Desert survival skills
Offers information on how to survive when stranded in a desert environment, focusing on the Chihuahan and other North American deserts, discussing priorities, survival kits, water, fire, vehicle repairs and uses, plant and animal resources, tools and weapons, first aid, and other topics. Includes lists of wilderness survival schools and equipment sources.
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- Full title :Desert survival skills / by David Alloway.
Summary
Offers information on how to survive when stranded in a desert environment, focusing on the Chihuahan and other North American deserts, discussing priorities, survival kits, water, fire, vehicle repairs and uses, plant and animal resources, tools and weapons, first aid, and other topics. Includes lists of wilderness survival schools and equipment sources.
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- Publication Date:2000.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication:Austin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 249 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0292704917, 9780292704916, 0292704925, 9780292704923
- oclc:ocm42680550
- LC Classification:GV200.5
- Dewey Decimal:613.6/9
Table of Contents
Preface: A philosophy of survival in the desert -- Introduction: People and the desert -- Intelligence: the ultimate survival tool -- The priorities of desert survival -- Survival kits -- Water -- Fire -- Shelter -- Aiding rescuers -- Expedient vehicle repairs and uses -- Chihuahuan Desert plant resources -- Chihuahuan Desert animal resources -- Expedient tools and weapons -- Weather hazards -- Desert hazards, first aid, and sanitation -- Traveling and wayfinding -- Debriefing -- Appendix A: Wilderness survival schools -- Appendix B: Equipment sources -- Glossary.
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