Survive

Essential Skills and Tactics To Get You Out of Anywhere--Alive

By: Les Stroud

Narrated by: Les Stroud

An up-to-the-minute survival guide from the creator of Survivorman explores how to stay alive in the wild, in the jungle, in the desert, and in urban disasters.

From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the harshest—and most remote—regions on Earth.

Now, the creator, producer, and host of the hit television program Survivorman transfers his decades of knowledge and experience to the pages of Survive!, a practical guide that gives everyday readers a no-nonsense look at the real world of survival.

Stroud offers readers the essential skills and tactics necessary to endure in any corner of the globe, along with a wealth of insider information born of his own experiences in the outdoors and unavailable in any other book. Readers will learn:

• How to make a survival shelter and why a lean-to is largely a waste of time.
• Why survival kits are important, and why you should make your own.
• Where to find water and why drinking contaminated water is sometimes warranted.
• How to locate and trap small animals and why the notion of tracking and hunting large game is largely a pipe dream.

Whether seasoned in the outdoor arts or new to adventuring, all readers will learn something from Survive!. Stroud's many colorful anecdotes and cut-to-the-chase philosophy not only make for an entertaining read, but also enhance anyone's ability to focus on the main goal when everything else has gone wrong—survival.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Excellent and Practical

I greatly enjoyed Les Stroud's thoughts on survival and the skills needed to endure hardship. It's an inspiring book, now I want to go adventure.

Great book Thank you Les

exactly what it says on the cover. very informative simplified easy to understand. I'm glad I've got some of this in the back of my head.

Best survival audiobook

I have bought a bunch of them, and this one is the best I have come across.

Great Basic survival book with one tiny issue

Les mentions "gimicky" water proof matches. YES Storm matches come in cardboard boxes...most matches do. Exotac and many other companies now produce high quality water proof match carriers with space for EXTRA strikers included in the boxes. The UCO Stormproof TitanMatch produces a very hot flame that can be dunked in a glass of water, pulled out and it will relight itself like a prank birthday candle. Exotac also makes a refillable waterproof , evaporation proof lighter that uses regular lighter fluid like a Zippo, and can use Zippo "flints" ...as he said, Technology changes, time marches on.

Very well done overall.

Les is always more

Les is simply the best. Great advice that could save your life. loved it