WIRED Magazine loves to do Top 10 lists for all sorts of fascinating high-tech gizmos, but this is a rare one that is decidedly low-tech. It’s not from Red Cross, but it looks like a pretty handy list. (And by “handy” I mean potentially life-saving.)

The Top 10 Outdoor Survival Tools include things like:
8. Whistle When you are lost in the woods, signaling for help should be a high priority. Blowing a whistle periodically requires much less energy than yelling and the high pitch sound may travel further.
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