Navigation (A True Book: Survival Skills)

Navigation (A True Book: Survival Skills)
Author: Jenny Mason
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2023-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1338853759

Learn basic survival skills and connect with nature! Knowing how to navigate – whether it’s by using a compass or by using objects found in nature — is a skill that every outdoor adventurer needs. Did you know that you can make a compass out of sticks and rocks? Or that you can use the stars as a guide? Learn all this and more in Navigation — a book that gives kids the confidence they need to get outside and explore. ABOUT THE SERIES: Learning basic survival skills will give every kid the confidence — and the know-how — to handle emergencies and extreme situations. It also helps them feel comfortable and secure when they’re connecting with the outdoors while hiking, backpacking, or simply exploring the woods. The books in the Survival Skills series teach kids how to build a shelter from found materials, how to navigate (even without a compass), how to treat injuries in case of emergency, and so much more. These essential skills will give them the tools to take care of themselves in any situation.

Bear Grylls Survival Skills Handbook: Maps and Navigation

Bear Grylls Survival Skills Handbook: Maps and Navigation
Author: Bear Grylls
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2016-07
Genre: Navigation
ISBN: 9781783423002

Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? This practical field guide provides essential information about the skills required to use maps in the wild. Readers will learn how to use a compass, where to find the North Star and how to navigate - and much more. With full-colour illustrations throughout, the title will appeal to scout groups, as the topic coincides with scout badges.

Stay Alive!

Stay Alive!
Author: John D. McCann
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2011-10-24
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 144021834X

Having a survival kit is not enough — You must know what to do with it! An emergency can arise at anytime, and everyone from the average commuter to the risk-taking sportsman can benefit from knowing basic survival skills. Armed with the techniques in Survival Skills You Need, you will be prepared to survive. Building on the essentials presented in his first book, Build the Perfect Survival Kit, author John D. McCann details the survivor mentality required to survive common emergencies, then goes on to explain the component skill categories that you must execute to stay alive, including: • Survival kits • Knives & tools • Fire • Shelter • Water • Signaling for help • Navigating your way to safety • Food • First aid With more than 300 full-color photos, Survival Skills You Need provides clear, detailed solutions for surviving emergencies during adventure, sport and travel.

Essential Wilderness Navigation

Essential Wilderness Navigation
Author: Craig Caudill
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1624147208

All the Skills You Need to Navigate Unfamiliar Terrain *FULL-SIZE fold-out USGS map included for hands-on practice and training! Plus thick pages and color photography throughout.* Top wilderness trainers Craig Caudill and Tracy Trimble are here to help you find your way in nature in this must-have guide at a portable size and with thick, sturdy paper ideal for field-use. Using real-life stories of wilderness navigation successes—and cautionary tales of wilderness exploration gone awry—Craig and Tracy start with the basics of rudimentary compass and map use before teaching the finer points of these indispensable resources, making Essential Wilderness Navigation the ultimate go-to guide for explorers of all skill levels. You’ll also learn how technological aids like GPS and natural elements like flora, fauna and celestial bodies can help you identify your position. Armed with your new knowledge and skills, you will be well equipped to troubleshoot any problems, explore nature and become a master wilderness navigator. Get Craig Caudill's complete wilderness skills series! Extreme Wilderness Survival Essential Wilderness Navigation Ultimate Wilderness Gear

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival

The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Author: Steven Rinella
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0593129709

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An indispensable guide to surviving everything from an extended wilderness exploration to a day-long boat trip, with hard-earned advice from the host of Netflix’s MeatEater For anyone planning to spend time outside, The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival is the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of the modern survival genre. Informed by the real-life experiences of renowned outdoorsman Steven Rinella, its pages are packed with tried-and-true tips, techniques, and gear recommendations. Among other skills, readers will learn about old-school navigation and essential satellite tools, how to build a basic first-aid kit and apply tourniquets, and how to effectively purify water using everything from ancient methods to cutting-edge technologies. This essential guide delivers hard-won insights and know-how garnered from Rinella’s own experiences and mistakes and from his trusted crew of expert hunters, anglers, emergency-room doctors, climbers, paddlers, and wilderness guides—with the goal of making any reader feel comfortable and competent while out in the wild.

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods

101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods
Author: Kevin Estela
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1624147437

The Foundation of All Survival Skills is “Feeder” Mind-Set “Feeder” mind-set means being in control of a situation, proactive rather than reactive. It is an optimistic outlook that reframes any situation as a learning experience. Kevin Estela teaches survival skills from this feeder-based perspective, which is what separates his teaching style from other wilderness instructors. Kevin has written the quintessential guide for an outdoor enthusiast’s “bucket list” of skills—how to make a fire, build a shelter, gather food, find water, use a knife correctly and make cordage. These skills will keep you safe and better prepare you to deal with emergencies in the field, when you’ll need the additional skills of signaling and communication, navigation and crisis first aid taught in this book. Each chapter concludes with more advanced techniques to build your skills in various challenging situations, with tips that even seasoned survival enthusiasts haven’t thought of. 101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods is not a onetime read but a lifetime reference you will turn to over and over again. It will become the first thing you pack for any adventure and just might save your— or someone else’s—life. kevin estela, a bushcraft and survival expert, is an avid world traveler and martial arts instructor.

Prepper's Survival Navigation

Prepper's Survival Navigation
Author: Walter Glen Martin
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781612436722

An easy-to-understand primer on time-tested navigation techniques that work when your GPS fails When disaster strikes and your GPS is useless, ancient navigation techniques will ensure your survival. With this book, you can easily travel through even the farthest, remotest places. Utilizing tips from US Army manuals and lifelong wilderness experts, you’ll learn lifesaving navigation techniques, including how to: • Orient yourself using a topographical map • Find north using a compass, shadows and stars • Calculate distance using landmarks and pace count • Navigate unfamiliar terrain using dead reckoning • Travel in low visibility with a navigator and point person • Use landscape features to pinpoint location This definitive guide to terrain navigation also teaches you essential survival skills like fire craft, water procurement and shelter making.

Survival Skills Handbook

Survival Skills Handbook
Author: Bear Grylls
Publisher: Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781610679282

Embark on an exciting adventure in the greatoutdoors with Bear Grylls.Find out how to prepare for any adventure, learnessential first aid skills, discover some fun and handysignaling techniques, and try your hand at tracking.Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

Wild Food

Wild Food
Author: Roger Phillips
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1447249976

I can safely say that if I hadn't picked up this book some twenty years ago I wouldn't have eaten as well, or even lived as well, as I have. It inspired me then and it inspires me now' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal Wild food is all around us, growing in our hedgerows and fields, along river banks and seashores, even on inhospitable moorland. In Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix's Wild Food, hundreds of these plants are clearly identified, with colour photography and a detailed description. This definitive guide also gives us fascinating information on how our ancestors would have used the plant as well as including over 100 more modern recipes for delicious food and drinks. From berries, herbs and mushrooms to wild vegetables, salad leaves, seaweed and even bark, this book will inspire you to start cooking with nature's free bounty.

Basic Wilderness Survival Skills, Revised and Updated

Basic Wilderness Survival Skills, Revised and Updated
Author: Bradford Angier
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2023-11-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1493081896

From building fires to building shelters, the best advice from expert survivalist Bradford Angier all in one handy guide, newly revised and updated. For everyone, whether familiar with the outdoors or not, there may come a time when you will need to know how to stay alive in the backcountry. Author Bradford Angier and editor Maryann Karinch set these basic, crucial skills out for you in clear and concise language. The book comprises a broad selection of skills, and both novice and expert alike can master them. Newly revised and updated!