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Reddit mentions of SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
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Height | 1.2 inches |
Length | 8.05 inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | November 2014 |
Weight | 2.15 Pounds |
Width | 6.2 inches |
Prepping for less crazy folk. Great read and well written. I think it was written by a member of /r/preppers? I forget, I think that's true though. Unless it's not.
FM 21-76 US ARMY SURVIVAL MANUAL - This was written to take everything into account. Including the psychology of dealing with a disaster. And it wasn't written for the super soldier. It was written for the every day army person who is away from his team and needs to survive.
And if course one of the gold standards is the SAS Manual. It has high reviews for a reason.
Personally "SAS Survival hand book" by John Wiseman. It's not a prepper book in the sense your looking for, but it is important in that it teaches mental preparedness.
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HzorDbTMVBCZP
Better stock up on band-aids for your knuckles! ;)
In all seriousness, this is an amazing survival book
SAS Survival Handbook is a great start. So much great knowledge in one book.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_H70NDbQ9PAJMF
To add to what Ryan said, there are also a bunch of good books on the subject, most of which can be found for free.
John 'Lofty' Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook is extremely comprehensive (around 600 pages) and very information-dense.
The US Army Survival Manual is also pretty good, but it's not as comprehensive or detailed as Wiseman's book.
Although it's more of a bushcraft book, Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft is extremely well done. His descriptions are easy to read, but fairly comprehensive, and are paired with detailed sketches and pictures.
Mainly, just go out and practice. You're already a capable outdoorsman, so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle. If you wanna take courses, just search around for courses near where you are, or maybe look at something like NOLS. Hope that's helpful.
SAS Survival Handbook
US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76
UST Learn & Live Outdoor Skills
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
Lofty Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_z2xvDbB91V85H
Watch Les Stroud. Take notes.
Buy survival manuals, like the SAS Handbook:
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
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Practice. Buy good gear. Practice more.
You most definitely can. Ants are great, grind them up and add them to any soup to thicken it up.
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Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival by Mors Kochanski
www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-Outdoor-Skills-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1551051222
SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
Bushcraft is not about what you can buy, it's about what you can KNOW.
Some will say all you need is a good knife. Some will load up a 45lb pack. Some will go out in shorts and a t-shirt and start knapping flint.
Check out a LOT of videos. I like NativeSurvival quite a bit. Youtube has some amazing bushcraft people.
Start by reading the SAS Survival Handbook or Bushcraft 101 by Dave Canterbury. They talk about useful techniques and the gear you should have.
Take either one out into the backyard or whatever and practice. Once you become more comfortable in self reliance take a weekend out in the bush and practice some more.
There's also a lot of educational youtube videos out there. wildernessoutfitters has a lot of content if video is more your thing.
The knowledge from books like the Encyclopedia for Country Living would be more important for sustained post collapse living, especially if "survival" means and sort of reconstruction of communal living.
But if it is just to survive the initial chaos from societies collapse than the SAS Survival Handbook should be considered. It offers knowledge of immediate survival techniques needed until a new base of operations can be established.
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
From a student, spend some time at the library. Some skills you will learn once and then never need to re-learn. Getting a fire started is pretty straightforward and is more something you do rather than learn. Same thing with shelter building, get out and practice it. Unfortunately there is no "one book that contains all the knowledge accumulated over the first several thousand years of human existence" if there was, that would be amazing, unfortunately you could fill several libraries on the theory of such an almanac alone.
One of the more popular books for general survivalism is the SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062378074
below i'll list a few more books you might find useful.
The Backyard Homestead - Carleen Madigan
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills - Abigail R. Gehring
Map Reading and Land Navigation: FM 3-25.26 - Department of the Army
The ARRL Ham Radio License manual (careful with this, they update the question pool every four years for the technician class so make sure to get a current edition)
Living Ready Pocket Manual First Aid Fundamentals For Survival - James Hubbard M.D.
Prepper's Guide To Knots - Scott Finazzo
Bushcraft 101: A field guide to the art of wilderness survival - Dave Canterbury
Alternatively, you might want to check out survivorlibrary, or the preparedness Encyclopedia: https://www.reddit.com/r/preppers/comments/c7cvdm/the_preparedness_encyclopedia_tpe_v5/
you'll learn you don't need to buy books to learn new skills and pick up essential information. Some books you'll want to keep handy though, grab yourself some medical and anatomy textbooks, set aside $20 a week for a new book, pretty soon you'll start to notice your shelves filling up.
the SAS Survival Guide is generally thought of as a good go-to book for all preppers to have in their library and specifically those who are building their cache from scratch. Here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Edition/dp/0062378074
Also, water and heat are good initial topics to cover for your survival mindset as a beginner. For these topics, you'll need to consider questions like, "Do I live near a water source other than city water?" and, "How would I best get clean water?" and, "What is the best way I could create heat to boil water, cook food and stay warm/dry?"
