false 552665 9 <b>How to Wrestle Free from an Alligator:</b> 4. If its jaws are closed on something you want to remove (for example, a limb), tap or punch it on the snout. Though it's being marketed as a humorous title--after all, it's unlikely you'll be called upon to land a plane, jump from a motorcycle to a moving car, or win a swordfight -- the information contained in <I>The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook</I> is all quite sound. Authors Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht consulted numerous experts in their fields (they're cited at the end of the book) to discover how to survive various and sundry awful events. Parachute doesn't open? Your best bet for survival is to hook your arms through the straps of a fellow jumper's chute -- and even then you're likely to dislocate both shoulders and break both legs. Car sinking in water? Open the window immediately to equalize pressure, then open the car door and swim to the surface. Buried in an avalanche? Spit on the snow -- it will tell you which direction is really up. Then dig as fast as you can. Each survival skill is explained in simple steps with helpful illustrations. Most stress the need to be prepared--both mentally and physically. For example, to escape from quicksand, you will need to lay a pole on the surface of the quicksand, flop on your back atop the pole, and pull your legs out one by one. No pole? No luck. "When walking in quicksand country, carry a stout pole--it will help you get out should you need to." Hopefully you'll never need to know how to build a fire without matches, perform a tracheotomy, or treat a bullet wound. But in the words of survival evasion resistance escape instructor "Mountain" Mel Deweese, "You never know." <I>--Sunny Delaney</I> 2574650 1 10 1999 The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook total:620|5:124|4:220|3:197|2:73|1:6| 620 2243 873 68 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:40:15 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 20:40:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 23:35:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 23:35:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Oct 14 05:30:20 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 05:33:16 -0700 2007 This is a nice bathroom reader, if you really want to use this in a survival scenario it will make a nice fire starter.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Feb 06 22:50:18 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 23:05:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Jul 12 11:51:34 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 11:59:26 -0700 2009 1. Hit back. If a shark is coming toward you or attacks you, use anything you have in your possession - a camera, probe, harpoon gun, your fist - to hit the shark's eyes or gills, which are the areas most sensitive to pain.
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I did like the Experts section, especially learning that there is a guy who plays the knight in the Marine Corps commericials, and that ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 16:55:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 16:59:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 17:04:39 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 17:04:39 -0800 2007
This book will tell you how to survive interactions with sharks, bears, mountain lions, and alligators, as well as how to jump from a moving car and how to jump from a moving motorcycle into a moving car. Aren't these skills everyone needs.

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