The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide - (Skyhorse Pocket Guides) by J Wayne Fears (Paperback)

About the Book

The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide provides the essential knowledge that hikers, campers, canoeists, hunters, anglers, and anyone who spends time in the outdoors needs to deal with short-term survival situations. This handy guidebook will give you the knowledge to make it through any outdoor adventure, planned or unplanned.

Discover everything you need to know about:
- Trip planning
- Survival kits
- Search and rescue
- Coping with bad weather
- Emergency signaling
- Shelter
- Sleeping warm
- Fire
- Dealing with insects
- Safe drinking water
- Food
- Avoiding hypothermia
- Countering fear
- And more!

Don't be caught without a copy of J. Wayne Fears's The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide on your next outdoor adventure!

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Book Synopsis

Are you planning a trip to the wild and great outdoors? Have you wondered how you would survive if the trip became dangerous? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this guide is for you!

The Pocket Outdoor Survival Guide has the essential knowledge that campers, canoeists, hunters, hikers, anglers, and everyone who spends time outdoors needs to live through a short-term survival situation.

This how-to manual shares all you need to know about many nature survival skills, including:

• Trip planning
• Survival kits
• Search and rescue
• Handling bad weather
• Making shelter
• Emergency signaling
• Dealing with insects
• Safe drinking water

This guide is small enough to easily fit into a camping pack. Bring it with you, and you'll have the information you need to make it through any outdoor venture, planned or not.