Desert Survival Skills / / David Alloway.
Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water. David Alloway's goal i...
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Alloway, David, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Desert Survival Skills / David Alloway. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2000 1 online resource (269 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE: A Philosophy of Survival in Desert -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: People and the Desert -- 1 Intelligence. The ultimate survival tool -- 2 The priorities of desert survival -- 3 Survival kits -- 4 Water -- 5 Fire -- 6 Shelter -- 7 Aiding rescuers -- 8 Expedient vehicle repairs and uses -- 9 Chihuahuan desert plant resources -- 10 Chihuahuan desert animal resources -- 11 Expedient tools and weapons -- 12 Weather hazards -- 13 Desert hazards, first aid, and sanitation -- 14 Traveling and wayfinding -- 15 Debriefing -- APPENDIX A: Wilderness survival schools -- APPENDIX B: Equipment sources -- Glossary -- Selected References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water. David Alloway's goal in this book is to help all of them survive when circumstances beyond their control strand them in the desert environment. In simple, friendly language, enlivened with humor and stories from his own extensive experience, Alloway here offers a practical, comprehensive handbook for both short-term and long-term survival in the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) SPORTS & RECREATION / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110745344 https://doi.org/10.7560/704916 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292745926 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292745926/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE: A Philosophy of Survival in Desert -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: People and the Desert -- 1 Intelligence. The ultimate survival tool -- 2 The priorities of desert survival -- 3 Survival kits -- 4 Water -- 5 Fire -- 6 Shelter -- 7 Aiding rescuers -- 8 Expedient vehicle repairs and uses -- 9 Chihuahuan desert plant resources -- 10 Chihuahuan desert animal resources -- 11 Expedient tools and weapons -- 12 Weather hazards -- 13 Desert hazards, first aid, and sanitation -- 14 Traveling and wayfinding -- 15 Debriefing -- APPENDIX A: Wilderness survival schools -- APPENDIX B: Equipment sources -- Glossary -- Selected References -- Index |
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