The SAS Survival Handbook - Softcover

Wiseman, John ‘Lofty’

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006531407 ISBN 13: 9780006531401

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999

Synopsis

How to survive in the wild, in any climate, on land or at sea.

This is the original survival handbook, the international bestseller which in the decade since it was published has been often imitated but never bettered.

This book is based on the training techniques of the Special Air Service, the world’s most famous elite fighting force, and shows how to survive outdoors, on land or at sea, in any weather, in any part of the world.

From making a pocket survival kit to knowing how to obtain safe drinking water, the SAS’s Chief Survival Instructor progresses through a whole range of survival techniques and situations. From obtaining food, building a camp and administering emergency first aid to navigating your way to safety and dealing with natural disasters, THE SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK could actually save your life.

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

THIS NEW EDITION CONTAINS THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IN A NEW RUCKSACK-FRIENDLY FORMAT

BE PREPARED

Planning to survive, from making a pocket survival kit to knowing how to obtain water and other basic needs.

STRATEGY

Dealing with accidents and escape procedures, and adapting to terrain – polar regions, mountains, seashores islands, deserts and the tropics

FOOD

What you need to keep going – edible plants, animals and insects – plus animal tracks and techniques for hunting, trapping, fishing and handling the kill

SURVIVAL AT SEA

What to do if you have to abandon ship – survival afloat and how to make a landfall

READING SIGNS

Not only reading but how to make maps and compasses, plus other ways of direction finding and also predicting the weather

ON THE MOVE

Knowing when to break camp, planning your route, tackling the terrain and making sledges and rafts

HEALTH

First aid priorities, natural medicine and treatment procedures for tropical and other diseases, cold climate hazards and dangerous or poisonous creatures

CAMP CRAFT

Skills for building a shelter, making and using fire, preparing survival meals, using tools and ropes, lashings and knots

RESCUE

Different signals and ways of signalling, plus various rescue techniques

DISASTERS

What to do if you have to cope with drought, flood or fire, hurricanes or earthquakes, chemical accidents or nuclear incidents

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006531407
• ISBN 13: 9780006531401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576