SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
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- Author：John 'Lofty' Wiseman
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Summary
The ultimate guide to survival， this edition now includes the most essential urban survival tips for today， supplementing the fully updated original， bestselling handbook。
The original and best survival guide for any situation in every climate is back。 Now with added techniques for handling Urban dangers， the SAS Survival Handbook is the complete companion for adventurers everywhere。 From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets， be prepared in any city， land or sea。 SAS legend John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman’s unrivalled multi-million copy bestseller will teach you:
Preparation – Understanding and assembling latest， most resilient， kit。
Navigation – Skills， technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain。
Food and Health – Finding resources in your environment， feeding yourself， healing yourself and avoiding disease。
Urban Safety and Security – Recognising dangerous situations， defending yourself and saving others。
Disaster Survival – Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire。
The original and best survival guide for any situation in every climate is back。 Now with added techniques for handling Urban dangers， the SAS Survival Handbook is the complete companion for adventurers everywhere。 From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets， be prepared in any city， land or sea。 SAS legend John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman’s unrivalled multi-million copy bestseller will teach you:
Preparation – Understanding and assembling latest， most resilient， kit。
Navigation – Skills， technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain。
Food and Health – Finding resources in your environment， feeding yourself， healing yourself and avoiding disease。
Urban Safety and Security – Recognising dangerous situations， defending yourself and saving others。
Disaster Survival – Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire。
Reviews
Jared Hatch
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A 3 until you get lost in the wilderness。。。 then it jumps to a 5。I feel like I’m ready for an all out zombie apocalypse， but I’ll settle for a good camping trip。
David
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4 / 5Imagine the worst possible scenario， and train for it。- John 'Lofty' Wiseman Would you be prepared if your merry flight to Cancun suddenly changed its destination to the mountains below？If a holiday Offshore fishing trip resulted in you being stranded on the vastness of our oceans， what would be your life expectancy？ How would you and your family face a nuclear attack—as odds are increasing in today's world？Or simply， would you know how to proceed in case of a medical emergency？Your answers 4 / 5Imagine the worst possible scenario， and train for it。- John 'Lofty' Wiseman Would you be prepared if your merry flight to Cancun suddenly changed its destination to the mountains below？If a holiday Offshore fishing trip resulted in you being stranded on the vastness of our oceans， what would be your life expectancy？ How would you and your family face a nuclear attack—as odds are increasing in today's world？Or simply， would you know how to proceed in case of a medical emergency？Your answers are not reassuring？ Then this book could be a lifesaver！In my opinion， it sometimes lacked illustrations。 Nevertheless， it accomplishes well its purpose: to help you survive anywhere。Beware！ Wiseman isn't a fan of commas。 。。。more
Brian
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Really well done - I bought about 12 different books in the genre and this is top 2
Linus
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The definite survival handbook， covering everything from shelter and water to edible plants， medicinal herbs， hunting and trap building， all in one nifty volume， full of helpful illustrations。
Konstantin Petrov
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Bra， men är inte så bra på att lyssna på。
Brian Cham
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Wow， this book really has everything！ So many useful tips for every kind of scenario。 I hope I will never have to use these， but I am glad that I have read them。 A fully comprehensive must-read for anyone who enjoys the outdoors or wants to be prepared for anything。
Joseph Hirsch
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Back when I was in the Army， when I got really bored I would read FMs and TMs。 Those are "field manuals" and "training manuals。" They weren't exactly riveting， but being a city boy with little in the way of practical skills （I couldn't even change oil when I got in the Army）， I started developing a taste for knowing how to actually do things after a couple of years in the service。 There are all kinds of things it's good to know how to do， though it's probably best to never have to apply such kno Back when I was in the Army， when I got really bored I would read FMs and TMs。 Those are "field manuals" and "training manuals。" They weren't exactly riveting， but being a city boy with little in the way of practical skills （I couldn't even change oil when I got in the Army）， I started developing a taste for knowing how to actually do things after a couple of years in the service。 There are all kinds of things it's good to know how to do， though it's probably best to never have to apply such knowledge。 "SAS Survival Guide" is a broad overview covering those various realms， with the overarching goal of helping one stay alive in the wild。 It's all here， from what to eat and what not to eat， how to navigate land when your compass has crapped out and maps are shoddy or nonexistent。 The problem for me is that the book is too thorough in some areas and too vague in others。 The Linnaeus-granular breakdowns of various poisonous toadstools and tropical fish seemed unnecessary， while other subjects were either skimmed over briefly （building a raft from lashed-together logs is not so easy without pitch） or avoided altogether （river fording， corduroy and pontoon building）。I guess if you're coming to the subject cold， you could probably do worse。 And if you're as likely to end up foraging in the Andes as in Kentucky， the stuff about otherwise-exotic flora and fauna will actually be handy。 For me it was pedantic padding， though。 And all those old Army TMs and FMs are still online， and available for free。 I'd hazard， however， that this is probably a "must-have" for survivalist completists， so feel free to ignore this as a minority report screed pecked out on the keyboard by a city slicker whose calluses have long-since healed。 。。。more
