Wilderness Survival 2nd Edition

Completely updated with information on keeping yourself safe and healthy in the wilderness. A comprehensive, well-organized, and user-friendly guide to staying alive in the backcountry with concise explanations and detailed illustrations. Survival expert Gregory Davenport covers the five basic elements of survival—personal protection, signaling, finding food and water, travel, and health—providing the reader with complete information on how to stay calm and alive until rescue arrives.

Gregory Davenport is a former USAF Survival Instructor and the founding member of Simply Survival, a wilderness education program based in Stevenson, Washington.