Practical Outdoor Survival: A Modern Approach to Staying Alive in the Wilderness

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Item # GP-11718  ISBN: 9781599211718




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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, tests outdoor products, and has also worked as a field guide and tracker. He lives in Michigan.

Practical Outdoor Survival: A Modern Approach to Staying Alive in the Wilderness