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Learn to: Use survival techniques to stay alive on land or at sea Understand basic navigation Find enough water and food Signal for help and get rescued Your one-stop guide to surviving and enjoying the Great Outdoors Want to know how to stay alive in extreme situations? This practical, accurate guide gives you all the expert, field-tested tools and techniques you need to survive. Whether you find yourself lost in the woods, adrift on a life raft, bitten by a snake, or needing shelter in cold weather, this hands-on resource teaches you how to stay safe (and sane), find rescue, and live to tell the tale! Know the basics of survival perform life-saving first aid, make fire and shelter, and find water and food Manage your emotions cope with panic and anger, get the "e;survivor's attitude,"e; and foster cooperation and hope with others Increase your chances of rescue signal for help and navigate using a compass or the sky Practice expert survival methods tie essential knots, craft your own weapons and tools, and make natural remedies Gain wisdom for water emergencies stay afloat when your ship or boat sinks, avoid dehydration and starvation, and make it to shore Open the book and find: Common survival scenarios you may encounter Tried-and-tested advice for individuals or groups The items you need to stay alive Basic orientation skills Ways to keep warm or cool The best methods for building a fire in any environment What you can (and can't) eat and drink in the wild True stories of survival
Learn to:* Use survival techniques to stay alive on land or at sea* Understand basic navigation* Find enough water and food* Signal for help and get rescuedYour one-stop guide to surviving and enjoying the Great OutdoorsWant to know how to stay alive in extreme situations? This practical, accurate guide gives you all the expert, field-tested tools and techniques you need to survive. Whether you find yourself lost in the woods, adrift on a life raft, bitten by a snake, or needing shelter in cold weather, this hands-on resource teaches you how to stay safe (and sane), find rescue, and live to tell the tale!* Know the basics of survival -- perform life-saving first aid, make fire and shelter, and find water and food* Manage your emotions -- cope with panic and anger, get the "survivor's attitude," and foster cooperation and hope with others* Increase your chances of rescue -- signal for help and navigate using a compass or the sky* Practice expert survival methods -- tie essential knots, craft your own weapons and tools, and make natural remedies* Gain wisdom for water emergencies -- stay afloat when your ship or boat sinks, avoid dehydration and starvation, and make it to shoreOpen the book and find:* Common survival scenarios you may encounter* Tried-and-tested advice for individuals or groups* The items you need to stay alive* Basic orientation skills* Ways to keep warm or cool* The best methods for building a fire in any environment* What you can (and can't) eat and drink in the wild* True stories of survival
Introduction 1Part I: Stayin' Alive: Basic Wilderness SurvivalPrinciples 7Chapter 1: Surviving the Wilderness 9Chapter 2: Preparing Yourself for a Survival Situation 19Chapter 3: The Psychology of Survival: Gaining the Upper Hand33Chapter 4: Survival Style: Keeping Warm or Cool 45Chapter 5: Making Fire in the Wilderness 63Chapter 6: Home, Sweet Hut: Survival Shelters 75Chapter 7: Liquid Capital: Finding Drinking Water 87Chapter 8: Gathering and Hunting to Stay Alive in the Wilderness105Part II: Eyeing Advanced Survival Techniques 141Chapter 9: Finding Your Way with Tools: Basic WildernessNavigation 143Chapter 10: Looking Up to the Skies: Celestial Navigation167Chapter 11: Trekking over Land 177Chapter 12: Signaling for Rescue 195Chapter 13: Administering First Aid 219Chapter 14: Survive or Thrive? Advanced Methods and Tools249Part III: Surviving in Extreme Land Environments 269Chapter 15: Special Considerations for Forests and Jungles271Chapter 16: The Big Chill: Enduring in Snowy Places 289Chapter 17: Staying Alive under the Sun 313Part IV: Surviving on the Seas, Oceans, and Great Lakes337Chapter 18: Staying Afloat and Warm 339Chapter 19: The Great Drift: Aboard Life Rafts and DisabledVessels 357Chapter 20: Food and Drink at Sea 373Chapter 21: Emergency Travel and Navigation at Sea 397Chapter 22: First Aid on the Water 413Part V: The Part of Tens 423Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Practice Wilderness Survival Skills425Chapter 24: Ten Quick Escapes 433Index 441