desirable to make a fire and sing loudly the songs, the voice and smoke of a person is easier to find. You can also give sounds: hit with sticks on tree trunks, this sound is carried far into the forest.

If you still need to move, then try to navigate in parts of the world and the sun. The sun always rises in the east, and sits in the west. The northern side of the bark of a pine or birch is always darker. Stones, tree trunks, rock outcroppings on the north side are thickly covered with moss or lichen. Smolyanye drops on coniferous trees stand out abundantly from the south side.

Never shorten the path - this refers to what can not be done in the forest. Do not panic if you understand that you are walking in a circle. Moving forward, choose well-marked landmarks every 100 m of the way, this will help to understand whether you are moving forward or turning around.

But the most insidious obstacle is a quagmire or a swamp. If you are inadvertently failed - do not make sudden movements. In this case, this is the first thing you can not do. In the forest, swamps are always overgrown with grass and reeds, try to take a horizontal position and reach for reeds or grass, pulling up, crawl away from a dangerous place.

Well, in case of an overnight stay, it should be prepared. It is necessary to build a couch from the clutches of coniferous trees or from simple branches and stock up with firewood for a fire. Never plant a fire near coniferous or dry trees - this also applies to what can not be done in the forest. At night fly whole hordes of gnats, to get rid of them can help the smoke of a fire. In if you settle on the river bank, a cool night breeze will be the best protection against these insects.

And most importantly - leave behind a noticeable landmark, hang on the branches of some notable things. At night, you can open up a few fires in an open area or elevation so that people or people can notice you or your tracks.