Wilderness Survival: 1st Edition
by Gregory J. Davenport
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Book Reviews of Wilderness Survival: 1st Edition
Book Review: For Wilderness Survival This Is The Best! Outstanding Text!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want to learn long term wilderness living then this book is not for you. However, if--like me--you enjoy outdoor adventure - then look no further. This book is the ultimate text for learning wilderness SURVIVAL. This book teaches you how to stay alive until rescue arrives. This book teaches you how to how to navigate out of an area when rescue doesn't appear to be comming. This book teaches you how to stay alive when you find yourself in a bad situation. Whether you are a mountaineer, hiker, skier, hunter, birdwatcher, or other type of outdoor enthusiest, learn Mr. Davenport's approach to SURVIVAL SKILLS and stay alive. Learning these skills is like buying insurance - you hope you'll never need them but are glad to have them when you do.
Book Review: Great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a no nonsense book on adapting and surviving in the wilderness. A former Air Force SERE instructor, Davenport breaks survival down to its basic essentials (personal protection, sustenance, signaling, travel, and health), teaching the reader to evaluate his/her situation, prioritize needs, and take life-saving action. Many survival books are just a catalog of exotic skills, poorly illustrated, and giving the reader no clear idea of how or when to employ them. I liked this book because it follows the KISS approach--surviving is 90% common sense. The other 10 is the ability to apply basic skills, which the book clearly details. If I were going to carry one survival manual with me into the bush, it would be this one.Book Review: This is the most comprehensive survival book available!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although survival has been a constant throughout time, it is refreshing to find an expert who presents the information in a user friendly format. Greg Davenport's design makes it easy to learn basic and complexed survival skills. Like other books, Davenport provides insight into shelter and fire skills. However, unlike other books, Davenport goes one step further and breaks ground by providing comprehensive chapters on Signaling, Navigation, and Wilderness Medicine. In fact, his Navigation chapter is perhaps the best I have ever seen (I learned more from this chapter then from books devoted to this subject only). If you want one book that covers all the skills you need to survive -- then this is the book for you!!!Book Review: Both Interesting and useful - highly recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
Wilderness Survival is a valuable source of information on woodland survival techniques. Like most books on this subject, he covers shelter, acquisition of water, food, fire building and signaling to search and rescue personnel. A significant bonus is the excellent section on land navigation included by Davenport. The illustrations are nothing to write home about, but still quite clear and effective. This book includes a surprising amount of good information considering how little time it takes to read. One reviewer criticized the book because the material was "almost word for word from about 10 different books I own". From my perspective, any single book that provides the information of 10 is worth owning.Book Review: My Two Cents
Summary: 3 Stars
This book provides alot of useful information, however I believe the author assumes a bit much as to what,if any, materials you would have on hand if your were lost. Alot of the information provided in the book on how to construct animal snares, shelters, etc requires that you have rope, and a tool to cut notches/wood. I think it would have been good to provide some info on how to make rope and tools for example. The other problem I had with this book is that some of the survival tips mentioned had many steps involved in the directions given, unless you had this book with you out in the woods or a photographic memory, your never going to remember half of the steps, especially if your lost, hurt, hungry.