Igor Veloso
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Got this book on the very next day my government declared a country wide quarantine。 It was quite a blessing if I may say。Doesn’t really count as a full read from page to page， but already got around the subjects I was interested in and got to learn about others that were secondary。 Everything in this book is equally important information， mind you， but to each person， their own priorities。There are other Survival books， albeit more specialized， like Bushcraft 101 or those about flora。 This one Got this book on the very next day my government declared a country wide quarantine。 It was quite a blessing if I may say。Doesn’t really count as a full read from page to page， but already got around the subjects I was interested in and got to learn about others that were secondary。 Everything in this book is equally important information， mind you， but to each person， their own priorities。There are other Survival books， albeit more specialized， like Bushcraft 101 or those about flora。 This one aims to be The Ultimate Guide and covers a lot: The Essentials to bring with you， Strategies to adopt （psychological and perception）， Climate and Terrain to adapt， Food including what not to eat and how to cook， Camp Craft and tools， Reading Signs when you’re camped， want to be rescued or are On the Move; Health and its obligatory first aid procedures， Survival at Sea， Rescue etiquette， Urban Survival and self defense methods and finally Disasters， from natural to nuclear。Its a big book。 There are pocket alternatives， but buy those at your own risk。 I’d say having these 700 pages in your bug-out bag its not wasted space。 Remember to practice some of these things while you’re safe， so you can be readier when you’re not。 Although once again， check your priorities。 If you’re in village or near natural parks and SHTF， learning the camp stuff should be the first thing; if you’re in an Urban Environment， adapt to that one instead。 Its all about the resource management and keep you and your tribe safe。Everyone making fun of the toilet paper buying - me too， I do like to make light of things – however， assuming one is not hoarding and taking it Smeagol style， ending up having three times more paper than the food you can wipe， maybe you should be doing the same。 People are realizing they have to stay at home， many are at higher risk by going outside。 Families are used to buy just the necessary， so stock is manageable。 Now they have to be as self sufficient as possible， and have to buy extra， not only to reduce risk of exposure but also to avoid clogging the supermarket or wait in endless lines。 Markets and shelves have to adapt to the new reality。 Much of the “panic buying” its simply a derogatory term for the mass prepping people need to do。 Very careful with being condescending about those， or you might be the next beggar。We’re all preppers now。Which means， if you don’t have this book yet， its one of the most worthy investments you can make。 You not only learn something for the betterment of those you love， but also those around you， starting with staying at home， reading。Stay safe out there。 。。。more
Michael || TheNeverendingTBR
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I've read a lot of survival manuals throughout the years and this one is the very best one out of that bunch。It goes through the essential survival items， strategies， climate and terrain， obtaining food， preparing food， making camps， reading stars and weather， survival at sea， rescue techniques and disasters such as fire， drought， flood， lightning， earthquakes and chemical accidents as well as surviving at home if all services and supplies are cut off。And much much more。。I'd also like to point o I've read a lot of survival manuals throughout the years and this one is the very best one out of that bunch。It goes through the essential survival items， strategies， climate and terrain， obtaining food， preparing food， making camps， reading stars and weather， survival at sea， rescue techniques and disasters such as fire， drought， flood， lightning， earthquakes and chemical accidents as well as surviving at home if all services and supplies are cut off。And much much more。。I'd also like to point out that this book has illustrations throughout， with diagrams etc on how to carry out tasks。I've actually read this book several times， I just thought I'd give it a proper review as I came across it while looking for my next read。⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 。。。more
R。S。W。 Li
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I have one of the first published print。 That was in 1986。 Now 2020 it is still an true source of outdoor knowledge and skills。In those times "surival" was not charted and everybody practicing it; nuts。Bush wacking and fire making idiots， trying to look serious。。。most of the time。 Brands like: BCB where leading companies in survival gear and items。 Long before Ray Mears started bragging and。。。。。。。waaaaay。。。before Ray Mears firstly travelled to Scandinavia and learned; that it is cold out there。 I have one of the first published print。 That was in 1986。 Now 2020 it is still an true source of outdoor knowledge and skills。In those times "surival" was not charted and everybody practicing it; nuts。Bush wacking and fire making idiots， trying to look serious。。。most of the time。 Brands like: BCB where leading companies in survival gear and items。 Long before Ray Mears started bragging and。。。。。。。waaaaay。。。before Ray Mears firstly travelled to Scandinavia and learned; that it is cold out there。This book put "survival" on the chart as an serious business。 So serious， nowerdays in the European Union plagarism by newbies is more; the thing to do， than not to do。。。and calling it "bushcraft" or what that maybe other than survival skills as refined as it was during the 80's。Top 5 books on my shelf on this subject！ （sorry Ray Mears。。。your not。。。） 。。。more
