SAS (Survival Techniques) Active Library: Mountain Skills - Softcover

Davies, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007102283 ISBN 13: 9780007102280

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Part of a new series which presents a range of SAS skills for a civilian readership, "The SAS Active Library: Mountain Skills" is a compact and portable guide to the skills and techniques necessary for the safe pursuit of hillwalking and a variety of other outdoor activities. Features include: helpful guidance on walk preparation, basic navigation and route selection; detailed advice on coping with specific emergencies ranging from getting lost to dealing with hypothermia and broken limbs; describes search-and-rescue techniques and suggests ways of making it easier to be found if you are the target; a handy and durable format, that fits easily into a rucksack; and is written by a former member of the regiment.

About this title

About the Author:

Barry Davies served with the SAS for 18 years and was awarded the BEM for his part in ending a terrorist hijack of a German airliner in Mogadishu in the mid 1970s. SInce leaving the regiment, he has become a professional writer, with much of his literary output based on his military experiences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0007102283
• ISBN 13: 9780007102280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240