Remember to buy within your budget and don't go overboard. Take the time you need to purchase wisely for your cache.
Good luck and have fun.
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
SAS Survival Handbook by John 'Lofty' Wiseman
This is what I started out with in the army.
SAS survival handbook
It’s a great starter book that you can branch out from.
For cold weather always remember the basics of heat loss and retention. For example during the day layer up for that air pocket in between your clothing layers, and so you can shed layers of it heats up. At night remember that heat transfers through the materials. The ground is the worst heat sucker there is so always try to sleep elevated, oven if it’s only on a light layer of brush. Beyond that invest in a proper sleeping bag and bivy bag. Good sleeping bags have a temperature rating, the right one will keep you toasty. Bivy bags help to seal in the heat and keep the elements out.
I really liked:
https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074
Try these to start:
SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062378074/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_lVYxDbJKCTABD
The Bushcraft Boxed Set: Bushcraft 101; Advanced Bushcraft; The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild; Bushcraft First Aid https://www.amazon.com/dp/1507206690/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_OWYxDbAH7R41H
Learn some survival skills now.
The SAS survival guide by John Wiseman is fantastic. It taught me A LOT. There's an urban survival guide by him as well but it's meh.
I have more e-books than I do physical ones with regard to prepping and survival. I would get the SAS Survival Guide. It's cheap and small for so many reasons. I have a few in various places.
http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450578078&sr=8-1&keywords=SAS
If you're looking for books after SHTF, go for ones that aren't huge and cover what skills you don't have or are lacking. Military field manuals are awesome and aren't big. You won't be a Master of all skills; focus on the one you can excel at and/or have a natural affinity for. Several others you can learn to be above average in skill and experience, and others just basic knowledge. Don't just buy any book, even based on reviews. Talk, ask questions, see which ones people use in their prepping or have experience with.
The Bible (or other religious book of your choosing). Because praying is pretty much all you're able to do.
But this might be more what you're looking for. There are a variety of "tons of knowledge about all sorts of different survival scenarios jammed into one book" books. This one is pretty nifty, though it's very little (like, the size of a coaster you'd place under a coffee cup). Anyhow, if you haven't prepped anything (knowledge or supplies), then you're not going to be in "live off of my preparedness" mode. You're going to be in "survival" mode. So a survival book is probably more fitting.
unfortunately German Amazon only has this one to offer: https://www.amazon.de/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Surviving/dp/0062378074/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1537047439&sr=1-1&keywords=SAS+Survival+Handbook
I'd most likely buy it. Thanks a lot.
It should be noted that the third edition of the SAS Survival Handbook was just released and is here http://smile.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Handbook-Third-Edition/dp/0062378074/ref=zg_bsnr_16472_1
I endorse the SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman. It's very enlightening about the challenges faced when in a survival situation (which is different from a deliberate "wilderness living" adventure), and goes into detail about how to address those challenges.
It also includes instructions on how to make 2 different survival kits: one the size of an Altoids box, the other a bit smaller than a football (US or international). The smaller kit contains the most essential items, and is complemented by the larger kit, which contains different, less essential but still very useful things.
However, as Mr. Lofty says many times throughout his book, knowledge and practice are more important than any kit. Now, you could be cynical and say "well that's because he's selling a book", but it makes sense regardless.
Also, a shout-out to /r/preppers. There are some gun nuts there, but the vast majority of posts and comments are address actual survival situations (namely natural disasters), for which a gun is minimally useful.
-A nice Leatherman (you can even engrave it)
-A Nice Toolbelt
-Survival Gear Kit
-Survival Handbook
-One Year Subscription to Survival Magazine
END, 11:52 AM, 3/24/16. Writnig this shit makes me tired. Maybe its because it involves so much thought process. Anyways, I got work and shit to do. AND, daphoenix, go back and finish how i invented my own GTD after university. Shit. I might even hit a 2million character draft at this rate, fuck my life (with my hidden characters). I might as well, just be on the fucking guiness world of records for the longest self-posting post on reddit.
END 11:53 AM 3/24/16, fucking hell, I am really done right now for at least a couple of hours.
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