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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 613.69 EAN: 9780071453318 ISBN: 0071453318 Label: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Manufacturer: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: April 13, 2006 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Studio: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Sales Rank: 249919 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Do you have what it takes? You’re alone in the wilderness with nothing but a knife and the clothes on your back. Will you survive? Do you have the skills to feed, clothe, and protect yourself? Mark Elbroch, a master tracker, and Mike Pewtherer, a woodland skills educator, put those questions to the test when they embarked on a 46-day, unprovisioned, unequipped journey into the dense wilderness of the northeastern United States. Wilderness Survival is their highly practical and uniquely observant introduction to survival in the deep woods. Mark and Mike tested generally accepted truths, questioned conventional solutions, and distilled the best techniques for making fire, obtaining shelter, finding water, and hunting with primitive weapons. They give you: • A life-saving handbook of survival skills that explores man's place in the natural world • The secret to surviving in the wilderness as part of nature—not its adversary • Explanations of more than 30 wilderness survival skills, including hunting and gathering food, fashioning tools, and preserving and storing food Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wilderness SurvivalThis book is the perfect supplement to typical survival reading. The combination of actual experience with creative ideas on tools, techniques, and tricks keeps the book interesting. This is great for those of you who are either starting out in your search for survival knowledge or have holes in your existing knowledge. On several occasions the author mentions practices that are so astute and are not mentioned in manuals like the army survival manual. The book is obviously not for everyone...like ... Read More Rating:  - Great intro!I really enjoyed this. Mostly very good explanations of some survival techniques well-placed among the story of his summer in the woods in New England. This is not a comprehensive handbook, but a very nice, easy to read, introduction. Some of the philosophical ramblings were forgettable, but several bits gave me an appreciation for our connection (or lack thereof) to nature that is missing in some survivial textbooks. Definitely recommended as an introduction! Rating: - Worth reading!I highly reccomend this book. Some have said the title is misleading and that the book isn't about survival, but what is the most important part of survival? Attitude! And this book helps you to think about that attitude and what it means. The skills talked about are both survival and wilderness living skills, both of which are needed in survival situations. If you only learn how to read a compass and use a signal mirror, you MIGHT survive if you get lost in the wilderness, but you will need to know ... Read More Rating: - Putting it all TogetherI very much enjoyed this book. The simple description is that it's a journal of a few guys who wanted to put all the individual skills of survival together and see how they fared. The skills section is not a list of every survival skill, but a description of how to do each skill they used on their 46 day trip. The fact that they were not in some remote wilderness has no bearing on the fact that they provided for themselves while they were in the woods (the pizza meal did not sustain them for 46 days...did ... Read More Rating:  - Wilderness Survival or Shame?The title is what made me order this book. I wanted to hone my own survival skills that I'd gathered over the years, and the context of a story rather than a guide was quit appealing. Unfortunately what I found was of little value. I must say the whole context of the book is a little hokey. While other true survivalists have been known to fly into remote areas like Alaska with just the basics, these guys simply wander off a few hiking trails in the vicinity of an urban area. One gets lonely quite quick and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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