He once served in 2 1SAS, referring to 2 1 airborne secret service group, and was good at close target reconnaissance and attack. 1996, when he was still serving in 2 1 SAS, during a routine skydiving training in the desert of South Africa, his parachute canopy was severely torn, and he fell to the ground at an altitude of 5000 meters at twice the normal speed, breaking three vertebrae and losing consciousness in his legs. Next, it took him a year to recover. After his military career, he worked hard to recover and realized his childhood dream-climbing Mount Everest! Although he did not serve in the special forces, he was awarded the honorary rank of major by the Royal Navy Reserve.
1997, he became the youngest person in Britain to climb the top of Amadabram (which means "mother and pearl necklace" in the Sherpa language of Amadabrak Mountain). This mountain with an altitude of 6812m was once called "unattainable" by Edmund Hillary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.
Before climbing Mount Everest, Bell was already a black part of karate. He served in the special forces of the British 2 1 Airborne Secret Service for three years. After recovering from his back injury, he decided to realize his childhood dream: climbing Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. On Mount Everest, the death toll increases every year, and one in ten climbers who reach the summit will die. Only about one-thirtieth of British climbers can successfully climb Mount Everest and come back alive. 1At 7: 22 am on May 26th, 998, Bell entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest climber in Britain, when he was only 23 years old. That's what his official website said. Bell withstood the test of 90 days of extreme weather in the actual climbing, and went deep into the "dead zone" (more than 26,000 feet) where oxygen was gradually exhausted with limited sleep. Bell almost died in an ice crack at 65,438+09,000 feet on his first reconnaissance climb. The ice cracked, the ground disappeared from under his feet and he was knocked unconscious. Fortunately, there was a rope pulling him. It was his teammates and this rope that saved his life. The money raised during this trip was donated to Rainbow Trust Fund and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
However, in 1995, James Allen, a 22-year-old Englishman with dual British and Australian citizenship, climbed Mount Everest with the Australian team with an Australian passport, but Bell thought he was an "Australian". Some Everest-related websites, such as here, also list Allen as an Australian. In an interview with david letterman in 2007, Letterman called him "the youngest person in Britain to climb Mount Everest". Bell "corrected" that from 65438 to 0999, a 22-year-old Englishman, Michael Matthews, climbed Mount Everest, but died while descending. Later, Bell claimed to be "the youngest Englishman who climbed Mount Everest and came back alive". Bell described this experience in his book The Man Who Climbed Mount Everest.
In addition, Bell led the team across the frozen North Atlantic in a hard-bottomed rubber dinghy without assistance, setting a new precedent. He recorded this adventure in Facing the Frozen Ocean, which was selected as the best sports book of the year in Britain and won the William Hill Sports Book Award. (Note: The William Hill Sports Book Award is established for writers who have made outstanding contributions to sports). He was also thanked by the Royal Navy for leading this record-breaking expedition.
For Bell, he didn't go beyond the limit. He just keeps overcoming challenges, lives for his dreams and dedicates his faith to the world as a gift of communication. Bell is very talented in communication, good at speaking, and has a strong sense of camera, which Jambers won the praise of the public. Bell's experience has played a great role in people's lives, making him one of the youngest and most successful motivational speakers in the world, as well as an excellent writer and host. Bell's passion and enthusiasm for outdoor activities has been shared with one billion people around the world, and people in more than 150 countries and regions watch his TV programs.
In the process of combining exploration work with media work, Bell realized his heartfelt support for charity, which is also the reason why he raised funds to encourage young friends to overcome some of the biggest challenges in life to support many different children's organizations. At the same time, as a special soldier of the British 2 1 Airborne Secret Service, he helped the families of soldiers from the three armed forces. Bell is closely related to many charities, and his many adventures and amazing performances have raised considerable funds for these charities.
As the host of the Discovery Channel's "Man and Wild" series, Bergrils trapped himself in places where tourists often got lost and were at a loss in each episode. On his way back to the civilized world, he showed various survival methods according to local conditions, including walking out of the quicksand of Utah desert, crossing a fast-flowing river in Costa Rica, building an igloo in the Alps and fishing with a harpoon in Hawaii.
