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The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival: A Guide to Shelter, Water, Fire, Food, Navigation, and Survival Kits
Wondering how to stay alive and safe in the outdoors?
The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival is a systematic approach to wilderness survival designed to increase your confidence in the outdoors and teach you exactly what to do, and in what order, if you find yourself in a survival situation.
You will learn how to:
build shelter from natural materials that keep you warm and protected from the elements
find water and purify it with or without equipment
start campfires, even in the pouring rain, without matches or lighters
recognize staple wild foods
navigate with and without the aid of a map and compass
create the right type of survival kit to be prepared for almost any emergency
The techniques presented in The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival will help you see the wilderness as a community of allies ready to supply you with survival needs—from wood for a fire-starting kit to wild edible plants to sustain you. You’ll enjoy the freedom of exploring remote areas, and become a valuable resource for others.
The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival is a systematic approach to wilderness survival designed to increase your confidence in the outdoors and teach you exactly what to do, and in what order, if you find yourself in a survival situation.
You will learn how to:
build shelter from natural materials that keep you warm and protected from the elements
find water and purify it with or without equipment
start campfires, even in the pouring rain, without matches or lighters
recognize staple wild foods
navigate with and without the aid of a map and compass
create the right type of survival kit to be prepared for almost any emergency
The techniques presented in The Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival will help you see the wilderness as a community of allies ready to supply you with survival needs—from wood for a fire-starting kit to wild edible plants to sustain you. You’ll enjoy the freedom of exploring remote areas, and become a valuable resource for others.
164 pages, Paperback
Published September 15, 2022
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About the author
Jason Knight
1 book1 followerJason Knight has been teaching wilderness survival skills since 1997. He has consulted as a local wilderness skills expert for the Discovery Channel and has been featured on NPR. He is a cofounder and instructor at Alderleaf Wilderness College, one of the leading outdoor schools in the United States offering training in wilderness survival to a broad range of clients including the US Forest Service, the Seattle Mountaineers, and the cast of the award-winning film Captain Fantastic. Learn more about Jason and Alderleaf at WildernessCollege.com
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October 6, 2022
A Must Read for Anyone Going for a Walk in the Woods
This is a must have survival handbook for anyone going for a short walk or days long hike into the wilderness. I wish I had known these tips on bushcraft before I took a short walk in the woods with my dogs. What was scheduled to be an hour long walk along a marked trail ended up lasting more than 4 hours. I found my way back to civilization by shear luck. Thank you Jason Knight for this comprehensive guide. I will definitely keep it handy.
This is a must have survival handbook for anyone going for a short walk or days long hike into the wilderness. I wish I had known these tips on bushcraft before I took a short walk in the woods with my dogs. What was scheduled to be an hour long walk along a marked trail ended up lasting more than 4 hours. I found my way back to civilization by shear luck. Thank you Jason Knight for this comprehensive guide. I will definitely keep it handy.
October 24, 2022
Excellent comprehensive book on survival skills that are simple to follow, covering all the
necessities that might arise in an emergency situation. The skills are also incredibly valuable
to know for anyone who does wilderness camping, and is a great resource for review even
for those who are avid wilderness explorers. I think that everyone should have a copy.. you
never know when an emergency might arise!
necessities that might arise in an emergency situation. The skills are also incredibly valuable
to know for anyone who does wilderness camping, and is a great resource for review even
for those who are avid wilderness explorers. I think that everyone should have a copy.. you
never know when an emergency might arise!
October 9, 2022
Enjoyable, invaluable reading!
"From early classes taught to the very young child to the most advanced classes these wilderness skills can be either broken down or expanded on. A very valuable book to learn and teach from. Enjoyable, invaluable reading, well done!"
-Cathy Karlsen, former Montessori Guide with an outdoor element.
"From early classes taught to the very young child to the most advanced classes these wilderness skills can be either broken down or expanded on. A very valuable book to learn and teach from. Enjoyable, invaluable reading, well done!"
-Cathy Karlsen, former Montessori Guide with an outdoor element.
February 28, 2025
An excellent guide to beginner's survival. It's very approachable and anyone who reads it will walk away knowing they can live wildly, too.
October 29, 2022
A great introduction to wilderness survival.
Full disclosure I received an electronic ARC of “Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival” so there might be changes in the new version. Further disclosure, I took the Alderleaf intro course.
This is a really nice little book that discusses the main priorities if you are in a survival situation. Should this be your only source no, plus not many expect to be in a sudden survival situation either.
One thing I didn’t really understand is why they placed water before fire in this book despite fire being important if you need to boil water. Plus hypothermia will tend to kill you before lack of water and so it should be reversed.
Full disclosure I received an electronic ARC of “Essential Skills of Wilderness Survival” so there might be changes in the new version. Further disclosure, I took the Alderleaf intro course.
This is a really nice little book that discusses the main priorities if you are in a survival situation. Should this be your only source no, plus not many expect to be in a sudden survival situation either.
One thing I didn’t really understand is why they placed water before fire in this book despite fire being important if you need to boil water. Plus hypothermia will tend to kill you before lack of water and so it should be reversed.
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