The Ultimate Bushcraft Survival Manual - by Tim Macwelch & The Editors of Outdoor Life (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>What if you were dropped in the woods with little more than a knife, your wits, and the (hopefully warm) shirt on your back? Could you survive? If you'd read this book, the answer is yes! </b> <p/>Survival! It's one of our most primal fears, most basic needs. What do you do when everything is stripped away except your will to prevail? In this book, survival expert Tim MacWelch examines how native peoples around the world and throughout history have made their own shelter, weapons, tools, and more, and well as clever MacGuyver-esque ideas for using anything you might find in your pockets or pack. Whether your goal is to test yourself against nature, be prepared for any catastrophe, or learn more about traditional ways of survival, this is the one book you need. <p/>Packaged in a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this practical manual withstands heavy-duty use indoors and out. <p/> <b>CHAPTER ONE: Bare Necessities - The stuff you need to survive short term wilderness emergencies (72 hours to one week)</b> <p/> <b>The Survival Priorities (& why you need them) </b>Shelter, water, fire, food, first aid and signaling distress<br> <b>Tools of the Minimalist </b>Knife, Axe and Saw - use and care; Clothing selection<br> <b>Shelters </b>Pick a safe shelter location; How to build Leaf huts, lean-tos, jungle platforms, thatched roof, log huts, wicki-ups, pit houses, and more (different homes for varied climates)<br> <b>Water Gathering and Disinfection </b>Finding springs, boiling w/ hot rocks, rain and precipitation collection, water storage, primitive filters, water from plants <br> <b>Fire</b> Tinder, Kindling, Fire Lays, Flint & Steel, Bow Drill, Hand Drill, Bamboo Fire Saw, Fire Plow, Pump Drill, and other friction methods <br> <b>Signaling for Help and Self-Rescue</b> How to signal and communicate w/ old school techniques; How and when to fight your way out<br> <b> <br> CHAPTER TWO: Finer Things - Skills and techniques to collect food, and live more comfortably in the wild (weeks to months)</b> <p/> <b>Foraging for Wild Edible Plants </b>How to identify and use wild plant foods; Recipes like our ancestors would have eaten<br> <b>Trapping </b>Ways to catch game with new and old school, low-tech traps<br> <b>Primitive Fishing </b>How to catch fish with thorns and other improvised tackle<br> <b>Ancient Weapons</b> Bow and arrow, spear, Spear thrower, Bola and sling, primitive forging of metal<br> <b>Hunting </b>Skills and game processing; 10 things to never do on a hunt<br> <b>Primitive Tools </b>How to make stone blades, knives, axes, stone drill bits, mallets and wedges for wood splitting, digging sticks<br> <b>Hygiene</b> Keeping clean; Natural toilet paper; Soap from plants; DIY latrine<br> <p/> <b>CHAPTER THREE: Long Term Living - The skills of our ancestors and the things you'd need for long term primitive living (years)</b> <p/> <b>Food Storage </b>Drying, smoking, Food Caches, Freezing<br> <b>Containers </b>How to make several different basket styles; Bark containers; Wooden bowls; Soapstone bowls and pots; Primitive ceramics<br> <b>Hides and Furs</b> DIY buckskin, fur, rawhide and leather; Making clothes and outerwear (moccasins, mittens, hats, etc.)<br> <b>Primitive Cooking</b> Cook in the coals; Spits and skewers; Green stick grill; Rock for frying pan; Stone Ovens, Steam pit, Earth over (in-ground hearth system)<br> <b>Tracking</b> Man tracking and animal tracking<br> <b>Natural Navigation</b> How to find your way by using the stars, the landscape, the weather and many other methods<br> <b>Wild Medicine</b> Teas, compresses and poultices to help you heal<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Tim MacWelch is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Prepare for Anything</i>, <i>Hunting & Gathering</i>, and <i>How to Survive Anything</i>, <i>How to Survive Off the Grid</i> and <i>Winter Survival Handbook</i>. He is <i>Outdoor Life </i>magazine's survival blogger. For two decades... He is also the founder and head instructor of Advanced Survival Training School; where he teaches ordinary people how to detach from the grid and live closer to nature, and how to use those skills in any number of emergencies. <p/> For over 110 years, <i>Outdoor Life</i> has provided outdoor and urban survival expertise to millions of readers. Their authors have written on everything from disaster preparedness to subsistence hunting and fishing, to which guns to use against the undead (really!).
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