Will to Live

by Stroud, Les

• ISBN13: 9780062026576
• ISBN10: 0062026577
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-01
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co

Summary

In a survival situation, a wrong decision could spell the difference between life and death. No one knows this better than Les Stroud, who has survived everywhere from the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon. In Will to Live, Les examines many incredible true life survival stories-explaining what happened and why, and offering valuable perspectives on what went right, what went wrong, and what could have been done differently. The tales in Will to Live include: Chris McCandless-the subject of the book and movie Into the Wild. Yossi Ghinsberg-who survived alone in the Amazon for twenty-one days. Douglas Mawson-the Antarctic "superman" who survived three hellish months at the bottom of the planet. Nando Parrado-who was trapped for two months high in the Andes after a plane crash killed his friends and family. Plus . . . stories from Les's own experiences, along with practical sidebars with tips on how to escape quicksand, butcher a moose, cross a snow-covered crevasse, and more. Provocative and entertaining, Will to Live is a compilation of history's most intriguing survival stories from one of the world's foremost experts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Alone in the Amazon	p. 7
With the Waorani	p. 7
ôI Will Not Die on This Mountainö	p. 43
Adventure Racing	p. 71
Survival at Sea	p. 79
Surviving Sharks (Part One)	p. 111
Sought Solitude, Found Death	p. 117
In the Season of Love	p. 135
Survival Not Far from Home	p. 141
Surviving Sharks (Part Two)	p. 161
Top of the World	p. 169
Bottom of the World	p. 197
Epilogue	p. 221
Further Reading	p. 225
Acknowledgments	p. 227
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