Water in the Desert (Revised)

http://www.arizonabushman.com This is a repost of an earlier video. I had to make a small repair. A demonstration of locating water in the Southwest deserts.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Desert
• survival
• water

[dataphreak]

On the topic of shade, I notice that you carry a hammock. Why not swap that out for a camo net. If you get one of the ones with reinforced edges, you can run a couple of c-clamps through the loops on each end, and you have a hammock. but more importantly, when you find a wash that has water, you can throw it up real fast and get some nice shade. Most 9x7 camo nets weigh only a couple of pounds, and will save you more hydro than you will burn carrying them.

[desertsurvivalist]

@dataphreak The hammock I have recently been carrying the is the Nano 7 from Grand Trunk, I will on occasion use their AT shelter system. I like the Nano 7 because it weighs less then a few oz. It comes with hooks and they can be removed and used as a tarp if I need to. The AT System weighs 20 oz and can be set up in variety of ways. I have herd of the net, and I am looking into it. Brigade Quartermasters has a really lightweight net I May end up getting.

[lDeadBirdl]

Try sucking on a small pebble next time your out there in that kind of heat sir. You will dehydrate about half as slow!

[desertsurvivalist]

@lDeadBirdl That is actually an old wives tale. Although it does stimulate the salivary glands to in essence wet a dry mouth, it does not provide any hydration. Nothing can do the job that water does.

[jmr1068204]

What about bacteria like Giardisis?

[desertsurvivalist]

@jmr1068204 I am actually yet to have a problem drinking from any puddles left by the rain or water from underground. In a real survival situation in the desert you have to take advantage of any water source you can find. Water just isnt there in most cases. If you cant purify just grit your teeth and strain out the big stuff. There is a cure for giardia, no cure for death.

[DAV19800]

it takes a 7 to 14 days between being infected and showing symptoms with giardia, so when it is 118 degrees outside and you have no way to treat the water, then drink it.

[terrelldcarter]

this guy is freaken awesome he should get his own show on discovery channel or somthing

[Urbanwild1]

Great video--excellent tips. I've been going to our local deserts more her in So. Cal. and it's beauty is very seductive. Your videos have shown me how to stay safe.

[dataphreak]

@desertsurvivalist I suppose the ultralight camo-nets combined with a hammock would accomplish the same thing. My issue is that the ultralights tear like paper, and wouldn't last very long in the desert. I had originally hoped to get the military issue diamond/hex stuff. They're made out of vinyl and really last, but they cost in the neighborhood of $150 and weigh 40 pounds. What I'm really curious to know is whether wrapping yourself in a camo net like a poncho will keep you cooler.

[emmber19]

@desertsurvivalist The reason people believe in the pebble trick is because sucking on a pebble makes you breathe through your nose. Breathing through your mouth will dehydrate you faster than breathing through your nose, because the water in your saliva will evaporate more quickly than the water in your mucous.

[highlandscoutrider]

H2O fluidity: Oxygens share the Hydrogens.

We have as much water in our body as we ingested and have not yet lost.

The water, in our body, comes apart. Hydrogens and Oxygens take part in other things.

Mouth pebbling helps body call for fluid water, which may move 'pressures' so that hydrogens and oxygens join, responding to call for fluid H2O

Is one molecule H2O, at room temp, fluid? No. Fluidity involves sharing.

Mth Pebble enhances internal fluid movement.

Not so necessary when water abundant.

[highlandscoutrider]

~~>Mouth Pebbling - Water Retention<~~

...Sucking pebble does not increase the quantity of water in one's body,

...Does stimulate pre-digestive saliva flow wet cleansing mouth, throat, tunes digestive juice with ongoing 'drip feed'.

...Mouth pebbling focuses energy, keep mouth shut, decrease water loss, move internal water make available for use.

..."Chew food 50 x's, let saliva work." rule for 3-meal a day domestics.

...Saliva flow always we move across home, eating wild, ready saliva always.

[aquafishsoup]

how do you charge the battery?

[mailmanx141]

a revolting but necessary question; can you use one of those water filtration pitchers like goes in the fridge to purify urine? i know you're saying " dude?! wtf are you joking! but it IS a source of water if you can purify it.