The Hawaiian Survival Handbook

by Brother Noland

Maybe you'll never have to fight off a wild pig or find water in the wild. Maybe you'll never need to survive Hawaii's tropical jungle and shoreline. But you never know. The Hawaiian Survival Handbook is a just-in-case bush guide for when things go wrong -- from flash floods to shark attacks, from rip tides to box jellyfish. Among the more than 40 survival techniques and outdoor skills included in the Handbook: How to Avoid a Shark Attack

How to Survive a Rip Tide or Undertow

How to Forage Hawaii's Shoreline

How to Use a Throw Net

How to Read the Island Weather

How to Build or Find an Overnight Shelter

How to Make Fire

How to Wayfind in the Forest

How to Use the Moon

How to Make Use of Native Plants

How to Develop the Eye of the Tracker

How to Avoid a Wild Pig Attack

Genres: Survival

164 pages, Hardcover

First published August 8, 2014

Reviews

[Selena Ewing · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked up on a whim from Walmart in Honolulu. And so glad I did. My teen boys loved it. I do wonder how much of it is workable, but it sure makes for a great read.

[Guy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good survival tips for Hawaii but many can also be used elsewhere. Relaxed Hawaiian style of writing from a more native perspective.

[John Brissette · Rating 4 out of 5]

First let me explain me. I'm a partially indigenous person. New world French & Native American who was raised far from my cultural home. I was raised in a very urban Hoboken, NJ, where my father went for work after the military. My connection to Hawaii began with him. He lived there for many years while with the Navy & I believe found the cultural community & sense that as a partially indigenous person he did not experience elsewhere. As an adult I vegan visiting the islands and soon adopted it as a second home....perhaps it adopted me...either way I refer to myself as "hanai" to Hawaii. I picked up this book out of curiosity. It was interesting to see the many lessons I learned as a child from my dad, aunties or uncles retold here. Many skills and a way of seeing the world are shared by all indigenous people. I still live on the east coast and work successfully in NYC in healthcare. Colleagues have told me what sets me apart is my "aloha". This book hit home in the latter pages as it revealed that survival is not exclusive to the bush. That the care, respect, aloha, teamwork, etc needed in the wild can lead to success anywhere. In life I've found that to be true. All in all this is a great little book about survival...not just in the wild.

[Shawna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Offers tips on how to survive out in the Hawaiian wilderness, both in the forest and at the ocean. A lot of it is common sense and just being aware of your surroundings.