Mastering Wilderness Survival: Essential Skills for Your Solo Adventure

What happens if you find yourself stranded or lost when your backpack contained only enough supplies for the few hours that you expected to be gone? The wilderness can be a dangerous place and knowing the basics of wilderness survival is *absolutely essential* before heading out on any outdoors adventure!
Are you prepared to save your own life?
You didn’t plan to get lost — no one ever does. An unexpected weather event, an injury or poor navigation has lead you off the trail and now you’re isolated, perhaps miles from civilization.
“Alone in the Wild” by Marcus Duke is all about giving you the tools you’ll need to get yourself out of trouble when things go bad.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
– Create a Survival Kit
– Practice Survival Techniques
2. Staying Healthy: Basic First Aid and Health Care
– Carry a First Aid Kit
– What If Someone Is Injured?
– Staying Healthy in the Wild
Real Life Survival: The Harris Brothers
3. Fire: A Survival Basic
– Collecting Firewood
– Laying a Fire
– Methods of Starting a Fire
– Carrying Fire with You
4. Shelter: Staying Warm and Dry
– Where to Build
– Types of Shelter
– Natural Shelters
– Insulation and Thatching
5. Water: Staying Hydrated Safely
– Locating Water Sources
– Collecting Water
– Drinking Safety: Purify Your Water
6. Finding Food: Keeping Your Strength Up
– Edible Plants
– Common Plants and How to Prepare Them
– Using the Universal Edibility Test
– Hunting and Trapping
– Snares
– Traps
– Fishing
– Seafood
– Other Protein Sources
7. Getting Help
– Signal Mirrors
– Fire and Smoke
– Flares
– Flashlights
– Using Noise
– Flat Signals
Real Life Survival: The Connes
8. On the Move
– Navigation Techniques
– Crossing Water
– Crossing Water in a Group
– Finding Civilization
Real Life Survival: Bill Lawrence
9. Cold Weather Survival
– Survival Basics in Winter
– Shelter in Winter
– Treating Cold Injuries
10. Desert Survival
– Water Needs
– Recognizing Dehydration and Heat Exhaustion
– Other Desert Dangers
11. Final Thoughts
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MXTRPZY
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Galleon Publishing
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 2014
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2.3 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 51 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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