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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Outdoor survival skills
What would you put on the line for what you believe in? For Chris Bertish, the answer is everything. ALL IN!
In 2017 Chris became the first person ever to stand-up paddleboard across any ocean. Defying all odds, he paddled 7500 kilometers solo, unassisted and unsupported, for 93 days across the Atlantic Ocean, from Morocco, Africa to Antigua in the Caribbean. During three months at sea he was targeted by a great white shark, towed by a giant sea squid, capsized multiple times and surfed down 10-meter waves as challenging as anything he had faced in any Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Championships.
Too many times he found himself hanging on the edge of his modified SUP for dear life. He also become one with the elements, and ultimately succeeded in doing something everyone said was simply impossible.
This is the story of his incredible journey.
THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLER THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING
ANYWHERE The Collins Gem SAS Survival Guide is the pocket companion
for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding food in
the wild to security and self-defence in the streets, be prepared
on land or sea. SAS legend John 'Lofty' Wiseman's unrivalled guide
will teach you: Preparation - Understanding and assembling latest,
most resilient, kit. Navigation - Skills, technologies and
techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain. Food and Health -
Finding resources in your environment, feeding yourself, healing
yourself and avoiding disease. Safety and Security - Recognising
dangerous situations, defending yourself and saving others.
Disaster Survival - Dealing with unstable environmental conditions:
what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire.
Manhunter is the ultimate guide to tracking skills in both wild and
urban environments. Written by an experienced tracker, the book
looks at the qualities and skills you need to track successfully,
the different methods involved, the psychology of tracking, and
strategies to deal with counter-tracking techniques. Covering
Combat Tracking, Hunter Force, Tactical Tracking, Counter IED,
Border Patrol, Police Search, Search and Rescue and Surveillance,
Manhunter will help hone the tracking skills needed to find anyone
on any terrain or in any weather conditions.
Knots is a handy guide to tying purposeful knots. If you need to
handcuff a burglar, lasso a steer, escape from an asylum or tie a
perfect bowtie, this is the guide for you. Fifty effective knots
that can be used for a variety of purposes are highlighted. Knots
is a great resource of portable information and is ideal for field
use by both novices and experts. Made in the
USA.www.waterfordpress.com
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural
world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing
writers.
For the first time, two of John Gierach's most popular fishing
books are collected in one volume--a double dose of delight for
longtime fans or first-time visitors to Gierach country.
As Gierach astutely observes in "Dances with Trout, ""Fly-fishing
is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands,
poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic
considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually
the point." This observation might also describe Gierach's
writing--catching fish might be the subject, but most of the fun
and (mis)adventure comes well before that point. Whether it's
fishing close to home waters (Colorado) or farther afield (Alaska,
Scotland, Texas); ice-fishing, tournament fishing, or night
fishing; fishing for trout, salmon, carp, splake, or grayling;
fishing with familiar companions like A.K. Best or the enigmatic
"Zen master among fishing guides"; no detail of the fishing life is
too insignificant or too absurd for Gierach.
As he writes in "Another Lousy Day in Paradise, ""The real truth
about fly-fishing is, it is beautiful beyond description in almost
every way, and when a certain kind of person is confronted with a
certain kind of beauty, they are either saved or ruined for life,
or a little bit of both." So start reading and be saved--or
ruined--by Gierach's wonderful insights into the world around us.
Would you know how to prepare for an unforeseen emergency, or
handle an unexpected disaster? With real-world considerations in
mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to
stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help
us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic
weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made
plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and
communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken
down by type of emergency and environment. In addition, he provides
a hierarchy for response including communication, healthcare, food,
water, and shelter in the absence of institutions and commercially
available services and supplies.
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