Collecting Water

There is a good possibility that you may not find any water in the wilderness, especially if you are stuck in the drier places. There are quite a few valuable survival tips and techniques in the wilderness, but I suppose this is one of the trickiest one. There are a couple of ways to collect water in the wilderness. One of the simplest ways involves trapping transpired water by the trees.

Trees always lose water to the atmosphere by a process called transpiration. You can trap this water efficiently. Just follow the steps below.

• Look for a thick green tree with a lot of branches.

• Early in the morning, tie a plastic bag over a branch that has a bunch of leaves. You tie it so that the leaves are completely covered with the plastic bag.

• You can also weigh down the plastic bag by adding a small rock in the bag. This creates a low point in the bag for water to collect.

As the day will progress, the water escaping from the leaves will be caught by the plastic bag and will condense to liquid form. You can collect this water after sunset. The collected water is pure, and there is no need to filter it at all.