Reveals to reader's a full toolkit of survival tactics, from everyday basics like avoiding blisters to once-in-a-lifetime events like surviving a kidnapping. Opening with the most essential survival skills--assembling your survival kit, making a fire, building a shelter--and then moving on to more specific situations, such as escaping fire, dealing with harsh terrain, and handling medical emergencies, this book is a sure guide for any type of disaster situation. Readers will learn how to survive in a life raft, land a helicopter in an emergency, treat hypothermia and frostbite, escape from quicksand, and numerous other lifesaving tips. Richly illustrated with diagrams throughout, "How to Stay Alive" will be the definitive outdoor survival tome for years to come.
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