365 Essential Survival Skills: Knowledge That Will Keep You Alive

by Creek Stewart

Learn. Practice. Prepare. Survive.

Survival situations can happen when least expected. The best defense is knowledge and confidence in the skills that will keep you alive--whether it's for a few hours, days or long term.

365 Essential Survival Skills comprises the best knowledge, tips and tricks available in the world today, and each skill is explained in fun, easy-to-learn ways that any student--greenhorn or seasoned--will pick up with a little practice. With 365 skills inside this book, there's plenty of practice to keep you busy year-round.

The difference between life and death in a survival setting is a very slim margin. Don't take any chances--learn how to keep yourself and your family alive.



   • Skills relevant to all four seasons of the year and desert, woodland, prairie, mountain and urban environments
   • Vital insights on the four core survival needs--shelter, fire, water and food
   • Other topics such as navigation, first aid, tools, signaling, self-defense and more
   • Practical applications for campers, hunters, anglers, hikers, climbers, skiers and all who venture outdoors
   • Links to thorough, in-depth video demonstrations

Genres: Survival, Nonfiction

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2016

About the author

Creek Stewart is a survival instructor, author, and host of SOS: How to Survive on The Weather Channel.

Creek's survival knowledge comes from experience. His life-long study of outdoor living and survival skills is backed by thousands of man-hours in the field. Creek is a frequent guest survival expert in the media and has been featured on/in the Today show, Inside Edition, Fox & Friends, Men's Fitness magazine, Backpacker magazine, Outdoor Life magazine, WGN-TV, WISH-TV 8, The Weather Channel, Living Ready magazine, American Survival Guide, and countless radio and online events. He has been a contributing author to the hugely popular men's interest blog ArtofManliness.com and his survival writings have been featured on thousands of websites including Huffington Post, MSN News, Lifehacker, and The Daily Beast.

In 2015, Creek was presented with the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) by the Boy Scouts of America. The NOESA is a prestigious recognition granted to Eagle Scouts who have demonstrated outstanding achievement at the local, state, or regional level.

Reviews

[Justin]

I am pretty surprised by the other low rating of this book.
Especially given the reasoning for the review being that the reader knew the information.
I am impressed by the author's knowledge and while I don't doubt that other readers will know this material my guess is that most people (especially the average suburbanite/city dweller) will not.

I am an Eagle scout and I don't remember learning much of this material. For example, I used to get pneumonia from winter camping probably because I wasn't sufficiently raising my body off of the ground. I also didn't know how to start a fire from a battery and a gum wrapper. There are tons of different types of traps some using interesting materials that won't normally be discussed (e.g. a toilet seat). There are also many different nice shelters, fire starters and food sources.

My main problem with this book is that most of the useful information bears little relevance to my normal suburban life. I think it would be of immense value in a survival situation, but I think it needs learning/practicing beforehand which I am not likely to do.

I am still giving this a high rating as I think that someone who actually is out in the wild and experimenting with this stuff will have tons to learn

[Chad]

Despite the word "essential" in the title, almost all the 365 "skills" are things only the most extreme outdoor survivalist would attempt, and worthless to anyone else. The book covers shelter, food, traps, weapons, and more.

Notes
A lot of blood passes through neck, so you can regulate body temperature there (scarf in cold weather, wet cloth in hot).

After 6 months, liquid bleach has limited power to disinfect water. Granular calcium hypochlorite (HTH) last up to 3 years. 1 pound can treat thousands of gallons of water.

Trees tend to grow fuller on the south side, which gets more sun.

Maas tends to grow on north side of trees, which gets less sun.

If mountain lion attacks, fight back; don't play dead.

In lightning storm, get to building or vehicle. If that's not possible, get away from tallest objects. Don't go to open area. Reduce contact with ground by crouching with only feet touching the ground.

To build up a fire, add tinder in 10 steps, starting with toothpick-thick, then to Q-tip thick, then to pencil-thick, etc.

[Mandy]

A great and essential book about 365 survival skills that everyone should memorize!
Packed with hundreds of great skill that you would actually use in a bushcraft survival situation, I highly recommend this book!

[Brad Pepping]

some good skills and some interesting ideas.

[Casie Blevins]

Lots of excellent tips can be found here even if the presentation is a bit all over the place, content-wise. It is divided up by season which is handy.

[Adam]

Pretty basic stuff, knew most of it.

[Cat]

This was interesting and quick to read. It seemed a bit repetitive at times, but pretty much contained lots of good emergency advice that I pray none of us ever has to use.