98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive
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Description in 1995 gatefold 14th $ * paper * 1-58685-234-5 6.5 x 9, 192 p., 70 line drawings, 16 color photos Rights: W, Survival / Nature “If you breathe and have a pulse, you need this book . Cody Cody Lundin Lundin, director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wisdom in the wilderness of this long-awaited new book on common sense and modern survival skills for the backcountry, backyard or. . . Read more>>
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Excellent book about survival. I’m glad someone finally says “Survival” of “Wilderness Living Skills” I dare say that most people who give bad reviews of this book are looking for texts in Wilderness Living Skills. There are other books. I use the 98th June for a prime example in our search and rescue team training. In reality, most victims succumbed to hypothermia survival in situations other than trying to fish a shoelace and a safety pin catch. This is reality at its best, presented in a humorous way.
Ted Fisher, Vermilion County Search and Rescue
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 2:17 am
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It’s about time I pick a book that more than one list has survival skills. In fact, this book no attempt to teach you how to catch the animals or the construction of log furniture in the desert. Instead you can learn how to survive idetify potential situations and avoid them if possible. If you do, backcountry knowledge can be useful, but it will be even better if you know how to take care of the basics, such as taking control of anxiety and focus on keeping the body in a comfortable 98th June degrees. I absolutely loved this book. There was discussion about the psychology, physiology and biology, all in a basic easy to understand format. Lundin’s writing style as he talks to you. One of my personal favorites in the book is the chapter on survival kits, complete with color photographs. I thought I had a pretty good set, but after reading this I need a few changes. If you have some time in the world, everywhere, I would recommend this book. To learn how to build monster solar stills, catching wild animals, fish and spear, look elsewhere. This book rocks!
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 3:29 am
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Besides involvement in “all Beings of Light,” living “in a conscious understanding of our true self, comic, and his gratitude for” all the Ascended and Cosmic ones that all the Archangels, Archeia and angels, elementals, and Elohim. “.. And his characters” Elvis Parsley, willy-nilly “and others (although written for humor), by the time you weed through all of his or Unreliable cute fluff content, boned meat is practical and useful, but lost. In three chapters, I felt that I had read much better elsewhere.
Title suggests “The fear, panic survive, and the largest outdoor Killers”, but my first was the survival during fall asleep.
Just read page 209 and you’ve saved yourself $ 16. 95 and time spent reading is… OR…
See your core temp, enough water, stay dry and tells people where you go, check your transportation, take a survival kit, know how to signal for rescue, do not take unnecessary risks, peace and Claymore mines to avoid. DONE .
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 4:32 am
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This book works for several reasons: first
Unlike a lot of books that survive in the wilderness are cutting and pasting of military manuals, Cody’s book is fun, entertaining and readable while remaining on topic, can be transferred info stays with you.
But do not be fooled by gonzo approach. Cody knows what he is talking about. The first few chapters to maintain body temperature should probably read more than once.
Second Base Cody covers Essentials: Wear the right clothes, the body to maintain and prepare the 72-hour survival window. Learning how to snare a deer, and enjoy your boat string will probably not play in mostly wilderness survival test. (I’ve really learned to do this in a free survival course in Virginia.)
And here’s the Bottom Line of the general statistical Cody’s philosophy: If you are not in the first 72 hours, your chance survival rescue drops to 3%. Course does not mean you give up, but it’s the statistical reality.
Third Cody spends a significant portion of the book on how to build a personal survival kit. I really like his approach: the kit should be portable and inexpensive, so you more to build, test them in advance, easily replaced items and become familiar with them. You need to buy a $ 120 Doug Ritter Survival Knife or $ 150 Life capsule Delta unless you have money to burn or survival gear junkie like me.
Fourth And let me say one thing. . . military survival manuals written about to be taken with a grain of salt, in a survival situation, you should aim for a high degree of visible until they are found in the army, even in a situation of survival, our goal is to remain invisible and stored until unnoticed, mostly by radio and satellite.
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 6:19 am
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Prior to throw in an undulating solo day hike in the superstitions of AZ Wilderness, I read this book to another. (I am a middle aged, East Coast Trail hikers who have recently changed, so survival was an important consideration.) My desert day hike turned into a night on a ledge far from Canyon Trailhead. Thanks Cody Lundin’s book, I have maintained a “party on” attitude, was fully prepared (both materially and spiritually), and spent a great night see the stars. The right attitude is everything! Emergency humor and common sense approach of his oeuvre. Examples stick with you when you need them. Great tips for putting together a practical and personal survival kit that will work everywhere. There is now one of my backpack and one in my car. Much useful information on how to overcome fear and keep your head.
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 7:14 am