SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea | John Lofty Wiseman | Comprehensive and useful information

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	SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea John Lofty Wiseman Collins, 2004 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 109 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

SURVIVAL + GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Overall this is a great book. Not just for survival but for an appreciation of the small details of the outdoors. How do birds fly heading to and returning from water, where is water likely to be found, what are the requirements for survival?

As others have noted this is the ultimate survival manual written in an easy to read format. Beyond that it contains a world of general knowledge about the outdoors, living outdoors, what's good, what's bad and how to tell the difference.

Even if you never plan to be out of range of a 5 star restaurant the book is a fun read. If things go bad you are better prepared and if this is in you kit you are well prepared with the information needed to survive.

Great gift for inquisitive kids who might in future years be on a safari in Africa, trek in Tibet or bike race across Australia.

Highly recommended

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Comprehensive and useful information

I am a CERT instructor and work for our city's Emergency Preparedness Dept. and I think this book provides a lot of useful information and advice. Probably 99% of it I will never have a need to use, but the point is learning the skills to know how to take care of myself and family, not necessarily having to use them all. People shouldn't assume that by reading this book that they are being "survivalists" or "alarmists"- this is just good information, well written and compiled, for the average person to expand their self-sufficiency and prepare for the unexpected.

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Wonderful

If you like survival like me then this is the book for you. at first i thought it would be bad becuase it was so long but it was the best book i ever read.

Good if you are not in a megalopolis

I think this book is very good for certain situations, but I feel that it does not meet the needs of most average folks in case of major catastrophy.

I would recommend Ron Foster's practical guide for all scenarios. Since he works in the field of emergency response, he has the most up to date and useful methods of urban and rural survival.

If you seriously want to learn more than "how to live off the land" short term, I would highly recommend Mr. Foster's publication, "The Rural Ranger: A Suburban Manual & Field Guide of Traps and Snares for Food and Survival".

I know how to live off the land if one can even get to such a ideal location, but hunger, thirst and the elements will wear out the millions of people trying to vacate their huge cities all at once.

This book gives one a fighting chance no matter what your skills are or where you live.

Seriously,
David Highum

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Considered the Wilderness Survival Bible but...

Very dry reading, most topics are not covered in detail, very general direction/instruction is given. Seriously, the book covers way to much for a novice. Survival experts might find this book useful because it can give them refresher training, however, for example, the fire bow section is less than half a page. This can be misleading for a novice who might think it is just that simple. Do not buy this book if you are a novice unless you have other books to learn from first. Try everything you want to learn at home, before setting out into the bush. Make a fire in your backyard using the fire bow first, then try it in the bush with a lighter in your pocket!

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