How To Stay Alive - The ultimate survival guide for any situation PDF
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ABOUT THE BOOK Nobody knows survival like Bear Grylls. There is barely a terrain he hasn’t conquered or an extreme environment he hasn’t experienced. Over the years – from his time in 21 SAS, through to his extraordinary expeditions climbing (and paragliding over) Everest, travelling through the Arctic’s treacherous Northwest Passage, crossing the world’s oceans and taking part in adventures to the toughest corners of each of the seven continents – Bear has accumulated an astonishing wealth of survival knowledge. Now, for the first time, he is putting all his expertise into one book. How To Stay Alive will teach you: • How to survive a bear attack • How to fly a plane in an emergency • How to make fire from virtually nothing • How to drive off road • How to navigate using the stars • How to administer emergency first aid • How to escape a burning building • How to survive a terrorist attack And dozens of other essential skills to survive the modern world. CONTENTS Cover About the Book Title Page Acknowledgements SURVIVAL SKILLS – THE BASICS HOW TO… Assemble a life-saving backpack Put together the perfect survival kit Collect water and make it safe Make fire Extinguish a fire Make a survival shelter Conserve energy Use a knife Tie essential knots Become a navigation ninja Judge distance and time on land and sea Communicate in a survival situation Identify poisonous plants Catch a fish Track, and trap, animals for food Preserve food Handle yourself in a fight Handle firearms safely GREAT ESCAPES HOW TO… Survive getting lost Hitchhike safely and effectively Carry out basic motor maintenance Drive off road Use an abandoned vehicle Survive tyre blow-outs and brake failure Build a raft Survive in a life raft Climb in a survival situation Abseil in a survival situation Land a helicopter in an emergency Fly a plane in an emergency Parachute in an emergency TERRAIN SURVIVAL HOW TO… Survive in the desert Survive in the snow Move across snow Drive in snow and ice Survive in the jungle Cross a river Survive underground: caves, tunnels and sewers LIFE-OR-DEATH SITUATIONS HOW TO… Survive an earthquake Survive a volcanic eruption Survive an avalanche Survive flash floods and tsunamis Survive hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning Survive a sandstorm Escape from quicksand Escape a forest fire Escape a burning building Survive a CBRN attack Survive a kidnapping Survive a bear attack Survive a croc attack Survive a dog attack Survive a shark attack Survive a snake attack MEDICAL EMERGENCIES HOW TO… Avoid blisters Triage in an emergency Deal with a catastrophic bleed Perform life-saving CPR Stitch a wound Treat a burn Field-dress a broken bone Treat hyperthermia, hypothermia and frostbite Index About the Author Also by Bear Grylls Copyright Thank you to the BG team of survival and safety experts I have worked with on so many adventures, especially to Scott, Stani, Meg and Dave for all your input to the practical, resourceful and innovative details that have helped me compile this book. I dedicate it to this team, who have lived and breathed all this stuff alongside me for so many years and in so many hellholes! IN THE MILITARY, you get used to carrying heavy backpacks filled with over 100lb of gear. It gets you fit and it gets you strong. But in a survival situation, lugging too much stuff around with you could be a killer. It slows you down and it drains you of energy. So now, whenever I go out on an expedition, I take the very minimum I can get away with. With a light pack on your back, you can move with speed and agility over rugged terrain. You can beat the weather if a storm’s coming in. You can make sure that your energy is directed towards the important business of getting yourself out alive, rather than being sapped by useless pounds of excess weight you really don’t need. KEEP IT DRY Before thinking about what we need to put in our backpack, we need to make sure it’s waterproof. I don’t care if a rucksack manufacturer claims that their rucksack is 100 per cent waterproof: they never are. Not in the kind of conditions you might encounter. No rucksack will withstand wading across a lagoon or fording an underground river. So you always need a liner of some sort. If it’s a proper rucksack liner, great. If not, a plastic bag will do. Inside that liner, you need … another liner! One bag is never enough in water. Soldiers regularly put dry clothes in double bags. If it’s something really important like a radio then it’s even more crucial to double-line it. (I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve met who have bought a ‘waterproof bag’ in which to stow their phones, only to find that it’s not waterproof at all. Two bags is always the way to go.) Once you’ve waterproofed your rucksack, you can think about what to stow in it. ESSENTIAL GEAR A KNIFE
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