Book
How to survive anything, anywhere : a handbook of survival skills for every scenario and environment
Publication Information
Camden, Me. : McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Physical Description
320 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Proven skills and techniques for getting out of any situation alive In How to Survive Anything, Anywhere, leading survival writer Chris McNab has assembled the know-how of dozens of military and outdoors experts to create the definitive handbook for overcoming perilous situations in any environment, from the mountain wilderness to the urban jungle. Each tactic is presented in easy-to-follow steps, accompanied by helpful illustrations that teach readers how to: Find and construct shelters Sustain life anywhere on land or at sea Hunt, trap, and fish with jerry-rigged tools Build fires or escape them Negotiate arctic, desert, jungle, or mountain terrain Avoid or fend off a wild animal attack Locate underground water Navigate a trackless wilderness And think like a true survivor--even when things are at their worst The book also offers a complete section on urban survival strategies, including staying safe on public transportation, what to do in terrorist attacks, and how to engage in unarmed combat.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Survival psychology - Survival clothing
- Survival kit
- Planning and preparation
- Fit to survive
- Finding water
- Plant food and survival nutrition
- Hunting, trapping and fishing
- Survival cooking and preserving foods
- Making shelters
- Making fire
- Tools, rope and knots
- First aid
- Surviving natural disasters
- Rescue procedures
- Survival navigation
- Predicting the weather
- Polar climates
- Mountain survival
- Tropical survival
- Survival in the desert
- Survival at sea
- Defending yourself
- Safety on the road s-- Safety on public transportation
- Surviving in the home environment
- Surviving terrorism
- Index.