Practical Outdoor Survival, New and Revised: A Modern Approach To Staying Alive In The Wilderness - Softcover

McDougall, Len

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599211718 ISBN 13: 9781599211718

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2008

Synopsis

After selling more than 30,000 copies, this easy-to-understand guidebook has a whole new look. Using modern tools and materials, McDougall shows how today's adventurer can survive and escape far more easily than in times past. Readers learn about the life-saving value of plastic aluminum “space blankets,” makeshift compasses, building emergency shelters from everyday items, and using simple tools to enable a rescue in any terrain or weather. A must-have for the outdoorsman or anyone who regular travels in remote areas.
Len McDougall is a writer, photographer and illustrator who teaches survival techniques. He lives in Paradise, Michigan.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The first edition of Practical Outdoor Survival made the outdoor world safer for tens of thousands of readers. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, has even more solid information to help guide you safely through the outdoors. Here is all you'll need to survive—and thrive—in any situation: The survival kit, including knives, compasses, maps, and fire-starting equipment Shelters, including wearable shelters, lean-tos, dugouts, and emergency shelters Fire, including cooking, banking, finding firewood, and signaling Water, including purification, sources, and stills Food, including edible plants, fishing, and other food sources Orienteering, including compasses and GPS systems

About the Author:

Len McDougall is a full-time outdoor writer and professional photographer and illustrator with more than thirty years' experience in the North Woods. He teaches survival classes by appointment and tests outdoors products and has also worked as a field guide and tracker. His books include The Complete Tracker, The Field & Stream Wilderness Survival Handbook, Made for the Outdoors, The Outdoors Almanac, and Practical Outdoor Survival.

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1599211718
• ISBN 13: 9781599211718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208