No matter how carefully planned in advance, accidents are inevitable. Natural disasters or man-made disasters or a small mistake are enough to make you lose your way or get into a survival dilemma. How to save your life and get out as soon as possible? Bell's knowledge and experience may be a glimmer of hope for you.
Bell served in the British SAS special forces for three years. In the third year after his retirement, at the age of 23, he climbed Mount Everest on his own. After a series of adventures, he hosted the Discovery Channel's "Man and the Wilderness" series. He experienced the wilderness, showed all kinds of survival skills in danger, and told people how to get out of the predicament and return to civilized society on their own.
I. Guiding ideology
All accidents happen when there is no rescue, and many of them happen in inaccessible areas, usually with harsh natural conditions and lack of basic conditions for survival. Bell's basic principle is to maintain basic survival through various means and return to civilized society in the shortest time.
His repeated attempts are to find rivers, go downstream, and find roads and villages along the way. Human activities are always accompanied by water sources, and towns and villages are generally located near rivers and lakes.
The premise of getting out of danger is to survive and maintain enough physical strength. Bell repeatedly stressed that in order to survive, extreme measures must be taken, which seems unimaginable in normal people's lives. For example, use your own urine when you are short of water, and eat earthworms and maggots when you have no food. It sounds disgusting, but it's the only way to survive. Facts have proved that many people insist on these extreme measures until the moment of escape.
Bell summed up the elements of escape as three points: willpower, determination and hope.
Those who have great love for life and family, are determined, strong, alert and clear-headed, and are good at making use of opportunities are the people who are most likely to get out of the predicament and win survival.
Whether to go or stay is a major choice related to life and death. If you are in a hot desert, you'd better not trudge in the sun, but wait for help in the shade (any mobile phone has the function of sending 1 12 survival alarm calls, even if the mobile phone is seriously damaged and has no power). Otherwise, no matter how strong and experienced you are, it will be difficult for you to persist in the high temperature of 50 degrees Celsius for five hours. You will die of dehydration and heatstroke.
If your travel plan and arrangement are unknown, or because of the complex environment, it is difficult for rescuers to locate the people in distress, or there are major dangers such as earthquakes, mudslides and floods, you should leave the scene of the accident decisively. Take the initiative to find help. It is best for people in distress to know the general geographical situation of the accident area in advance, and to know the nearest traffic arteries and the location of villages and towns. These help you quickly determine where to go and determine the shortcut to escape in a short time. Therefore, before you go to a strange area, you should know its natural geography and human conditions, especially the knowledge of local wildlife, which is the best preparation for your exploration activities.
Besides, Bell suggests that you read more articles about outdoor sports, such as mountain climbing, sailing and hunting, and survival in the wild. Learn professional skills and thinking methods in special and emergency situations, so that you can apply what you have learned in case of sudden danger.
Second, the basic equipment
Completely unpredictable dangers, such as sinking a ship while traveling, forced landing of an airplane, or major natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. If you can have some necessary equipment on you at this time, you can multiply your chances of survival. You should have three treasures: a knife, a kettle and a lighter. Of course, you can also prepare others.
1 tools are in the wild, and sharp tools are relied on. The survival manual of American special forces clearly stipulates that at least two knives must be carried when performing field tasks, one sharp and the other solid. Preferably sharp and powerful. At the same time, the size and weight should not be too large. First, it is convenient to carry, and second, it can avoid legal troubles.
There are many choices for survival knives in the wild, from simple sticking knives to complex Swiss knives, from folding knives to fixed handle hunting knives. The folding knives of American Cold Steel Company and the survival knives of Barker Company are characterized by small size and durability. Bell's common tool is a homemade BALAY knife with a fixed handle and a simple style. The weight of the knife should be controlled below199g. There are six serrations at the end of the blade, and the handle is made of glass fiber coated with special resin, which does not absorb water and prevent slipping, and is not easy to fall off. The leaves are smooth and shiny, and can reflect sunlight as a distress signal. When the weather is fine, sunlight can be reflected to 16 km away.
