Essential Survival Skills

Description

Essential Survival Skills is a step-by-step guide to surviving and thriving in the wilderness. Includes everything you need to know when hiking or camping, such as how to build a shelter and first aid information for various types of insect bites and possible illnesses. Progresses from the very basics for beginners, through all the elements essential to becoming adept at wilderness survival, to advanced techniques to keep you ahead of the game. Illustrated sequences provide a precise guide for learning new skills or brushing up on techniques, while graphic devices analyze core details. Contents.;4 Contents; 6 Introduction; 12 Mental preparation; 16 Planning your journey; 18 Emergency plan of action; 20 Understanding your environment; 28 Choosing your gear; 30 Dressing for the outdoors; 32 Extreme survival: in the wilderness; 34 Your survival kit; 40 Maps and map-reading; 42 Get your bearings; 44 Taking bearings using a map; 46 Taking bearings using features on the ground; 47 Finding your position; 48 Calculating distance; 49 Navigation techniques; 50 Navigating without a compass; 52 Using the Sun to navigate; 53 Using the Sun to tell the time; 54 Using an analog watch to navigate.