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A Wealth of Information on Being Prepared for Any Contingency or Catastrophe

This is the definitive survival guide and essential resource for all travelers, campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers. Already a worldwide million-copy bestseller, The Ultimate Survival Guide covers everything from basic first aid to disaster preparedness, from setting up camp to making it through a hurricane — an absolute must-have volume for anyone who has ever placed him or herself at the mercy of Mother Nature.

  • What to pack, carry, and wear in hostile environments
  • First aid and rescue
  • Finding food, water, shelter, and making fire
  • Dealing with wild animals, snake bites, and fierce climatic hazards
  • Surviving flood, avalanche, tornado, and other violent natural catastrophes
  • Fully illustrated and easy to use

ISBN-13: 9780060734343

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 10-26-2004

Pages: 304

Product Dimensions: 4.19(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.61(d)

John 'Lofty' Wiseman served in the British Special Air Service (SAS) for twenty-six years. The SAS Survival Handbook is based on the training techniques of this world-famous elite fighting force.

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The Ultimate Survival Guide

Essentials For Survival

Survival is the art of staying alive. Mental attitude is as important as physical endurance and knowledge. You must know how to take everything possible from nature and use it to the full, how to attract attention to yourself so that rescuers may find you, how to make your way across unknown territory back to civilization if there is no hope of rescue, navigating without map or compass. You must know how to maintain a healthy physical condition, or if sick or wounded heal yourself and others. You must be able to maintain your morale and that of others who share your situation.

Any equipment you have must be considered a bonus. Lack of equipment should not mean that you are unequipped, for you will carry skills and experience with you, but those skills and experience must not be allowed to get rusty and you must extend your knowledge all the time.

Think of survival skills as a pyramid, built on the foundation of the will to survive. The next layer of the pyramid is knowledge. It breeds confidence and dispels fears. The third layer is training: mastering skills and maintainingthem. To cap the pyramid, add your kit. Combine the instinct for survival with knowledge, training and kit and you will be ready for anything. <