Outdoor Survival Skills

by Olsen, Larry Dean; Redford, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781641604321
• ISBN10: 1641604328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-03-16
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Summary

"The author has devoted a lifetime to learning and mastering the ways of the wilderness. . . . His concepts have been proven by the more than 10,000 students..."?—Booklist 

Newly updated to include color photos throughout, this timeless survival guide is refreshed to appeal to new outdoors enthusiasts? 

Outdoor Survival Skills has taught generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and carefully tested techniques, many of them ancient, for finding or creating shelter, fire, tools, water, and plant and animal foods.  

Anecdotes from the author's lifetime of experience provide thrilling examples of the skills and attitudes that ensure survival outdoors.  

In this newest edition, updated text is accompanied by color photos to help both veteran and novice outdoor explorers embrace their survival skills.? 

Author Biography

Larry Dean Olsen wrote the outdoor survival merit badge requirements for the Boy Scouts of America and was technical advisor for the film Jeremiah Johnson. His award-winning courses in primitive living were sponsored by institutions in the United States and Canada and he was the founder of Anasazi, a youth wilderness rehabilitation program.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2021 Edition by Christopher Nyerges
Foreword to the 1997 Edition by Robert Redford
Foreword to the 1973 Edition 
Prologue  
1          The Badgerstone
2          Shelter
3          Fire
4          Water 
5          Plants 
6          Animals
7          Special Skills 
The Last Great Lesson 
Acknowledgments to the 1997 Edition
Index