Outdoor Survival Guide - Softcover

Gerke, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736075259 ISBN 13: 9780736075251

Verlag: Human Kinetics, 2009

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There are an estimated 50,000 wilderness search-and-rescue missions in the U.S. annually. Preparation is the key to making it out of these life-threatening situations alive and Outdoor Survival Guide author Randy Gerke provides everything readers need to create an effective survival plan and be prepared for any hazardous situation. Includes a full-color guide to edible plants, tactics for wilderness navigation and signaling for help, strategies for surviving in extreme heat or cold, and much more. Original.

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Since 1978, Randy Gerke has been teaching survival techniques to the general public and groups from corporations and government agencies. He is a former captain and a member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team in Ouray, Colorado, and a graduate of Brigham Young University. He has been a technical advisor to the television programs Rescue 911 and Worst-Case Scenario. He has been personally involved in many search-and-rescue operations in a variety of terrains and weather conditions during every season of the year.

Gerke is the founder and owner of Enviro-Tech International at www.etisurvival.com, a company devoted to teaching wilderness survival and rescue, wilderness medicine, and aircraft crew survival. Gerke has taught survival and rescue courses from Maine to Washington state. His clients have included the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Air Force, U.S Navy, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Gerke lives in Montrose, Colorado.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Human Kinetics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0736075259
• ISBN 13: 9780736075251
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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