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Geocaching is an on the rise outdoor sport, quietly advancing in regard worldwide. Its primary purpose is recreational, and there are literally thousands upon thousands of hidden caches that cover the globe. But this is only one use for a handheld GPS (Global Positioning System).

Spinning off of geocaching for recreational use, the “sport” can also be utilized for purposes having to do with survival. We’ll now take a look at some of the ways that a GPS unit can be employed from an emergency preparedness angle.

There are a ton of good reasons to record waypoints (longitude and latitude coordinates) for survival purposes. For starters, it would be prudent to record a remote camping spot that you have identified as being suitable to set up your living quarters and that is good for sustaining wildlife and other living things. The site should be in close proximity to a water source, and not be so well known that it becomes overcrowded and unproductive. Along with this site you should also record coordinates of nearby edible plants, roots, and berries. These should be studied out well, and you should be certain that they are in fact edible and are not poisonous or contain other toxins. A field guide with pictures and descriptive text will help you to identify the ones your body can safely digest.

Further along the “trail” you may decide to indicate a spot that is rife with animals for you to trap. These may just end up being a ample source of meat for you; after all, everything tastes like chicken anyway, right? What about no refrigerator? Dig a deep, wide hole that you can put some durable plywood over and cover with dirt to function as your cooling unit for foods that require refrigeration. Do the same thing for other items you want stored, such as an axe, flint and steel, a saw, a pair of binoculars, or whatever. Don’t forget to record these locations’ coordinates as well.
Another especially useful waypoint for your contemplation is a cave. If you are able to find one that you could fit in and use for protection, by all means record this, too. While were on the subject of survival, make yourself a hooter dart. If you got hungry enough you might kill and cook up some bat. Who knows, it might be a gourmet food (somewhere in the world).

Now, this is not meant to be an episode of Fear Factor, so settle down. But you might need some strange or unusualsources of protein in an emergency/survival situation. So mark a location where you have seen in large quantities the following: red ants (bigger and tastier than the black variety), grasshoppers, and night crawlers. These won’t all likely be plentiful in the same location, so look around and record your results accordingly. And remember, protein is a must– why do you think when the food bank comes around asking for foodstuff donations, items high in protein are at the top of their list for requested items? Chocolate gives most people pleasure. Just melt some chocolate over the campfire and cover these creatures to eat them for practice.

The next thought for something to mark is a honeycomb. Look around for some wild honeybees. If you find their home, and it’s near enough to the ground, bingo! If it is in a hole in a tree, for example, and you could do with something sweet (and you were feeling really bold) you could build a fire at the base of the tree to smoke them into a soothing state while you stole away their golden juice!

To sum things up, these are a few of the serious and not so serious (but conceivable, nonetheless) ideas of waypoints that you might want to record now before an emergency happens. Don’t forget to record an zone jam-packed with dry wood for fire making. The reason for recording all of these coordinates is for all of you folks with Halfheimer’s that forget the easiest things from one second to the next. But seriously, everybody forgets some things, and why risk a fantastic find in the outdoors? Record it! Oh, and if you get into some trouble out there… this is a great SPOT to be in!