Description
Welcome to the art of survival!Come Back Alive is the indispensable and witty guide to avoiding nasty situations, whether on a business trip, an adventure vacation, or a weekend hike. In this book, the author of the classic travel annual The World's Most Dangerous Places, Robert Young Pelton--"Dangerman" (Toronto Globe & Mail); "tourist with an attitude" (Outside magazine); "the patron saint of adventure travelers" (ZineZone. com)--reveals the secrets that have kept him alive and laughing:
- in the desert: finding water where it ain't, dehydration and rehydration, copping a nuclear tan
- in the jungle: trekking, camping, jungle tucker, what to do when there's no bridge
- in the woods: when you're tentless and clueless, when dinner's still mobile
- in the snow: dressing for excess; building a snow cave, what to do when someone's going hypo
- on the road: surviving adventure travel, from mild to wild
- when assaulted: passive self-defense, active self-defense, better ideas in self-defense
- when kidnapped: how to avoid it, how to survive it
- during natural disasters: hurricanes, avalanches, lightning, earthquakes, and more!
- when facing nasty animals: animals that bite you, eat you, sting you, and what to do when Bambi strikes back