2 Kettle Kettle is more important than cutter. Water is an important substance to sustain life. With a kettle, you can take it with you, so that your activities can be far away from the water. The kettle should be as light and strong as possible. It carries a lot of water and doesn't fall easily. Military molecular material kettle is light in weight and large in water capacity. The disadvantage is that it is not fire-resistant. In addition, a 750ml aluminum lunch box was placed under the kettle, which also served as a water cup. There is a folding handle on one side of the lunch box. This aluminum lunch box is very important, and it is indispensable to boil water and cook in the wild. Bell's kettle is unique. Its belt is an umbrella rope, which can be used for many other purposes.
Lighter wand Lighter wand is the most portable, safest and most reliable lighting tool today. The main body is a magnesium alloy bar, which is scraped with a scraper or a knife. Falling debris spontaneously ignites in the air, and large particles can ignite paper. The fragments of magnesium rod fall into the prepared kindling, which can quickly build a bonfire. This kind of homemade flint is especially suitable for outdoor exploration and almost adapts to any climate and environment. Lighters and matches are easily affected by harsh environment, such as strong wind, humidity and air pressure. In order to improve the ignition efficiency, the protective layer or oxide on the magnesium rod should be removed before hanging and grinding. For wet kindling, some large particles should be scraped off slowly and gathered on the surface of the kindling, and then a magnesium rod is hung for quick friction, and sparks are generated to ignite the large particles, and the rapidly generated large heat ensures that the kindling is ignited.
Other outdoor adventure jackets have multiple functions of wear resistance, quick drying and ultraviolet protection. Other dress codes are applicable and simple. For example, the upper body standard dress is a cotton T-shirt, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a suitable coat. Add a sweater in the cold mountain area. This arrangement is reasonable. Explorers change clothes according to the external environment and temperature. Because when you climb a mountain, you will experience several different seasons. In addition, too much clothing will hinder flexible exercise, easy to sweat, and cause colds.
A watch? It is an all-steel multifunctional sports watch.
Third, basic skills
Even if the people in distress are ready, they still need to master some skills in harsh environments in order to survive in the end.
1 It is very important to judge the direction and time in the wild, which determines whether the action route of the person in distress is correct. There are some simple ways to teach you to judge your direction in the wilderness. The sun is the best reference for us to find our direction during the day, and at night we rely on Polaris (in the northern hemisphere). Observing the surrounding environment and plants is the best way. In most parts of the northern hemisphere, the vegetation south of the foothills is more lush than that in the north. The crown of the same tree is also small in the north and south. The snow on the hillside melts first on the sunny side and then on the shady side. Moss likes humidity, so it usually grows on the back of hillside and north of big trees.
Of course, if your watch has a compass, things will be simple. Just put the watch flat and point the hour hand at the sun, and the angle formed by the hour hand and the dial at 12 is due south. However, this method is accurate only in the north of the Tropic of Cancer. Secondly, the time must be consistent with the local time zone.
You can also use another simple method, that is, erect a wooden stick vertically on the ground, and mark the sunshine shadow of its tip on the ground, and mark the shadow of its tip after 15 minutes. The connection between these two points is the east-west direction. What if there is no sunshine? Rub a small piece of iron wire with your hair to make it fully magnetized, put it on a leaf, and then let the leaf float on the still water. The magnetized iron wire makes the blade rotate slowly until it is aligned with the north-south direction. Of course, these methods are not absolutely reliable and can be cross-verified in several ways.
When a person is in the wilderness, the most important time to master is when the sun goes down. You must set up a campsite before dark, otherwise, it will be difficult to finish the related work in the dark. If you don't have timekeeping tools such as a watch, I'll teach you a simple way to estimate the sunset: keep your arms straight naturally, and put your fingers together except your thumb. The upper edge of your index finger is facing the bottom of the sun. Estimate the distance between the sun and the horizon. The height of a finger represents 65,438+05 minutes. If there are four fingers between the bottom of the sun and the horizon, it means that the sun will set after 1 hour.