98. 6 Degrees : The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!

by Lundin, Cody

• ISBN13: 9781586852344
• ISBN10: 1586852345
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

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Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(11)
Check this Out!	11	(2)
Why a Survival Kit?	13	(6)
Survival Situations: How Do They Start?	19	(3)
Survival vs. Primitive Living, or ``Living off the Land''	22	(3)
Survival Psychology and the Importance of Proper Prior Training	25	(8)
Why Fear Sucks	33	(9)
Dealing with the Survival Scenario: Attitude, Adaptation, and Awareness	42	(8)
Reducing the Threat of the Survival Situation: The Seven Ps	50	(2)
What it Takes to Stay Alive	52	(8)
The Most Common Way to Push Up Daisies in the Outdoors	60	(9)
How Your Body Loses and Gains Heat	69	(8)
Your First Line of Defense	77	(30)
About Your Rescuers	107	(6)
Helping Rescuers Bring You Back Alive	113	(6)
What is a Survival Kit?	119	(13)
Survival Kit Components (You + the Tool + the Environment = Your Life)	132	(76)
Summary	208	(1)
The Amazing ``The drawings and photos are really cool but I'm too lazy to read this book'' Cliff Notes	209

Excerpts

Chapter 1 Survival Situations: How do they start? How do survival situations happen? How do they start? These are loaded questions. A more accurate one would be, "How don't they start?" Murphy's Law, remember? That which can go wrong will. Flat tires, freak weather, wrong turns, broken limbs, and a million more scenarios exist for screwing up in the woods. More often than not, life-threatening affairs are the end result of several seemingly insignificant events. Taken one at a time, they would have little effect, but when compounded they can kill. Therefore, a main part of any survival strategy is to recognize danger signs early so corrective action can be taken. One of the more common ways to meet your maker is couched innocently enough in the simple day hike. Can you guess why? Have you ever heard someone say, "Ain't nothin' gonna happen, honey. We'll only be gone for a few hours. It's just a day hike!" Day hikes are notorious for compromising lives because they lull people into a sense of complacency in regard to properly preparing for a trip. Phrases like "We don't need that extra sweater," or "Leave the water in the truck!" can end up putting people six feet under.