How to Survive in the Desert without Water

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Don’t trust mirages; if you need to survive in the desert without water, these tips could save your life.

Step 1: Don’t eat
Avoid eating as much as possible. You can survive longer without food than without water, and the digestive process uses water.

Step 2: Try not to sweat
Minimize perspiration by relegating physical activity to nighttime. And keep your clothing on -- it helps slow the evaporation of your sweat. Wrap a piece of fabric around your head if you don’t have a hat. Using your urine to dampen your clothes will further reduce sweating.

Tip
Don’t drink your urine; your body will use more water to remove the waste material than it will gain.

Step 3: Dig for water
If you spot any green plants or dry lake beds, dig there until the soil becomes moist, and wait for water to seep into the hole. It may provide enough water to survive in the desert until you get out or are rescued.

Step 4: Forget about cactus
Forget the myth about getting water from a cactus: You’ll probably lose more hydration from the ensuing vomiting than you'll gain from the few drops you manage to drink.

Step 5: Follow bees
Look for flies or mosquitoes, which means water is nearby. If you see a bee, follow it; bees fly in a straight line to and from water, so it will lead you right to a source.

Did You Know?
An Austrian teenager survived a record 18 days without food or water in 1979, when police forgot they'd put him in a holding cell.

[helfenator]

1:27 pause. This video was filmed at the beach

[cappew]

"Follow a bee" FUCK that would be difficult, and hilarious if it flew in circles..

[vincejoaquino]

Step 1 Find help when you see an ISIS base

[KoolGuy]

how the fuck you gonna find a beach in the desert

[devyntv]

Step 1 : Use the helicopter cheat. Did you Know If you are at the beach you have access to a boardwalk or a nearby store?

[RachelleHuizinga]

"You will need discipline and alertness" - I'm out guys

[kekoajuvera]

In step 5 when he runs to the water you can see a city

[KnghtMan]

That statement @ 0:50 just made Bear Gyrlls shed a tear. But I'm sure he gave a toast to the narrator anyway and chugged down a pint of his special yellow foamy drink anyway 😂

[jm]

How TF are we supposed to follow a BEE? Is this just a joke? You cant FOLLOW A BEE. Anybody here, do you think you can follow a bee for more than a yard at best? 😂

[salr]

I came back from my vacation from Death Valley

[HDizzy]

thankks i waytched this vid in the middle of a desert right now and im surviving longer!

[jazztom]

it happens to me 4 to 5 times a week to be stuck in a desert.

[geoffrey]

"DON'T DRINK YOUR URINE" LOL

[Nyarlathotepmeme]

Thanks. This is useful information. You never know when you'll be stranded in a desert without water!

[NubWithBalls]

Oh! Oh! I'm in the Desert! I couldn't find any water but I found a laptop with wireless internet connection. The God himself has blessed me with the internet to watch a video how to survive in the Desert.I have been saved!!!

[bigblackbats]

good production value A CITY BEHIND YOU AT 1:27

[poildecastor]

To survive and evade in arid or desert areas, you must understand and prepare for the environment you will face. You must determine your equipment needs, the tactics you will use, and how the environment will affect you and your tactics. Your survival will depend upon your knowledge of the terrain, basic climatic elements, your ability to cope with these elements, and your will to survive.

[SerenaImara]

Thanks so much this will be so usefull espicially since i live in Canada!

[rc]

"Don't drink your urine" Were looking at you Bear Grylls.

[SteezySkater]

These guys actually know what they're talking about.