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How To Get By In A Hostile World, Thursday
"So this is the last week of basic survival training. You're welcome," Atton began.
He held up a backpack. "I had you fill these last week," he said. "Hope you got all the basics: a knife, for weapons, cutting rope, cutting bandages, firestarters, the works. Rope, which is useful in all kinds of situations. Warm clothing. A water bottle or two, and something to filter water with. Signalling equipment, like a signal mirror or a flash light. A first aid kid. Something to make a shelter with, like a tarp. And, of course, a compass."
He set a compass down on the table in front of him.
"There are all kinds of techy ways to determine where you're going, but they might suddenly fitz out on you. So it's best to bring something that doesn't need power. The old-fashioned compass does just that. I know most of you have forgotten what maps are, but between a compass and a map, you can get out of almost any situation."
He walked through the class, passing out handouts. "I'm talking a real compass and a real map, not some crap you picked up in a souvenir store," he added. "Read this. Memorize it."
After everyone had a handout, backpacks full of supplies followed. "There's a point 600 meters northwest of here you need to reach," he said. "Free pizza and/or glitter bows for anybody who gets there. And a pass on half your exam this semester. Go."
He held up a backpack. "I had you fill these last week," he said. "Hope you got all the basics: a knife, for weapons, cutting rope, cutting bandages, firestarters, the works. Rope, which is useful in all kinds of situations. Warm clothing. A water bottle or two, and something to filter water with. Signalling equipment, like a signal mirror or a flash light. A first aid kid. Something to make a shelter with, like a tarp. And, of course, a compass."
He set a compass down on the table in front of him.
"There are all kinds of techy ways to determine where you're going, but they might suddenly fitz out on you. So it's best to bring something that doesn't need power. The old-fashioned compass does just that. I know most of you have forgotten what maps are, but between a compass and a map, you can get out of almost any situation."
He walked through the class, passing out handouts. "I'm talking a real compass and a real map, not some crap you picked up in a souvenir store," he added. "Read this. Memorize it."
After everyone had a handout, backpacks full of supplies followed. "There's a point 600 meters northwest of here you need to reach," he said. "Free pizza and/or glitter bows for anybody who gets there. And a pass on half your exam this semester. Go."
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