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Welcome to WildernessWiki.org

The Wilderness Wiki is a new community-based website dedicated to providing information on all aspects of wilderness living. Anyone can create and edit articles, with or without creating an account - you are the author. Since we went online in January, 2008, we've become highly popular among outdoor enthusiasts, and have compiled dozens of excellent articles and hundreds of media. If you would like to contribute, sign up for free (we don't even ask for your e-mail) and start editing!

Below is an outline of the sort of information which will be compiled here. If you are knowledgeable in any of these areas, please consider writing a brief article. Anything related to working, trekking, and living outdoors from a full tutorial to a quick tip is appreciated.

• Making an article is easy! For example, if you wanted to create an article on "Mora Knives", just type "Mora Knives" into the search box and press "Go". Then click the "Create this page" link and start writing! Don't worry about format or about sorting your article into the website - our administrators will handle all of that for you.
• You can also edit any article here. Just click the 'edit' tab at the top of the page.
• If you have any media you would like to submit (photo, video, or audio), but don't have the time to create an article, please e-mail them to funditor.info@gmail.com; you will be given credit for your work, and the article can link back to your own website.
• Links shown in red lead to articles which have not yet been created. You can get these articles started by clicking the link.
• For some quick information on formatting (e.g. bold, italics, linking, bullets), check out the cheatsheet.

We welcome all additions!

If you have any questions, please visit the help page or ask me here.

Completed Articles

This is a list of articles which provide complete, helpful information. If you can add to them, upload images or video, or would like to improve parts, please feel free to do so; improvement and expansion is a continual process.

Bowline	Char cloth	Pitchwood	Twist Bread	Frostbite	Making a Fish Trap
HI Khukuri Review	Flint and Steel Firestarter	Hypothermia	Fusing	Making a Sling	Treating Lacerations
Monkey Chain Knot	Reef Knot	Heat Stroke	Taut-line Hitch	Fisherman's Knot	Making a First Aid Kit
Games for the woods	First Aid	Cut Down a Tree with a Small Knife	Make Fire From a Battery	Fire Building Basics	Fire from a cell phone
Make a Steel Harpoon Point	Fish Spring Line Trap	Cord Wrap	Large Deadfall	Spring Snare	Figure-eight Loop
Make an Axe Handle	Cobra Stitch - Bracelet	Thoughts on Survival	Traits of a Survivor	Make a Cooking Grille	Wood or Cane Harpoon
How to Open a Coconut	How to repair Snowshoes	Personal Survival Kit - PSK	Knife Lanyard	How to Clean a Squirrel	Fresnel Card Lens
Mike Spinak's PSK	Fatwood/Wax Firestarter	Dutch Oven Cooking	Bark Cordage	Sleeping in a Hammock	Fire from a Rock and Knife
Batoning Wood	Shed Antlers	Geocaching	Wintergreen	Counting / Worry Bracelet	Arapuca Trap
Top Ten Gear List	Bow Drill - Fire by Rubbing Sticks	FireSteel Review	Jewelweed	How to Waterproof Matches‎

Articles under Construction

These are articles which have been begun but are lacking in depth or completeness. Please consider adding some of your own sentences to these articles.

Tinder and Kindling	Snakes	Hiking boots	Wildlife	Water purification	Modern fire starters
Gear you should carry	Knots to know	White-tailed deer	Rattlesnakes	Information on Maps	Fire Piston
Northern White Cedar	Orienteering	Slinging	How to load a day pack	Using a compass with a map	Bivy sacks
Seasoning Cast Iron	Fire Piston

Table of Contents

This is the table of contents. Outlined here is the sort of information which is to be compiled. Any red links do not yet have articles written. If you are knowledgeable in any of these fields, please consider starting an article.

Navigation Information on Maps How to read a map Information on compasses Using a compass with a map Navigating by celestial bodies Navigation by sun Navigation by moon Navigation by stars Gear Reviews of any equipment Gear you should carry Basics Gear for mountainous terrain Gear for snowy terrain Gear for wet environments Gear for dry environments Packing How to load a day pack How to load a kayak/canoe How to load a pack animal Fire Building a fire Modern fire starters Fire from a cell phone Making a Fire with a AA Battery Primitive fire starters Flint and steel Bow drill Hand drill Fire plow Fire thong Fire piston Fire from ice Tinder and Kindling Fatwood and Wax Firestarter Char cloth Types of fires Cooking Nutrition Information Food to pack Edible plants Modern stoves and how to use them Primitive cooking methods Dutch Oven Cooking Reflector Oven Cooking Assorted Recipes

Shelter Selecting places to sleep Modern shelters Tents Tarps Bivy sacks Primitive shelters Debris huts Scout pits Snow shelters Environment Reading weather signs Understanding geographical features Wildlife Mammals Birds Reptiles Snakes Amphibians Fungi Edible mushrooms Dangerous mushrooms Plants Trees and their uses Other plants and their uses Edible plants First Aid Assembling a First Aid Kit Cuts Bone fractures and sprains Hypothermia Heat Stroke Burns Survival Signaling Leading a group in a survival situation Hunting Traps, Deadfalls & Snares Primitive Weapons General Knowledge Knots to know Recreation Slinging Games to play while on the trail Photography

Places

• If you have a favorite place to camp or hike, please write a few sentences on it with a link or two to more information.
• If you have pictures from a hike, feel free to upload them and let us know where and when you took them.

If you have anything you'd like to share, please do!