95 Essential Survival Skills
Survive almost anything nature throws at you with this collection of tested wilderness skills.
• Prevail against ice, cold, and hypothermia
• Scramble out of raging whitewater
• Stare down the angriest predators
With practical advice for survival situations from the relatively likely (such as needing to build a fire in the rain) to the extreme (skin and cook a snake) to the just plain awesome (make a blowgun), this book could save your life, as well as providing a fascinating armchair read. Geared to the hunter or fisherman, but with something for almost everyone who loves the great outdoors, this is the book you want to be sure you throw in your backpack before heading out into any potentially sketchy situation.
Author(s): Nickens, T. Edward
Year: 2012
Language: English
Commentary: Field & Stream Outdoor Survival Guide, 95 Essential Survival Skills You Need
Pages: 97
Tags: Field & Stream Outdoor Survival Guide, 95 Essential Survival Skills You Need
Cover
Contents
The Skin of Your Teeth
1 Create Smoke in the Middle of the Ocean
2 Survive a Fall Through the Ice
3 Make Emergency Mukluks
4 Call for Help in Any Language
5 Survive the Roughest Night with a Knife
6 Build a Fire in the Rain
7 Reset a Dislocated Shoulder
8 Make a Tinder Bundle
9 Boil Water for Safe Drinking
10 Spear Fish in a Funnel Trap
11 Assess Your Situation
12 Drink Snow
13 Carry 50 Feet of Rope on Your Feet
14 Aim a Makeshift Signal Mirror
15 Read a Bear’s Mind
16 Hurl a Backcountry Deathstar
17 Eat Roadkill
18 Survive a Fall Overboard
19 Take a Back Bearing
20 Field Report: Death Trap
21 Upgrade Your Survival Kit
22 Start a Fire With Your Binoculars
23 Swim with Your Clothes On
24 Scout for Shelter
25 Beat Blisters with Duct Tape
26 Hole Up in a Tree Well
27 Survive on Acorns
28 Make a Fire Bed
29 Tie a Hunter’s Bend
30 Make a Blowgun
31 Fling a Bola
32 Split a Log with a Knife
33 Use Superglue to Close a Wound
34 Generate Your Own Tinder
35 Build a Fire on Snow
36 Drink Your Own Urine
37 Spit-Roast that Bunny
38 Essential Gear: Start a Fire
39 Skin and Cook a Snake
40 Navigate by Deliberate Offset
41 Steer Clear of Poisonous Plants
42 Attract Rescuers with Smoke
43 Stay Safe in a Cave
44 Avoid a Bear Attack
45 Treat a Snake Bite
46 Filter Water with Your Pants
47 Learn Fire-Making Basics
48 Make a Bow Drill
49 Survive a Frigid Dunking
50 Swing a Mean Machete
51 Build a One-Match Fire When Your Life Depends On It
52 Keep Bugs Out of Your Pants
53 Choke Down Bugs
54 Make a Trap or Die Trying
55 Wade Through a Swamp
56 Build a Shelter from Branches and Leaves
57 Make a Bed in a Pinch
58 Cut Saplings for Shelter
59 Measure Remaining Daylight
60 Track Back with a GPS Unit
61 Descend a Cliff with a Single Rope
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62 Identify Edible Insects
63 Predict the Weather with Plants
64 Dig a Hole Trap
65 Navigate Tall Grass
66 Tie a Square Lashing
67 Make a Fire Four Ways
68 Find Yourself On a Map
69 Upgrade Your Shelter
70 Be a Backcountry Dentist
71 Be a Modern Caveman
72 Make Emergency Snowshoes
73 Avoid Dreaded Trench Foot
74 Build a Swamp Shelter
75 Maximize Heat from a Campfire
76 Build a Brush Raft to Cross a Raging River
77 Find Food Above the Tree Line
78 Tie a Water Knot
79 Remove a Leech
80 Survive a Lightning Strike
81 Find a Lost Person
82 Spark Fire with a Knife
83 Improvise a Skewer Hook
84 Break Bigger Branches
85 Rid Game of Harmful Bacteria
86 Remove a Tick
87 Get Water from a Transpiration Bag
88 Field Report: Two Alaskas
89 Navigate By the Night Sky
90 Survive in Fast Water
91 Get Noticed by Rescuers
92 Keep Mosquitoes at Bay
93 Heal with Bugs
94 Build a Snow Cave
95 Find Water in the Desert
Index
A-B-C
D-E-F
G-H-I-J
K-L-M
N-O-P-Q
R-S-T-U
V-W-X-Y-Z
Acknowledgments and Credits
Contributors
