US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76
by U.S. Department of Defense
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Large parts of this book are completely peripheral to the military aspect of it -- lots of tips for outdoor survival that I have seen elsewhere or that seem like great suggestions. This manual is certainly not written with ecological impact in mind, but it is intended for the kind of situations where that probably wouldn't be the first thing on your mind in any case. Mostly the focus is on general survival skills that would be good in any emergency situation, although there are some times you ...more
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A general manual on living off the land using what you have to stay alive.
I must add an important factor that is missing in this book. Drinking your own urine was not adviced. This is 100% wrong. Urine drinking has been done thousands of years by acient cultures. Its the oldest form of medicine around. Look up any extreme survival story -no water buried under a building,alone for days abandoned,in a desert lost......etc. those that have survived are the ones that have drank their own urine....more
I must add an important factor that is missing in this book. Drinking your own urine was not adviced. This is 100% wrong. Urine drinking has been done thousands of years by acient cultures. Its the oldest form of medicine around. Look up any extreme survival story -no water buried under a building,alone for days abandoned,in a desert lost......etc. those that have survived are the ones that have drank their own urine....more
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Key tips:
"Eels are excellent eating"
"There is as much danger of sunburn on cloudy days as on sunny days"
"About 75 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, about 70 percent being oceans and seas."
This is the book to read if you want to dominate the natural world when you get lost. Trust me.
"Eels are excellent eating"
"There is as much danger of sunburn on cloudy days as on sunny days"
"About 75 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, about 70 percent being oceans and seas."
This is the book to read if you want to dominate the natural world when you get lost. Trust me.
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This is a great resource for learning some basic survival skills to keep you alive for the first ten days after you are stranded, captured, crashed, lost.....
There really isn't much about how to survive long-term, like after the fall. I guess we'll just have to figure that out for ourselves and see who survives.
There really isn't much about how to survive long-term, like after the fall. I guess we'll just have to figure that out for ourselves and see who survives.
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Read in October, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone that would not last 2 days alone in the woods or desert like me
i learned that i will still probably die in 2 days if left alone in the wilderness, but i think anyone going camping or traveling long distances should bring a copy of the survival guide just in case. after all, it is not everyday that you learn how to make an ojibwa bird snare.
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Read in July, 2008
While the book contains valuable knoledge it was excessively brief in many of the subjects.
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Read in January, 1983
This book really help me on doing outdoor activity especially at tropical land.
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