- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 2nd Revised edition edition (16 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006531407
- ISBN-13: 978-0006531401
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 13 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 546,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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How to survive in the wild, in any climate, on land or at sea.
This is the original survival handbook, the international bestseller which in the decade since it was published has been often imitated but never bettered.
This book is based on the training techniques of the Special Air Service, the world’s most famous elite fighting force, and shows how to survive outdoors, on land or at sea, in any weather, in any part of the world.
From making a pocket survival kit to knowing how to obtain safe drinking water, the SAS’s Chief Survival Instructor progresses through a whole range of survival techniques and situations. From obtaining food, building a camp and administering emergency first aid to navigating your way to safety and dealing with natural disasters, THE SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK could actually save your life.
From the Back Cover
THIS NEW EDITION CONTAINS THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IN A NEW RUCKSACK-FRIENDLY FORMAT
BE PREPARED
Planning to survive, from making a pocket survival kit to knowing how to obtain water and other basic needs.
STRATEGY
Dealing with accidents and escape procedures, and adapting to terrain – polar regions, mountains, seashores islands, deserts and the tropics
FOOD
What you need to keep going – edible plants, animals and insects – plus animal tracks and techniques for hunting, trapping, fishing and handling the kill
SURVIVAL AT SEA
What to do if you have to abandon ship – survival afloat and how to make a landfall
READING SIGNS
Not only reading but how to make maps and compasses, plus other ways of direction finding and also predicting the weather
ON THE MOVE
Knowing when to break camp, planning your route, tackling the terrain and making sledges and rafts
HEALTH
First aid priorities, natural medicine and treatment procedures for tropical and other diseases, cold climate hazards and dangerous or poisonous creatures
CAMP CRAFT
Skills for building a shelter, making and using fire, preparing survival meals, using tools and ropes, lashings and knots
RESCUE
Different signals and ways of signalling, plus various rescue techniques
DISASTERS
What to do if you have to cope with drought, flood or fire, hurricanes or earthquakes, chemical accidents or nuclear incidents
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Does what it's supposed to. The perfect survival guide for any situation, tells you how to find food and water, make a shelter, make a fire and lots more.
There are colour illutrations of edible and medical plants as well as poisonous plants and fungi. There is also a first aid section which covers a range of situations. The book also tells you how to make weapons (e.g. bow and arrow, spear, sling etc...) to hunt with and to recognise different animals tracks.
It describes different knots (includes how to make snares and other animal traps).
It also briefly tells you how to survive a tornado, earthquake, nuclear explosion etc..
If your looking for a book to help you in any climate in any country this is perfect, or if you just like the outdoors you will find this book usefull
10/10.
There are colour illutrations of edible and medical plants as well as poisonous plants and fungi. There is also a first aid section which covers a range of situations. The book also tells you how to make weapons (e.g. bow and arrow, spear, sling etc...) to hunt with and to recognise different animals tracks.
It describes different knots (includes how to make snares and other animal traps).
It also briefly tells you how to survive a tornado, earthquake, nuclear explosion etc..
If your looking for a book to help you in any climate in any country this is perfect, or if you just like the outdoors you will find this book usefull
10/10.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With over two decades in the British S.A.S., John "Lofty" Wiseman learned everything about survival one can possibly imagine. This book has traveled thousands of miles with me, and the smaller 'SAS Survival Guide' is a permanent part of my travel/camping gear. This book teaches you how to get water in the desert, build a fire in the arctic, and every other survival essential action possible. Highly Recommended!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have owned this book for a few years now and have found it's content invaluable. Covering everything from edible plant identification to car crash survival! If you dislike busy text filled books then you will appreciate the logical layout and design this book offers. In short I personally reccommend it and have done for years!
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Published 9 months ago by Twinkle Star
Not entirely accurate in my opinion.
To polarise a needle to use as a compass, Do NOT wrap a wire round it and leave it connected for 5 MINUTES ....to a battery.. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2008 by C. Cunnington
Better then before
I got the book when I was a kid, but my brother who was a scout master at the time borrowed it, and lost it!. But I got the updated version not so long ago and its better again. Read more
Published on 3 July 2007 by nogard
Good book
Not what you would call a pocket guide. This book is absolutly packed with very useful information. trouble is, there is so much info you will probably forget most of it before you... Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2006 by Lost Soul
Never out of date.
First read this book in my teens and still use it today for regular up - dates to my outdoor survival knowledge. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2006 by G. Morris
Get This Book!!
This is a must have book. Ot covers everything you need to know from basic survival to extreme survival, everyday to military. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2004 by "bjj04"
Superb!!!!!!!!!!!
This book could not contain any more information for personal survival. everything you could think of is in theis book! Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2003 by Craig Steel
totally excellent
This book is totally excellent, Ive had it for about 5 years now and still I find myself refering to it time and time again. Read more
Published on 7 May 2002
Common sense to live.
A brilliant distillation of the facts and mechanics of survival which gets rid of the James Bond type of folk lore. A must for anyone who ventures away from the TV. Read more
Published on 8 April 2002
The best book of it's kind.......in a league of it's own!
If you are interested in this field then this should be your must have book!! Lofty is a legend in what he does and he explains it so well. You can just not put it down. BUY IT !
Published on 6 Sep 2001
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