SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 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… Product details and pricing info |
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118 Customer Reviews Posted
- best survival guide
- big but easy
unlike other books, it gives alternatives. and things for difrent situations. i have 2 other highly rated books, and they are nothing to this book. easily guided. best anything book. - 2008-02-03, 1 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- great survival guide. nothing to do with SAS besides the author
- great survival handbook. not a issue SAS Field Manual like the US Army Survival Field Manual put out by the Department of Defense and issued to US Army soldiers in mountain survival school.
- 2008-01-21, 1 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Survive- anywhere.
- No need for a long review here. This book was written by a professional soldier who was in the SAS, or the Special Air Service. For those not in the know, that's an elite unit of the British Army trained to carry out operations in ALL parts of the world. Eventually, the author became a survival instructor to the SAS, so you can be sure that this guy knows his stuff.
The book covers all you'd ever want to know about the essentials of surviving in climates such as: the polar region, mountains, seashores, islands, tropical regions, or even at sea. Here's few of the many topics the book covers:
-food, what you can and can't eat
-animal tracking with numerous pics
-color pics of edible plants
-pictures of traps and how to trap things
-how to handle animals you've killed for food
-how to make a camp and various shelters
-knot tying pics
-first aid
-color pics of medicinal plants
-picures of dangerous/poisonous critters
-things to have in a survival kit
A very handy resource for anybody who enjoys outdoor/wilderness activities, it's just a darn good thing to have around in case of emergencies- or even just to look at the pictures! Also recommend Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff if you have a shoulder problem that is interfering with your outdoor activities. - 2008-01-17, 482 of 484 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Who Proofread This?
- Excellent resource, and easy to read. However, I wonder who "proofread" this book...
It's full of simple mistakes that most any word processor software would pick up on. That's really my only complaint. It gets 5 stars for its content and readability. It is quite a matter of factly written book, which is something I for one appreciate in a book of this nature. It gets to the point and doesn't beat around the bush (ha).
Plant pictures are good, animal tracks are good enough to do the job and the cooking instructions for animals and plants are invaluable.
It covers an awful lot of territory, but it does it in a concise and understandable manner. If another author had taken on the challenge, the reader would probably end up overwhelmed. Lofty did a good job. It just doesn't look like he used spellcheck (I know he's a Brit, and Brit spellings aren't what I'm talking about).
I'd reccomdend it over the US Army book, unless you dig poor readability. Besides, the US Army book ought to be free for US (taxpaying) Citizens. They should hand it out right next to Guideon Bibles . - 2008-01-09, 2 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Comprehensive and useful information
- I am a CERT instructor and work for our city's Emergency Preparedness Dept. and I think this book provides a lot of useful information and advice. Probably 99% of it I will never have a need to use, but the point is learning the skills to know how to take care of myself and family, not necessarily having to use them all. People shouldn't assume that by reading this book that they are being "survivalists" or "alarmists"- this is just good information, well written and compiled, for the average person to expand their self-sufficiency and prepare for the unexpected.
- 2008-01-08, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
