Rich Johnson’s guide to wilderness survival : how to avoid trouble and how to live through the trouble you can’t avoid

Expert advice on staying safe in the outdoors from one of America’s best-known survival writers.The best way to survive an extreme situation in the wilderness is to avoid it in the first place, says Rich Johnson in this refreshing new guide to outdoor survival skills. Avoiding both the rigid "primitive skills" ideology and macho, military/survivalist posturing, Johnson focuses on proven, easily implemented methods to handle emergency situations in an easy, low-stress manner.File: original true PDF, with embedded Contents in pdf-file Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Survival Strategy -- It's All in Your Head: The Psychology of Survival -- Assessing the Situation -- Setting Priorities -- Survival Is in the Details -- Basic Survival Strategies -- Stay or Go? -- 2 Surviving the Elements -- The Shelter You Wear -- The Shelter You Carry -- The Shelter You Make -- Wet-Weather Survival -- Surviving Cold Weather -- Surviving Hot Weather -- 3 Fire -- Types of Fires -- Building a Fire -- Fire Without Matches -- Fire Starters -- Campfire Lessons -- Don't Set the World on Fire -- 4 Water -- Water Purification -- Solar Still and Other Water Collection Methods -- Water Capture -- Dig a Hole -- Water Pockets -- 5 Food -- Become a Hunter-Gatherer -- Trail Snacks -- Food Safety: Bears, Bacteria, and More -- 6 Signaling -- Visible Signals -- Audible Signals -- Electronic Signals -- 7 Medical Emergencies -- Hypothermia: Death from the Inside -- Frostbite: Death on the Outside -- Surviving Cold-Water Immersion -- Hot-Weather Injury -- Stop the Bleeding! -- Sprains and Breaks -- Altitude Sickness -- Heart Attack -- Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer -- 8 Navigation -- The Art of Not Getting Lost -- Finding Your Way Without a Compass -- Map and Compass -- Rules of Land Navigation -- Crossing Water -- 9 Equipment -- Survival Kits -- For the Vehicle -- Proficiency -- The Survival Knife -- Ropes and Knots -- Stoves: A Step Up from Campfire Cooking -- 10 Wildlife -- Rules Regarding Baby Animals -- Rules Regarding Small Animals -- Rules Regarding Big Animals -- Venomous Critters -- Your Animal Attitude -- 11 Weather -- Lightning Safety -- Flash Flood -- Epilogue -- Index.

expert Advice On Staying Safe In The Outdoors From One Of America’s Best-known Survival Writers

the Best Way To Survive An Extreme Situation In The Wilderness Is To Avoid It In The First Place, Says Rich Johnson In This Refreshing New Guide To Outdoor Survival Skills. Avoiding Both The Rigid Primitive Skills Ideology And Macho, Military/survivalist Posturing, Johnson Focuses On Proven, Easily Implemented Methods To Handle Emergency Situations In An Easy, Low-stress Manner.

rich Johnson Is One Of America’s Best-known Experts On Wilderness Survival. An Army Special Forces Veteran, Rich Lived For A Year In A Remote Region Of Utah With His Family, Staying In Caves, A Wikiup, And An Abandoned Mine Shack And Eating Snakes, Lizards, Chipmunks, Rabbits, Insects, Just About Anything That Wandered By. Rich Has Written And Starred In Several Non-fiction Books And Survival Videos And Has Published Thousands Of Articles On Outdoor Subjects.

Expert advice on staying safe in the outdoors from one of America’s best-known survival writers The best way to survive an extreme situation in the wilderness is to avoid it in the first place, says Rich Johnson in this refreshing new guide to outdoor survival skills. Avoiding both the rigid "primitive skills" ideology and macho, military/survivalist posturing, Johnson focuses on proven, easily implemented methods to handle emergency situations in an easy, low-stress manner.