Survival is a particular aspect of outdoor life, something that becomes more relevant with each passing year, as we are becoming increasingly disconnected from nature, even those of us who are interested in it.
What do you do if the worst should happen? How do you find your way back if you get lost, and how do you manage to spend several days out in the field without contact with the outside world if necessary? You will learn this and much more in this book. The book contains a wealth of practical survival knowledge - how to site and build bivouacs and other shelters, how to make a fire, ensure that water is safe to drink, obtain and prepare food, and make use of certain edible plants.
An important part of the book is also how we can learn survival skills from indigenous peoples and what lessons history has to offer. In one chapter, we also learn more about how survival training began in Sweden and how it is conducted today.
Lars Fält is a recognized international authority in the field. He was also the person who founded the Swedish Armed Forces Survival School and later served as head of the organization for many years. He has written several books about outdoor life and survival, first for the military and later for everyone else as well. His books have been published in both Swedish and English.
