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🖨️ The Lost & Alive Kit · 12 sheets

Print, laminate, slip into your pack

One sheet per emergency, readable in ten seconds with frozen hands. Every line comes from a module on the site. Print a single sheet, or the whole kit at once.

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Avalanche: the 15-minute window

What decides your fate, second by second

The survival curveWarning signs before it gives wayThe first 10 secondsBuried: managing your airSearching for a buddyBefore heading out
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Falling into ice-cold water

The 1-10-1 rule: three clocks, in this exact order

1 minute: cold shock10 minutes: before incapacitationSelf-rescue from iceRescuing someone: never get in the waterAfterward: the afterdrop
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Making water safe to drink

Boiling, chlorine, filter, sun: what kills what

BoilingChlorine (unscented bleach 5-9%)Iodine and chlorine dioxideFilter (Sawyer, LifeStraw)SODIS (sunlight)In order
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Lighting a fire in the rain

Dry wood is in the standing trees, not on the ground

Dry wood is in the standing treesTinders that burn when wetStep-by-step progression, no skipping stepsFiresteel: the technique that worksUnder the tarpKeeping the fire going overnight
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Hypothermia and frostbite

Stages, burrito wrap, and what you never do

The 4 stages (Swiss system)The hypothermia burritoWhat you never doFrostbiteCold water: the 1-10-1 principle
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The Pocket Kit

The Altoids tin: what you're left with if you lose your pack

The hierarchy: on your body firstThe pocket kit (Altoids tin)Why this sizeThe 3 non-negotiables
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Bites and stings

Snake, tick, hymenoptera, jellyfish

Snake biteTick biteHymenoptera sting: anaphylaxisJellyfish and weeverfish
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Essential Knots

8 knots, their uses, and tricks to never forget them

Loops: Bowline and PrusikHitches: Clove hitch and Taut-lineTension and Quick AttachmentQuick Release, and the Reef Knot Trap
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Bear, wolf, wild boar

The rules change depending on the animal in front of you

Brown bear (grizzly)Black bearPolar bear and cougarWolfWild boar
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Deadly plants of Europe

12 plants and mushrooms, and the giveaway feature

Garden classicsUmbellifers and relativesDeceptive berries and flowersThe bulb, the root, the mushroom
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First steps when you are lost

What happens in your head before anything else

The Rule of 3s (a hierarchy, not a countdown)STOP, as soon as you realize you are lostCalm your bodyStay or moveGeneral prioritiesKids: Hug-a-Tree
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Distress Signals

What can be seen and heard from a distance

The number three, everywhereSignal mirrorGround signals (min. 1 m x 6 m)Facing a helicopterWhistle and voicePhone without signal