The Outdoor Survival Handbook: A Guide to the Resources & Material Available in the Wild & How to Use Them for Food, Shelter, Warmth, & Navigation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312093594)

Whether you are a novice hiker or camper, or a more experienced outdoorsperson who spend weeks or months in the wilderness The Outdoor Survival Handbook will help you make the most of your adventures in the great outdoors. Suvival-skills expert Raymond Mears delivers dependable, thorough, and easy-to-understand advice on every aspet of outdoor survival, season by season. The essential everyday skills you'll learn include how to:

construct a warm, waterproof shelter at any time of the year
build a good fire in all kinds of weather
gather, prepare, and cook wild foods for tasty and nutritional meals
identify medicinal herbs
collect and purify water
track and idenfity animals
orienteer using map, compass, and natural navigational aids
make tools and equipment from natural materials
and much more.

Filled with practical tips and hundreds of useful drawings and diagrams, this book will help outdoorspeople of all experience levels mater the art of taking full enjoyment in the wilderness without violating the natural wonders that surround them.

Author: Raymond Mears
ISBN-10: 0312093594
ISBN-13: 9780312093594
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 06/15/1993
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/1993 pg. 1486
Library Journal 04/15/1993