Peter Jochinger
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This made me wish I had been a member of the Scouts。 Miles of useful information makes this well worth the read。
Dymphy
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The SAS survival Handbook is a guide to what to do if you end up in a survival situation。 It features tools， how to's and what to do and don't in each situation。 It is easy to see why this book is one of the first listed when looking for a survival guide。 The only downside for me was that the contents were arranged in not a logical way。 Maybe I'm missing the context， or why it was done， but it made it harder for me to get into the book。 The SAS survival Handbook is a guide to what to do if you end up in a survival situation。 It features tools， how to's and what to do and don't in each situation。 It is easy to see why this book is one of the first listed when looking for a survival guide。 The only downside for me was that the contents were arranged in not a logical way。 Maybe I'm missing the context， or why it was done， but it made it harder for me to get into the book。 。。。more
Dawn
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Packed with useful information！
James Arseno
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If you don't plan on buying several books and want to get very solid， basic information that does a good job at covering all the basics pretty well， get your hands on this piece。 If you don't plan on buying several books and want to get very solid， basic information that does a good job at covering all the basics pretty well， get your hands on this piece。 。。。more
brian
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SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere（Kindle Edition） tThis is a SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK。In my opinion this book it’s pretty distinguish from all the books， this book has show me how to make water， traps，fire medicades and how to survival on any environment。 This book has a lot of information and i really like this book。 In page:409 ti show you where all the pressure points are and that’s pretty good to know in case of a emergency。 This book would help you in a emergency SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere（Kindle Edition） tThis is a SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK。In my opinion this book it’s pretty distinguish from all the books， this book has show me how to make water， traps，fire medicades and how to survival on any environment。 This book has a lot of information and i really like this book。 In page:409 ti show you where all the pressure points are and that’s pretty good to know in case of a emergency。 This book would help you in a emergency and you can read this book or you can bring this book when you go to a vacation so in case of a emergency you know what to do。 This book is the 3 book in the cities and i can’t wait to read the 2 book that i'm behind。 。。。more
Kitteh
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"Survival is as much a mental attitude as physical endurance and knowledge。 " This has been the most informative book I've read。 As someone who belongs to a normal crowd， this book is useful。 very useful。I love everything on this book except my phony ebook reader who doesn't make the formats right。 I love how you can really read the author's survival experiences just by reading this book。 I hope that every civilians reads this book and should be required to read before reaching adulthood。This "Survival is as much a mental attitude as physical endurance and knowledge。 " This has been the most informative book I've read。 As someone who belongs to a normal crowd， this book is useful。 very useful。I love everything on this book except my phony ebook reader who doesn't make the formats right。 I love how you can really read the author's survival experiences just by reading this book。 I hope that every civilians reads this book and should be required to read before reaching adulthood。This book is perfect。 5 out of 5。 The part I loved the most was the knot chapter。 I really learned a lot by reading this book。Here's a picture of a very-badly-knotted lasso I made :D : 。。。more
Andra Nicoara
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Such a comprehensive guide to survival in all kinds of situations and conditions！ Honestly， I think everyone should read at least some parts of it， whichever are more likely to happen in their situation because it can't hurt to know some basic skills and information about surviving。 Such a comprehensive guide to survival in all kinds of situations and conditions！ Honestly， I think everyone should read at least some parts of it， whichever are more likely to happen in their situation because it can't hurt to know some basic skills and information about surviving。 。。。more
Tatiana
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Se va al bolso del apocalipsis zombie。
Marianna
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This is a pretty comprehensive survival book，but as someone who approaches nature and the concept of primitivism as a coexistent， it lacks some fundamentals of this approach。 I understand it is geared more towards the paramilitary or outdoorsmen demographic， and in that case it is pretty comprehensive。 I would say it is a must have for any outdoorsmen， and for would- be homesteader or someone interested in the back to the land movements it would be a good companion piece to some other native wis This is a pretty comprehensive survival book，but as someone who approaches nature and the concept of primitivism as a coexistent， it lacks some fundamentals of this approach。 I understand it is geared more towards the paramilitary or outdoorsmen demographic， and in that case it is pretty comprehensive。 I would say it is a must have for any outdoorsmen， and for would- be homesteader or someone interested in the back to the land movements it would be a good companion piece to some other native wisdom/permaculture books。 。。。more
