WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! THE FOLLOWING FILE IS NOT TERMINATED BUT SOON WILL BE DONE ASAP IN HYPERTEXT AND WITH PIX WHEN NEED BE SO PLEASE BARE WITH ME TILL THEN, MUCH INFORMATION CAN BE USED MEANWHILE FOR YOUR ENJOYEMENT OR PLEASURE. MEANWHILE IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR ME SEND THEM UP BY E-MAIL TO: richard@io.org This file is part of miscelenious and will be put eventually in its proper place meanwhile it is still usefull to know these tricks when the time comes around. HEAT LOSS & HEAT GAIN TEST: Recent heat sensors studies have proven beyond any doubts that it is 1/3 warmer if you crouch near the ground and 1/3 cooler if you stand so it depends of your emergency to warm up or cool off whether you will stand or crouch. STONE AXE: Stone axe made in oval shape using a hard and soft stone to make its cutting edge will cut meat no problemo. SHELTER ADD ON: A shelter made of Savannah sticks first 12 with 3 to 5 stones to hold them up and then bend them at the top to link them then keep adding ledge stick then cover the whole but entrance with brushes then any other tarp material to cover it all up. EMERGENCY HACKSAW: We suppose that you have a few of the following things to do the job so here it goes, it was tested by POW in Germany at the Colditz camp. Collect a number of razor blades, place them end to end and then bond them together between 2 pieces of tin. With the aid of a pair of scissors, you carefully cut minute teeth in them. This special tool worked very well and would cut through steel bars 20mm thick. GLOBAL TRACKERS (TRACK-HERS?) WHERE THE HECK AM I?: (ASK-SPOCK?) BETTER THAN CRUMBS TRAILS: (24 SATELLITES TRIANGULATION) AND WHY YOU REALLY SHOULD BUY OR RENT ONE OF THEM!: A new development on this important survival aspect. An ever increasing raft of products is trying to answer this fundamental question. If your question is more geographical than metaphysical, then you are a prime candidate for the new Panasonic KX-G5700. That mumbo jumbo name refers to the SMALLEST HAND-HELD GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM YET. And the first with a built-in display. By tapping into the Defense Department's system of 24 satellites. The KX-G5700 can determine YOUR EXACT LATITUDE, LONGITUDE and ALTITUDE. The price was announced but by the time this article gets to you there is no doubt in my mind that newer versions will have come about at good price, to rent or buy them. If when one values his or her life, and that of his or her family and friends safety & peace of mind should accident or mishap occur in the wild.. If one can afford car or yatch; or to go hunting etc. Then one should real seriously consider the security and other advantages for him or his family in case of emergency and to buy or rent such a tracking unit for safety & peace of mind If you don't go in the water without a life jacket! Then don't go into the wild without a tracking system which will work better than any older methods, especially when calling in for help. (SOS - SPOCK!) So be prudent and wise and get on track; use new tracking system. Let science help you! After all a compass was a good progress, why not use a better way, even bringing your old compass would not hurt anyway. Safety should prevail.