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Format:
Book
Title:
Field & Stream's guide to outdoor survival
Other title(s):
Field and Stream's guide to outdoor survival

Guide to outdoor survival
ISBN:
9781482423044
Publication:
New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2015.
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The skin of your teeth -- Create smoke in the middle of the ocean -- Survive a fall through the ice -- Make emergency mukluks -- Call for help in any language -- Survive the roughest night with a knife -- Build a fire in the rain -- Reset a dislocated shoulder -- Make a tinder bundle -- Boil water for safe drinking -- Spear fish in a funnel trap -- Assess your situation -- Drink snow -- Carry 50 feet of rope on your feet -- Aim a makeshift signal mirror -- Read a bear's mind -- Hurl a backcountry deathstar -- Eat roadkill -- Survive a fall overboard -- Take a back bearing -- Field report : death trap -- Upgrade your survival kit -- Start a fire with your binoculars -- Swim with your clothes on -- Scout for shelter -- Beat blisters with duct tape -- Hole up in a tree well -- Survive on acorns -- Make a fire bed -- Tie a hunter's bend -- Make a blowgun -- Fling a bola -- Split a log with a knife -- Use superglue to close a wound -- Generate your own tinder -- Build a fire on snow -- Drink your own urine -- Spit-roast that bunny -- Essential gear : start a fire -- Skin and cook a snake -- Navigate by deliberate offset -- Steer clear of poisonous plants -- Attract rescuers with smoke -- Stay safe in a cave -- Avoid a bear attack -- Treat a snakebite -- Filter water with your pants -- Learn fire-making basics -- Make a bow drill -- Survive a frigid dunking -- Swing a mean machete -- Build a one-match fire when your life depends on it -- Keep bugs out of your pants -- Choke down bugs -- Make a trap or die trying -- Wade through a swamp -- Build a shelter from branches and leaves -- Make a bed in a pinch -- Cut saplings for shelter -- Measure remaining daylight -- Track back with a GPS unit -- Descend a cliff with a single rope -- Identify edible insects -- Predict the weather with plants -- Dig a hole trap -- Navigate tall grass -- Tie a square lashing -- Make a fire four ways -- Find yourself on a map -- Upgrade your shelter -- Be a backcountry dentist -- Be a modern caveman -- Make emergency snowshoes -- Avoid dreaded trench foot -- Build a swamp shelter -- Maximize heat from a campfire -- Build a brush raft to cross a raging river -- Find food above the tree line -- Tie a water knot -- Remove a leech -- Survive a lightning strike -- Find a lost person -- Spark fire with a knife -- Improvise a skewer hook -- Break bigger branches -- Rid big game of harmful bacteria -- Remove a tick -- Get water from a transpiration bag -- Field report : two Alaskas -- Navigate by the night sky -- Survive in fast water -- Get noticed by rescuers -- Keep mosquitoes at bay -- Heal with bugs -- Build a snow cave -- Find water in the desert.
Summary:
Features practical advice to apply in survival situations, covering how to start a fire in the rain and snow, cross a raging river in a makeshift raft, identify edible insects, and handle a bear encounter.
Added Uniform Title:
Field & stream (2003)
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