Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- SKILLS & -- TOOLS -- 1 Count to Ten -- 2 Lighten Your Pack -- 3 Upgrade Your Survival Kit -- 4 Make a Kit in a Can -- 5 Carry a Compass -- 6 Find Yourself on a Map -- 7 Get Lost-Proof -- 8 Take a Back Bearing -- 9 Know Knives to Survive -- 10 Throw a Knife -- 11 Care for Your Knives -- 12 Survive a Rough Night Using a Knife -- 13 Fell a Tree with a Knife -- 14 Sharpen a Hatchet or Axe in the Field -- 15 Make Waterproof Matches -- 16 Make Fire from Rocks -- 17 Tie a Butterfly Loop to Hang Gear -- 18 Carry 50 Feet of Rope on Your Feet -- 19 Cut Parachute Cord with Friction -- 20 Tie a Bowline Knot -- 21 Predict the Weather with Plants -- 22 Test Your Local Stone -- 23 Rock Out with Percussion -- 24 Start a Fire -- 25 Make Char Cloth -- 26 Make a Fire Kit -- 27 Make a Fire Plough -- 28 Learn Fire-Making Basics -- 29 Make a Bow Drill -- 30 Learn the Tricks to Tinder -- 31 Start a Fire with Binoculars -- 32 Make a Tinder Bundle -- 33 Spark Fire with a Knife -- 34 Build a Fire in the Rain -- 35 Build a Fire on Snow -- 36 Boil Water for Safe Drinking -- 37 Camp Without a Tent -- 38 Hang Food from a Tree -- 39 Create Shelter with a Tarp -- 40 Be a Modern Caveman -- 41 Break Bigger Branches -- 42 Butcher a Wet Log -- 43 Split a Log with a Knife -- 44 Split Logs the Smart Way -- 45 Navigate by the Night Sky -- 46 See in the Dark -- 47 Stop Bleeding -- 48 Disinfect a Wound -- 49 Deal with Blood Loss -- 50 Immobilize an Arm Injury -- 51 Bandage a Wound -- 52 Treat for Shock -- 53 Fake a Sling -- 54 Set a Bone -- 55 Identify and Treat Burns -- 56 Make a Splint -- 57 Use Superglue to Close a Wound -- 58 Make a Fire Bed -- 59 Conquer Altitude Sickness in the Mountains -- LOST IN THE WOODS -- 60 Survive for Three Days -- 61 Blaze a Trail -- 62 Track Yourself -- 63 Avoid Getting Lost -- 64 Assess Your Situation.

65 Measure Remaining Daylight -- 66 Survive Mentally -- 67 Avoid These Pitfalls -- 68 Plan Your Priorities -- 69 Count Your Calories -- 70 Handle Animal Attacks -- 71 Read a Bear's Mind -- 72 Avoid a Bear Attack -- 73 Know Your Bears -- 74 Face Down a Black Bear -- 75 Live Through a Grizzly Encounter -- 76 Navigate Bogs and Muskeg -- 77 Keep Bugs Out of Your Pants -- 78 Avoid Dreaded Trench Foot -- 79 Remove a Tick -- 80 Get Rid of a Leech -- 81 Keep Mosquitoes at Bay -- 82 Banish a Botfly -- 83 Scout for Shelter -- 84 Cut Saplings for Shelter -- 85 Build a Debris Hut -- 86 Upgrade the Shelter -- 87 Bed Down on a Cliff -- 88 Make a Bed in a Pinch -- 89 Build a Swamp Shelter -- 90 Tie a Square Lashing -- 91 Heal with Bugs -- 92 Beat Blisters with Duct Tape -- 93 Harvest Aspirin from Tree Bark -- 94 Hunt for Water -- 95 Get Water from a Bag -- 96 Know Your Water -- 97 Purify Water in the Wild -- 98 Filter Water with Your Pants -- 99 Let the Sun Shine In -- 100 Build a One-Match Fire When Your Life Depends on It -- 101 Build Survival Skills -- 102 Test Plants for Edibility -- 103 Survive on Acorns -- 104 Steer Clear of Poisonous Plants -- 105 Improvise a Skewer Hook -- 106 Fish with Your Shirt -- 107 Spear Fish in a Funnel Trap -- 108 Bait Your Trap Correctly -- 109 Cover Your Scent -- 110 Build a Deadfall -- 111 Gobble Up Bugs -- 112 Dig a Hole Trap -- 113 Eat Roadkill -- 114 Call for Help in Any Language -- 115 Whittle a Whistle Out of a Stick -- 116 Aim a Makeshift Signal Mirror -- 117 Get Noticed by Rescuers -- 118 Light Up a Signal Fire -- 119 Prevent a Forest Fire -- EXTREME CONDITIONS -- 120 Survive a Wildfire -- 121 Cross a Swollen Creek or (Slightly) Raging River -- 122 Ford a River with Friends -- 123 Avoid a Lightning Strike -- 124 Build a Brush Raft -- 125 Swim Across a Raging River -- 126 Survive in Fast Water -- 127 Improvise Snow Goggles.

128 Make Emergency Snowshoes -- 129 Navigate the Arctic -- 130 Spot Hypothermia -- 131 Fight Back Against the Cold -- 132 Factor In Frostbite -- 133 Light Up the Dark -- 134 Put the Ice to Work -- 135 Bite Back -- 136 Produce a Probe -- 137 Assess the Ice -- 138 Stuff Your Clothes -- 139 Follow Ice Dos and Don'ts -- 140 Stay on Top of Thin Ice -- 141 Make Safety Spikes to Save Your Life -- 142 Survive a Fall Through Ice -- 143 Build a Survival Shelter -- 144 Eat a Winter Feast -- 145 Punch a Polar Bear -- 146 Pack Some Bear Spray -- 147 Navigate the Desert's Shifting Sands -- 148 Avoid Scorpions -- 149 Treat a Scorpion Sting -- 150 Treat a Snake Bite -- 151 Spit-Roast That Bunny -- 152 Skin and Cook a Snake -- 153 Maximize Heat from a Campfire -- 154 Seek Water in a Canyon -- 155 Scout for Water in the Desert -- 156 Defeat Dehydration -- 157 Fight Dehydration in the Desert -- 158 Make a Solar Still -- 159 Survive Heat Illnesses -- 160 Scale a Canyon -- 161 Descend a Cliff Using a Single Rope -- Index -- Copyright.