Initiative on the other hand may be guided by a consideration of general principles such as those we can here absorb. No hard and fast rules can be laid down for survival anywhere, particularly in the farther places. What people say you can not do, you try and find you can.
Man’s capacities have never been measured nor are we to judge what we can do by any precedents, so little has been tried, pointed Thoreau. It may even happen that you and yours will be compelled to seek sanctuary in the wilderness because of those ever increasing threats to civilization itself-an atom bomb catastrophe or the even more terrible microscopic foes of germ warfare. Perhaps you’ll be a passenger in an aircraft that has to make a forced landing.
You may be in an automobile that is stalled by mishap or storm in an unsettled area, a not uncommon occurrence that frequently results in unnecessary hardship and tragedy. Yet almost invariably where such individuals suffer and all too often succumb so needlessly, wild food is free for the picking, meat for the taking, fire for the lighting, clothes for the making, and shelter for the satisfaction of building.
Thousands among North America’s more than 30 million annually licensed fishermen and hunters do each year, many fatally. You may become lost or stranded in the woods. If you are not ready, it may cost your life. It costs very little time, money, and effort to be ready for such an emergency. Nature Magazine advises “if you’re planning any wilderness adventure, you would do well to get acquainted with the valuable information in this book.” Read moreĪ party living off the country must know how to get full value from everything available especially in the way of food.– Royal Canadian Mounted Police CHAPTER 1 Every Necessity Is FreeĪNYONE AT ANY TIME can suddenly find himself dependent on his own resources for survival. In a clear and understandable way, brad Angier provides a harvest of handy, helpful hints about the necessities of life…where to look for the natural-growing supply of edible, unusual, taste-tickling plants, bushes, and fruit make-shift but sure-fire ways to catch fish easy ways to utensil-less cooking building and using first to the best advantages constructing off-beat shelters handily best ways to conserve and use available clothing what to do about finding your way backwoods medicine for emergencies…and much more to satisfy man’s need to stay alive in the woods.įor any kind of timber trek, pack Living Off the Country with other survival gear. Living off the Country changes the risk of moving around in the outdoors into trouble-free times…offering take-along tips for finding free appetite fillers, thirst quenchers, weapons and warmth in all kinds of situations.
0 kommentar(er)
