Wilderness Survival: Essential Survival Skills and Strategies, from Orientation and Fire, to Fishing and Foraging, that Will Save Your Life in the Woods: Survival Guide

By Ross Newman

Have you ever wanted to on a backpacking trip in the woods but found yourself to afraid of the unknown? As fun as it sounds, your mind can’t help but contemplate all of the unknown variables such a trip could bring. Many would love to embark on such an experience but find they just can’t stop thinking about all of the things that they don’t know about wilderness technique. They find themselves completely unconfident in making the leap without the right of knowledge to lead them along.

Well look no further, because this book is that guide. Right here, in just 8 chapters, we answer all of those lingering questions that may have held you back from your wilderness adventure. If you’ve ever wondered what to do if you get lost, this book provides you with proven methods of wilderness navigation to get you back on track. If you have ever wondered what you were going to eat, this book gives you the rundown of the best hunting, cooking and preparing methods for a wilderness meal. In great detail, this book demonstrates how with quick thinking and just a few supplies, anyone can survive the woods.

• Here are just a few of the things we learn:
• Chart a course with a compass and a map.
• Find food, water and shelter.
• Build and maintain a campfire.
• Pack a First Aid Kit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Guava Books
• Release date: Feb 6, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386218876

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Introduction

For most of us in the modern age, anytime we are stepping out of the artificial constructs that we call home we are stepping into a foreign terrain. In order to be a master of the woods you need to be more than simply someone with basic outdoor skills who likes nature. While these qualities certainly aren’t a bad thing, you also need to be able to identify and understand how it is that the environment you are in functions.

Before you even set foot in the woods, let’s try a little mental exercise, and try to visualize what the experience will really be like. Let’s imagine that you are on a steep hill overlooking the forest.  As you stare down at the trees notice how the color scheme seems to be perfectly interwoven, with the dark greens merging with light greens, light greens merging with earthy browns, notice how everything seems to be a kind of mosaic of nature. From this view you can see just how dominant these trees are to the life down below. 

Now imagine yourself stepping into the woods. The floor is covered with fall leaves and as you enter the enclosure of trees you can see the light penetrating down through the branches. As you walk you notice that some of the trees are dead and others are dying at different rates of decomposition. With some rotten trees whose skeletal branches stretch forth like gnarled hands.

But even though these trees are rotten and dying, upon closer inspection you will see that insects are getting their nutrition from the bark and if you look long enough you will also no doubt notice that different woodland creatures such as squirrels have made their home inside the rotted out tree. The forest is woven together in a perfect cycle of life, with every aspect of the environment serving some sort of purpose.

In order for your trek into the woods to be successful you need to keep your senses aware to any changes in this harmonious balance. A woodsman who is aware of his environment knows that all of life is simply a matter of conversion from one form to another; he realizes that every life form on the planet is a consumer and that in this cycle of life we have to do our best not to leave any lasting scar. Being able to survive in the woods without interrupting this balance takes time and exposure to the elements. But as we slowly awaken the senses that smog-clogged cities have long obscured we will once again; know our environment.

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Chapter One: Learning to Navigate

In this chapter, you will learn:

How to use a compass; learning how to tell true north from magnetic north through magnetic declination.

How to acquire and use a map; recognizing map features, plotting a course

The importance of lighting; stocking up on flashlights and batteries.

Binocular specifications: what types, what they do, and how to make the best of them.

Using Compass

Knowing how

Reviews for Wilderness Survival

[Mario Dumaine · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

very basic information that almost anybody knows already in this book