Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Part I Seven-Day Survival
Chapter 1 Preparing to Survive 3
Clothing 3
Survival Kits 6
Chapter 2 Shelter 13
Location, Location, Location 14
Types of Shelter 15
Finding Shelter 16
Woodland Shelters 17
Snow Shelters 25
Desert Shelters 37
Chapter 3 Water 43
Finding Water 43
Purifying Water 44
Springs 44
Digging 45
Dew Gathering and Catchments 46
Solar Stills 46
Sap Gathering 48
Chapter 4 Fire 51
Materials 51
Tipi Fires 52
Fire Pits and Rings 53
Chapter 5 Navigation 57
What to Do if Lost 57
Basic Direction Finding 59
Map and Compass 61
Using Map and Compass Together 68
Declination 70
Following a Bearing 74
Planning a Route 76
Chapter 6 Medical Emergencies 79
First Aid 79
Heat-Related Problems 82
Cold-Related Injuries 83
Physical Injuries 85
Part II Beyond Survival: Primitive Skills for Wilderness Living
Chapter 7 Shelters for the Long Term 91
Pit Shelters 91
Thatched Huts 94
Chapter 8 Fire-Making Tools 101
Bow Drill 101
Hand Drill 106
Fire Saw 109
Fire Plow 112
Long Match 114
Chapter 9 Food and Drink 117
Eating in the Wild 118
Flavored Drinks 120
Meal Preparation and Cooking 121
Pit Cooking 129
Rock Boiling 132
Storing Food 132
Preserving Food 133
Chapter 10 Fishing 139
What Method? 139
Hand Fishing 140
Spearfishing 142
Hook and Line 144
Fish Poison 147
Chapter 11 Trapping 149
Set Locations and Baits 149
Types of Traps 150
Chapter 12 Hunting Weapons 157
Rabbit Stick 157
Thrusting Spear 159
Throwing Spear 160
Bolas 161
Atlatl 162
Field Bow 168
Arrows 173
Chapter 13 Hunting Methods 181
The Mental Game 181
Moving and Seeing 183
Preparing Yourself 185
Camouflage 187
Carcass Care 189
Chapter 14 Rawhide, Tanning Hides for Buckskin, and Sinew 195
Rawhide 195
Tanning 198
Sinew 205
Chapter 15 Cordage and Crude Cloth 207
Harvest and Storage 207
Spinning Fibers into Cordage 210
Splicing 211
Weaving 212
Chapter 16 Other tools and Materials 215
Working with Stone 215
Working with Pitch 219
Hand Tools 220
Chapter 17 Containers 229
Baskets 229
Bark Canteens 233
Cooking Containers 235
Primitive Pottery 237
Chapter 18 Comfort and Cleanliness 253
Camp Layout 253
Hygiene 255
Appendix: Recommended Reading 257
Index 261