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SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)
by John Lofty Wiseman
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Outdoors, Survival kit, Survival skills, Adventure |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
Since unexpected circumstances may happen to anyone, so this great survival manual chock-full of usefull information is actually good for everyone. |
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Author: John Lofty Wiseman
Publisher: Collins
Pub. in: March, 2004
ISBN: 0060578793
Pages: 576
Measurements: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00797
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0060578794
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- Awards & Credential -
One of the bestselling survival guides out there ranked #209 out of millions on Amazon.com as of May 25, 2007. |
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This is an excellent book which teaches you how to survive if you are unfortunate enough to crash somewhere, get shipwrecked, be in the middle of a natural/terrorist disaster or are lost in the wilderness. Whilst I doubt you would be able to remember all this info if ever in trouble, if you take this book with you if going on multiple days hikes, or have it ready in the vehicle in case of road block by fire, someone getting bitten by a spider/snake or terrorist attack with a chemical agent the you'll be in better shape. This book is excellent to help you prepare for natural disasters but I think you would have to have it with you when deciding which plants are good to eat, animals poisonous and so on if lost in the outback or forest. The handy colour sketches are good but I doubt you'd remember them without the book. The SAS Survival Handbook is a great guide which would be helpful to everyone for future survival as well as being an interesting read.
(From quoting James Simpson by MSL)
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This book is good for people who work outdoors or people who love the outdoors and adventures. But this book is also for all the other people who have to deal with unexpected circumstances.
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John ‘Lofty' Wiseman served for 26 years with the Special Air Service and was their Chief Survival Instructor. He remains the foremost authority on SAS training techniques for civilians and his TV appearances include Lenny Henry's Big Amazon Adventure.
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From Publisher
The SAS Survival Handbook is the Special Air Service's complete course in being prepared for any type of emergency. John 'Lofty' Wiseman presents real strategies for surviving in any type of situation, from accidents and escape procedures, including chemical and nuclear to successfully adapting to various climates (polar, tropical, desert), to identifying edible plants and creating fire. The book is extremely practical and is illustrated throughout with easy-to-understand line art and diagrams.
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Wayne Smith (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
I'll probably never be trapped behind enemy lives and dependent upon catching small mammals and selecting local edible plants for survival, but its nice to have a nifty, easy-to-carry guide just in case.
Wiseman's SAS Survival handbook is an excellent companion for hikers, campers and into-the-wilderness junkies. This book is extremely well written with easy to understand illustrations and excellent organization. There are color plates for easy identification of plants and animals to eat/avoid/use-as-medicine. This book has it all, or at least all I can think of. There are sections on camping, hiking, supplies, compass skills, shelter making, first aid, transport, catching and preparing animals and locating local edible foods, tool making, fishing, hunting, knot tying, general survival in different climates and environments and more.
The best part of this book is by far its terrific approachability. It is written for the layman and is very easy to understand. Either as an outdoor accomplice or a handy at home preparedness guide, this is a book to get and know. |
Michael (MSL quotes), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
You know, reading this book, one might get the impression that it was developed by and for crazy war vets who are completely paranoid about getting stranded on a desert island and left for dead. Which is a good thing, because it is filled with invaluable knowledge about making shelter, fire, food, first aid, how to make deadly traps for animals or angry cannabilizing natives, well, actually I kind of adlibbed that one but you could definitely manufacture a trap deadly enough to kill one or even many people. kind of scary, actually but I think this should be mandatory reading for all US citizens just because it teaches us preparedness for the most harsh of all unexpected circumstances.
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Peter (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
It may be impossible to write a survival book that is accurate and authoritative on all environments and all areas of the world, and this is something to keep in mind when purchasing a general survival book like the SAS Survival Handbook. For the most part, it's quite good and gives excellent information on outdoors survival in most temperate climates. HOWEVER, one place the book does fall down is in areas such as desert survival. There is little specialized information for deserts here, which differ greatly even between each other in plant life, temperature range, and terrain. Deserts also require additional survival training on navigation, GPS, map & compass (please don't try the watch-hand method in remote desert!), water collection, heat illnesses, sun protection. Animal/plant hazard information is also very different. What there is in this book on desert survival is often too optimistic (i.e., desert survival still and transpiration bag) or too general and vague to be of much use (one example: the information on drinking the juice of the barrel cactus won't suffice: I'll just say here, one variety has drinkable sap, one will make you somewhat sick, one can kill you - better know how to identify them).
For those interested in desert survival I would definitely recommend other specialized books like The Ultimate Desert Handbook by Mark Johnson, which do a much, much better job at covering survival in the various deserts of the world. |
Harold McFarland (MSL quote), USA
<2007-05-27 00:00>
The SAS Survival Handbook is the most comprehensive survival handbook I have ever seen. Most books have some basic advice (the importance of the correct mental attitude, finding water and shelter, etc.), a handful of edible plants, and a couple of ways to start a fire. While this book covers all those areas, it also has sections on camp craft, determining directions, rescue signals, dealing with different climates and terrains, reading clouds for weather prediction, and many others. A good example of the thoroughness of the coverage would be the food section. It covers your energy needs and how they are met from various foods, testing unknown plants in desperate situations, plants to avoid, identification of plants, using animals for food, extensive and detailed trapping mechanisms, fishing, gutting and cleaning, and other advice. The number, types, and detail on the various traps are amazing. I've never seen so many different designs. It includes several that I have not seen anywhere else before. I would consider this the authoritative text on survival skills in the wild and give it the highest recommendation for anyone interested in survival techniques.
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