text: five things how to survive in wilderness?   you need water, shelter, warmth, food, and a plan to get out/be found. but the most important thing is; don't get exhausted! sounds trivial, but energy keeps you going to take care of all of the above. it also stops you making foolish, tragic mistakes - there was a tourist lost on the coromandel peninsula (new zealand) not long ago, who had been spotted by a farmer near dusk at the top of a cliff. his body was found at the foot of the cliff.