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Wilderness Survival Guide, The
Wilderness Survival Guide, The
A realistic approach to survival training and bushcraft from one of the country’s top survival skills teachers — learn the techniques and confidence to fend for yourself in any situation
Paperback
304
pages
197 x 130 mm
ISBN
9781907486043
RRP: £12.99
Price: £11.69
01 October 2010
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Joe O’Leary, a successful survival skills instructor, explains the fundamental techniques required in a genuine ‘wilderness survival situation’ – while at the same time showing you how to enhance any out-of-doors experience, from a walk in the country to an ambitious camping expedition.
Most types of shelter, animal trap and fire-lighting technique are variations on a theme. Joe keeps it simple and describes in straightforward steps what to do to make yourself safe and comfortable: how to build a shelter that will really keep you warm, set a trap that will really catch food, identify plants that will really feed and nourish you, and build a fire that will really light in all weathers.
Rather than trying to cover every eventuality, he concentrates on techniques that can be applied successfully in most environments: it’s better to know a limited number of skills thoroughly than a whole host of different variations specific to particular kinds of terrain. Wilderness survival and bushcraft are thoroughly aspirational – even to incurable stay-at-homes. This book encourages the values of improvisation and self-reliance in extreme situations – a form of escapism enjoyed by most viewers of survival TV programmes.
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