Basic Safe Travel and Boreal Survival Handbook - by Mors Kochanski
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-453 Pages, 317 Illustrations, 22 Charts
-Size 5.5 x 8.5 x 1 1/8 Inches
This book was compiled for outdoor educators and the Junior Forest Warden movement mostly from articles originally published in Wilderness Arts and Recreation Magazine that had become out of print but much sought after. Some of the articles were the basis for his book, Bushcraft. A small fraction of the book will seem familiar but the rest makes an excellent complement to his Bushcraft book, while this one is mostly on survival.
-453 Pages, 317 Illustrations, 22 Charts
-Size 5.5 x 8.5 x 1 1/8 Inches
This book was compiled for outdoor educators and the Junior Forest Warden movement mostly from articles originally published in Wilderness Arts and Recreation Magazine that had become out of print but much sought after. Some of the articles were the basis for his book, Bushcraft. A small fraction of the book will seem familiar but the rest makes an excellent complement to his Bushcraft book, while this one is mostly on survival.
What to expect about this book?
Mors Kochanski's "Boreal Survival" is by no means a mere survival book for those only living near the Canadian Boreal Forrest. If you enjoyed his book "Bushcraft" this is part 2 to that book. In this book he goes into great detail helping you have a strong foundation and platform to grow while revisiting some points he talked about in the first book. For example in his book "Bushcraft" in Chapter 1 Firecraft there Mors gives you the reader a layout of different fires you can make, and where to position yourself when using them, as well as what fire arrangement to use for what need. Here in "Boreal Survival" fire ecology and dives into the issues of fire making in far more depth from the composition of wood, to learning what sources are good for use of kindling, to moisture issues, and even fire physiology among other points he makes.
He also spends a lot of time talking about the psychology of wilderness survival and the effects it may have on ones mental and physical state among other points of necessity. This book was specifically designed to compliment his first book "Bushcraft" and to truly shed some important light on the many points of wilderness survival. In the section about Wild Edibles he helps layout for you ways to document, and notate the many plants you will over time encounter while listing some and their uses, to help with positive identification as well as personal documentation. When I think of the time he spent compiling this information together this book alone is sincerely a go to book for learning in depth bushcraft skills you can take from reading to actually doing yourself.
--Avi Ben Shalom
Mors Kochanski's "Boreal Survival" is by no means a mere survival book for those only living near the Canadian Boreal Forrest. If you enjoyed his book "Bushcraft" this is part 2 to that book. In this book he goes into great detail helping you have a strong foundation and platform to grow while revisiting some points he talked about in the first book. For example in his book "Bushcraft" in Chapter 1 Firecraft there Mors gives you the reader a layout of different fires you can make, and where to position yourself when using them, as well as what fire arrangement to use for what need. Here in "Boreal Survival" fire ecology and dives into the issues of fire making in far more depth from the composition of wood, to learning what sources are good for use of kindling, to moisture issues, and even fire physiology among other points he makes.
He also spends a lot of time talking about the psychology of wilderness survival and the effects it may have on ones mental and physical state among other points of necessity. This book was specifically designed to compliment his first book "Bushcraft" and to truly shed some important light on the many points of wilderness survival. In the section about Wild Edibles he helps layout for you ways to document, and notate the many plants you will over time encounter while listing some and their uses, to help with positive identification as well as personal documentation. When I think of the time he spent compiling this information together this book alone is sincerely a go to book for learning in depth bushcraft skills you can take from reading to actually doing yourself.
--Avi Ben Shalom
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The book is divided into six parts:
Table of Content 1) Wilderness Survival Skills -Site Development Shelter Latrines Garbage Disposal Food Storage: Bearproofing Outdoor Classroom -Equipment Clothing and Shelter The Sleeping Bag The Functional Bush Knife and Its Use The Five Most Important Try Stick Notches The Multipurpose Bush Axe The Saw -Wilderness Fire Lighting Skills In The Spruce Moose Forrest Approach to the Use of Fire The Question of Impact Some Different Types of Fire Users Abuses of Fire Where Campfires are Out of Place Justifying the Use of a Campfire Points of Basic Fire Ecology -Basic Map and Compass Use The Map The Compass -The Basic Survival Lean-To and Bed Open Fronted Lean-To Principles Open Fronted Lean-To Made of Flexible Materials Bough Beds -Outdoor Cooking Introduction The Australian Cooking Crane Steam Pit -Wild Edibles Plants Looking at Edible Mushrooms 2) Wilderness Survival -Defining Survival Basic Existence Skills Wilderness Survival In Survival You Have No Guarantees Living Off the Land The Advantages of Fasting (on water only) Problems with Fasting -Introduction to Wilderness Survival Preparedness Panic Survival in a Nutshell Fire Shelter Dehydration Hypothermia Signals Conservation of Mental and Physical Energy Lost? Finding Your Way |
-Water and Human Survival Body Water Needs How Much Water? Thirst Local Thirst Boiled Water Recommended Undetected Water Losses Water Loss Through Lungs in the Cold The Mechanism of Water Absorption Dehydration -Handling Stress Responding to Stress Your Only Three Options Limiting Factor -Survival Skills Survival Kit: The Basics The Personal Kit The Basic (Two Kilogram) Universal Kit The Personal First Aid Kit -Caching Supplies and Equipment -Signaling with a Mirror -Signal Fires The Choice of Site The Simple Signal Fire The Standard Signal Fire The Large Signal Fire -Vehicle Survival Vehicle Operation Kit-circa 1985 Vehicle Survival Kit -Aircraft Survival -Helicopter Safety 3) Wilderness First Aid -Cold Injuries Introduction Hypothermia Cold Hazards: Frostnip and Frostbite Dehydration Snow Blindness -Diarrhea Introduction Water Loss Burns, Scalds, and Fluid Loss -Knife Cuts: How to Avoid Them 4) Wilderness Travel Skills -Leading Your Group Travel Hints -River Crossing Crossing on Foot Rope Crossing -Effects of Traveling at Higher Elevations Conditions Resulting in High Altitude Pulmonary Edema Conditions Above Tree Line 5) Wilderness Environment -Annoying Insects -Bears are Dangerous -Lightning -Breaking Through the Ice -Quicksand or Mud 6) Ropework |