A Beginner's Guide to Forest Survival

Publisher Marketing: A Beginner's Guide to Forest Survival Table of Contents Introduction Quo Vadis? Finding the Direction without A Compass Finding Your Direction at Night Survival gear Communication Means STOP acronym for Survival Learn How to Read Directions Why Staying Put Is Best? Building a Fire Signaling Your Position Proper Inspection and scouting Of Your Area Finding the Nearest Water Source Food Recognizing Edible Plants in Your Area Insects as Possible Food Sources Catching Grasshoppers Making Fish Traps Trapping Food Extremely easy Hopi bird snare Making Slipknots Making Slingshots Creating a Shelter Best Location for Shelter Debris Huts Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction A large percentage of us may never ever get the opportunity of just wandering off into the woods, and getting lost, because we are basically city persons, and there is no picture of our ever exploring in the wilderness. Nevertheless, for all of us others who spend plenty of time going on hikes into the wilderness, wilderness survival techniques should be part of our nature survival training. That is because the difference between knowledge and ignorance can make all the difference between survival and possible death. Contributor Bio:  Davidson, John John Davidson was born in Barrhead in Renfrewshire in 1857. He spent his childhood years in Greenock, and after working as a pupil-teacher and briefly attending Edinburgh University, taught in schools in Glasgow and Perth. In 1989 he moved to London where he made his living as a journalist and critic. Several dramas had been published while he was still in Scotland, but in the 1890s he turned to poetry, and published several collections which were very popular: In a Music-Hall (1891) and Ballads and Songs (1894) amongst them. These were poems which chronicled urban working class life, and his sense of outrage at the poverty of the ordinary man, as expressed by the much-anthologized 'Thirty Bob a Week'. At the beginning of the new century he moved away from the lyric and began writing in blank verse which incorporated much scientific language; this series of Testaments were not as successful as his earlier ballad style, though Hugh MacDiarmid was to pay tribute to Davidson's attempts to combine poetry with scientific ideas. Despite the early popularity of the poetry, financial difficulties constantly plagued Davidson; he had had no choice but to continue with the journalism he disliked in order to support his family and other dependents. Sadly the money worries, combined with ill-health and depression, drove him to committing suicide in 1909.