+Team StitchesOnQuilts Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Hi, I am looking for a book on the outdoors that covers best practices for things like: what to do if confronted with a snake, what to do if confronted by a bear, should you drink water from a stream if deer are drinking from it, etc. The only knowledge I have is what my father, grandfather, and other relatives who spent a great deal of time in the forest told me. I'd like to know what the current methods are for staying safe and being a good citizen when out in the wild. What do you think is the best book on the subject? If you can't choose just one, feel free to recommend a couple of them. Thanks, Shannah Quote Link to comment
Agent Splat Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 I have the US Army Survival manual....apparently a reproduction of the manual printed by the Department of the Army. Wish I could pull up a link with it for you...but it has a lot of information of wilderness survival and whatnot, including color photos of snakes, plants, and information regarding edibile stuff, medical treatment, shelter, and anything else you might need if you get lost for a year. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment
+Sluggo Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 Ditto Agent Splat I have it and use it often. You can get it in paperback or hardbound at most Army/Navy Surplus stores, bookstores, Amazon.com etc. Good Luck, Sluggo I've been convinced for a long time that the flying saucers are real and interplanetary. In other words we are being watched by beings from outer space. -Albert M. Chop, NASA Quote Link to comment
BobLog Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 The Complete Walker by Colin Fletcher Quote Link to comment
Team Grayrun Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 The Backpacker's Field Manual by Rick Curtis has gotten good reviews. Gary // Team Grayrun In a split second, all your priorities change. Quote Link to comment
+15Tango Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Mountaineering, by the Mountaineers Press, available at all your fine outdoor stores. 15T www.1800goguard.com Quote Link to comment
cache magnet Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 You might try the boy scout handbook. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Backpacking One Step at a Time covers a lot of this. And as others mentioned the US Army Survival manual is pretty good (as a bonus you can learn how to make a raft out of your poncho) and the Complete Walker is another option. Quote Link to comment
+majicman Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy covers everything an Intrepid geocacher needs to know! --majicman (Always trade UP in both quantity and quality and Geocaches will be both self-sustaining and self-improving!) Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 This one has been a favorite of mine. I picked it up at an outdoor shop because of the great content and it's size. It has just about everything. "Collins Gem SAS Survival Guide" http://www.survivalinstinct.com/survivalguide.html Thumbs up to the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy suggestion. Quote Link to comment
Sea Wolf Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Always know where your towel is! Quote Link to comment
Sea Wolf Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Always know where your towel is! Quote Link to comment
Mike Chmi Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Don't Panic I'll throw another vote out there for the Hitchikers guide Anyway, one thing to be carefull of is that several books will be way more in depth then you need. The walking and backpacking ones are alright, but once you get into the SAS books you start having chapters on how to kill a bear so you can eat it, and the like. Stuff that it's pretty unlikely you'll use unless you end up on an uncharted island in the middle of nowhere, they do make for an interesting read. Just got to get me a bear, some sticks, and a pit. "...Not all those who wander are lost..." Quote Link to comment
Mike Chmi Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Don't Panic I'll throw another vote out there for the Hitchikers guide Anyway, one thing to be carefull of is that several books will be way more in depth then you need. The walking and backpacking ones are alright, but once you get into the SAS books you start having chapters on how to kill a bear so you can eat it, and the like. Stuff that it's pretty unlikely you'll use unless you end up on an uncharted island in the middle of nowhere, they do make for an interesting read. Just got to get me a bear, some sticks, and a pit. "...Not all those who wander are lost..." Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by mikechim: but once you get into the SAS books you start having chapters on how to kill a bear so you can eat it, Totally true. Yeah, that's Chapter 17, and they reccomend playing dead and not going toe to toe with the bear because it can run faster than you and climb trees better. If you're lucky you'll have a fellow geocacher present that you can run faster than, then you can cheer the bear on from a distance. You can't beat that book though. It has sections on eatable/poisonous flora/fauna, 20 different ways to make fire, 17 different ways to make a snare, how to build everything from a lean-to to an igloo and my favorite, how to give yourself the Heimlich manouver on a tree-stump if you are ever alone and choking in the forest. . Quote Link to comment
+Team StitchesOnQuilts Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions! I have a copy of the Army manual on its way, and will look for the other ones. I also have to become more adept at reading the screen of my GPS. Last night, I was wondering why the trail was so steep, then I realized that those wavy little lines were altitude markers. D'oh! Shannah Quote Link to comment
+Team StitchesOnQuilts Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions! I have a copy of the Army manual on its way, and will look for the other ones. I also have to become more adept at reading the screen of my GPS. Last night, I was wondering why the trail was so steep, then I realized that those wavy little lines were altitude markers. D'oh! Shannah Quote Link to comment
GoPherStash Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 I tried using "Hitchhiker's Guide" for geocaching. But when I entered 42 as my coordinates (the ultimate answer to everything) I couldn't find anything there. Maybe a bulldozer had already come through? Quote Link to comment
GoPherStash Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 I tried using "Hitchhiker's Guide" for geocaching. But when I entered 42 as my coordinates (the ultimate answer to everything) I couldn't find anything there. Maybe a bulldozer had already come through? Quote Link to comment
noone Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 (deleted) [This message was edited by boblog3 on July 29, 2002 at 08:20 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+jhwf44 Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Hey Boblog3, looks who's talking. If anything is bothering me in these forums it's the way that people like you, use no form of grammer, and can't spell jhwf4 Quote Link to comment
noone Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 (deleted) [This message was edited by boblog3 on July 29, 2002 at 08:23 AM.] Quote Link to comment
n1niq Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 By Bradford Angier. A little out of date but still in print. Full of common sense and good tips. Chris Quote Link to comment
Night Tracker Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Shannah, check your e-mail.. Quote Link to comment
+aronburn Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 definitly the best I have ever read whould be the US Army survival manual i put it in a cache so others can enjoy the knloedge best of all it only cost me 6.00 from http:www.bn.com When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: But when I became a man, I put away childish things. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 My favorite is How to Sh*t in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art. Really. Quote Link to comment
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