Surviving a Wilderness Emergency: Practical advice on what to do when you find yourself in trouble in the backcountry

by Peter Kummerfeldt

Learn the skills needed to survive an unplanned night out. Surviving a Wilderness Emergency provides you with a wealth of field tested techniques and procedures to use when you are faced with protecting yourself from the elements. Practical methods of surviving, not primitive skills are addressed. They Survival Psychology, Survival Myths and Misconceptions, Staying found, Survival Medicine, Impact of weather, Selecting Clothing, Emergency Gear, Emergency Shelters, Fires and Fire Building, and Rescue.

Genres: Survival

184 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2006