The Wilderness Survival Guide: The Practical Skills You Need for the Great Outdoors

Untamed, endlessly harsh, and sometimes dangerous: the wilderness might not sound like an ideal holiday destination, but the numbers of survivor men and women is growing every year. And with this guide to every outdoor experience, they'll be ready to face the elements. From finding food to building shelters, assembling a survival kit to avoiding toxic plants, starting fires in any weather to finding water, it is filled with critical skills.

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Joe O'Leary is thirty-six and lives in a cottage on the Wiltshire/Dorset border with his wife Clare, a number of dogs and cats and an ever-growing collection of various bags of sticks and twigs. He has been a soldier, carpenter, furniture maker and cafe owner but the one thing that has remained constant throughout his life is his passion for the great outdoors and an overwhelming desire to learn everything there is to know about self-reliance in the wilderness. He runs his own school, Wilderness Survival Skills.