The tragic death of CNET colleague James Kim and the wilderness rescue of his wife and children last week have prompted many of us to wonder if we're prepared enough for bad weather and other emergencies.On Friday, News.com asked our readers to offer their suggestions and promised to turn them into a news article. Keep reading for our summary of

Wilderness survival experts offer 8 simple tips that could help save your life if you ever get lost. In remembrance of James Kim.

Want to be prepared if you ever get lost in the backwoods? Here are some tips that could save your life.

To prepare for this story, I've been interviewing experts about how to survive brutally cold conditions. They've told me about something call the rule of threes:1. You can survive for three hours without shelter2. You can survive for three days without water3. You can survive for three weeks without food

This was posted in the comments from James Kim's story. Is a very good article on how to prepare if you ever find yourself in that situation. This advice may have been posted already here, but I think this tragedy can have a small positive effect if more people are made aware of what to do when you get lost, away from civilization.

A survival guide for what to do if you are lost in the wilderness. The focus of this guide is the four basic needs which can be the difference between life and death: Warmth, Water, Shelter, and Food. This guide provides a basic introduction to what you need to know to survive in a situation where you are lost and waiting to be rescued.