The Outdoor Survival Handbook: A Guide To The Resources & Material Available In The Wild & How To Use Them For Food, Shelter, Warmth, & Navigation

by Ray Mears

Whether you are a novice hiker or camper, or a more experienced outdoorsperson who spend weeks or months in the wilderness The Outdoor Survival Handbook will help you make the most of your adventures in the great outdoors. Suvival-skills expert Raymond Mears delivers dependable, thorough, and easy-to-understand advice on every aspet of outdoor survival, season by season. The essential everyday skills you'll learn include how

construct a warm, waterproof shelter at any time of the year
build a good fire in all kinds of weather
gather, prepare, and cook wild foods for tasty and nutritional meals
identify medicinal herbs
collect and purify water
track and idenfity animals
orienteer using map, compass, and natural navigational aids
make tools and equipment from natural materials
and much more.

Filled with practical tips and hundreds of useful drawings and diagrams, this book will help outdoorspeople of all experience levels mater the art of taking full enjoyment in the wilderness without violating the natural wonders that surround them.

Genres: Survival, Nonfiction, Travel, Nature, Reference, Outdoors

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 1993

Reviews

[Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ray Mears is an undisputed master of bushcraft. This book is a condensed season by season manual of skills useful to those living out in the wilds. Whether it's the instruction of useful knots, how to braid your own cordage, or start a fire, this book is an extremely useful guide. If you like this, check out the various BBC series that Mears has been involved in.

[Cat {Pemberley and Beyond} · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been working my way through this one since arriving in Yorkshire. It's increased my confidence in exploring and camping out in the countryside and I've had a great deal of fun identifying plants mentioned in the book and making food with/ from them.

In addition to the information contained within, Mears writes with respect and lyricism throughout. What could have been a highly informative but dry manual feels more like a conversation with a really good teacher.

Simply put, it was brilliant.

[Fed · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned a lot from this book, very practical advice.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is unique in that its content is organized by seasons. This is helpful for those looking to cultivate new skills and wondering what they can work on in their current season as some skill development lends itself better to one season over another.

[Larry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great start for beginners. Has loads of applicable knowledge and exercises. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn more.

[George Foord · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic information but still interesting.

[Jacek Nickowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could use many of these Resources camping when I go to the boundary waters. I like the traps and hunting things they have in this book.

[Sarah Lameche · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book I took whilst orienteering 'just in case'. Thankfully it wasn't needed but was a nice security cushion.