Last weekend, Brad experienced a dangerous survival emergency during a solo expedition into the wild mountains. He walked off the main trail to explore a hidden canyon, but thick black clouds covered the sky. Suddenly, he dropped his heavy gear and discovered that his metallic compass broke completely after a hard fall. Lost inside the freezing forest, Brad faced a desperate race against time and darkness to save his life. He quickly used a long nylon rope to secure some heavy pine branches between two big rocks. He created a small emergency shelter, but the intense mountain wind dropped the temperature to zero degrees. Brad opened his tactical box and used his last dry matches to start a small campfire. He checked his survival map in the dark and turned on his high-power torch to look for animal threats. Fortunately, a mountain rescue team saw his bright light from a distance and found him safe.