Bryce Reed
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Full of useful information。。。 and proofreading errors。 One especially entertaining one involves a clown。
Paul Belanger
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This book is massive and contains so much information that it's a daunting read。 It's also very interesting and sometimes humorous。 I loved the case studies and would have liked to see more of those included。 One of the things I've been thinking about in recent years is the SHTF scenario （look it up if you don't know what this means）。 While the "Urban Survival" section gives a little bit of info that's usable， mostly in the "Home Front" section， I was hoping to see more。 This is a good book for This book is massive and contains so much information that it's a daunting read。 It's also very interesting and sometimes humorous。 I loved the case studies and would have liked to see more of those included。 One of the things I've been thinking about in recent years is the SHTF scenario （look it up if you don't know what this means）。 While the "Urban Survival" section gives a little bit of info that's usable， mostly in the "Home Front" section， I was hoping to see more。 This is a good book for carrying in the "Go Bag，" with plenty of items for reference。 A "Go Bag" checklist would also be handy。 I'm certain there are tons of useful items to be included， but having a resource like a checklist in this book that gets you started would help round things out。There's probably a dozen or so grammatical errors too。 You should be able to figure them out。 One in particular was a warning about using morphine。 If you inject it you should mark the patient's forehead。 In the text it says， "。。。preferably on the forehead of the parent， 。。。" Where was the editor on the day to review this chapter？ Argh。。。 。。。more
Dan
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Books on dense， memory-heavy subjects rarely grip me enough to devour hundreds of pages in a sitting， but this one did。 This is an excellent book。
Salome Starfire
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Well。。。let me firstly warn temperaments such as mine--those hyper-vigilant folk no less that this book is not the best book to read if you are in a kind of self-imposed lock-down for several days。 I found myself at the library and two books appeared out of nowhere and beckoned me to take them out。。one was 'How to build a time machine' and the other was this one i'm reviewing。 （ I had borrowed them the day after the horrifying news， albeit predictable， so really are we shocked？ of Trump's victory Well。。。let me firstly warn temperaments such as mine--those hyper-vigilant folk no less that this book is not the best book to read if you are in a kind of self-imposed lock-down for several days。 I found myself at the library and two books appeared out of nowhere and beckoned me to take them out。。one was 'How to build a time machine' and the other was this one i'm reviewing。 （ I had borrowed them the day after the horrifying news， albeit predictable， so really are we shocked？ of Trump's victory。。。and the world's doom）It's not a literary masterpiece， nor is it poetry。。。and thanks to a good editor and writer it is not。。。 or this book would provide more harm than good if one had to decipher/delve/or deeply ruminate on how to survive a car-jacking， plane crash in the ocean or jungle。。。through poetry。 Can you imagine。。。1 metre between the carsis all that I needto make a breakpanic， eyes wideI metre is all I needbehindin-front。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。anyway I'm digressing with my terrible poetry。So despite the tendency for me to be ultra hyper-vigilant。。。。（ note well。。。yes I had decided that a man sitting outside our house on the opposite side of the street and then getting up and moving around was suspicious as he was there for over an hour。。。。。he probably was right？） Yes。。I made myself invisible。。。and only wished for binoculars。 Other things。。I did end up buying a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit。。and practised some self-defence moves on my obliging partner。 In a way。。。I could have turned into Manny from Black books。 Did you know you are more likely to survive in you sit at the back of the plane。。so first class aint all that。 Did you know you can make flotation devices from your clothes if you land in the freezing water after a plane crash （ would one have the energy after the shock？）Thus。。。its a mighty fine read because it alerts your mind to the ingenuity and determination of how humans have passed on knowledge for survival。 That in itself makes this book exceedingly remarkable。 。。。more
Electric-guitar
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Well written book。 Clear instructions and advice。 Very enjoyable book to read。 Now just to practise what I have read， would compliment the what I have read。
Bill
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everyone needs one
Jacqui Jacoby
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Using for research and it's pretty good。 Using for research and it's pretty good。 。。。more
Indah Threez Lestari
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208 - 2016Sehabis baca Revenant， paling cocok ya baca buku ini。。。*persiapan kalo terjadi apa-apa*
Dudley Smith
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Handy
Bookista
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Extremely detailed book that lays out mostly complicated methods of survival （many pages of identical-looking mushrooms， some marked "poisonous" and some marked "good to eat"） but also repeats many times in ALL CAPS: DON'T DRINK URINE。 Message received。 I won't！ Extremely detailed book that lays out mostly complicated methods of survival （many pages of identical-looking mushrooms， some marked "poisonous" and some marked "good to eat"） but also repeats many times in ALL CAPS: DON'T DRINK URINE。 Message received。 I won't！ 。。。more
Liberty
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