• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• ISBN/EAN: 1405322365 / 9781405322362
• Format: Hardback - 320 pages
• Dimensions: 263 x 201 mm, 1214 grams
• Country of Pub.: United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 01/04/2009

This work features the essential skills for outdoor adventure from the Royal Marines. Learn to stay alive with the Royal Marines. Want to know what to do if you met a bear in the woods, how to light a fire in the rain or what to do in shark-infested waters? Get the answers to these and many more questions with the ultimate guide to survival techniques as experienced by the Royal Marines. It helps you pick up survival basics, from staying fit, to planning your expedition and packing essential kit. It helps you discover what to do on a trail, from navigating and using pack animals to hiking or even skiing to your destination.In this work, you'll pick up wilderness techniques and learn to make shelters, find water, spot, catch and cook wild food. And when there's an emergency you'll be glad you learned how to mount a rescue, use essential first aid techniques and even how to get found. Learn survival techniques from the men who've been there, done it and survived. And take on the most testing challenges nature can throw at you.