Bushcraft - Tapa blanda

Ray Mears taught us how to eat, wash and sleep well, even in the most hostile terrain...Mears is like Diarmuid Gavin, Handy Andy and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall all rolled into one. We are used to him collecting fresh water in hollowed-out fruit-bats, or squeezing natural toothpaste from a dead tarantula. But last night he was knocking up whole suites of furniture from bamboo, including benches, a large dining room table and a sort of four-poster bedstead with built-in candle holders. - Paul Hoggart, The Times Ray Mears is one of nature's own good guys: fearless, sturdy, caring, and he can also make a nifty canoe out of three twigs and a caterpillar. - Daily Mail By paragraph three of the intro you are itching to throw off the shackles of civilised life and plant your feet in the wilderness. If ever a book was calculated to invoke the call of the wild, this is it. - Live Wire Ray Mears is a bushman first and foremost and really can survive in any extreme environment. I can't think of a better companion in a crisis. - Tim Lewis, GQ

Popular survival expert Raymond Mears presents an illustrated compendium of practical skills and wisdom, relevant not only to wilderness survival, but also urban life. The text contains step-by-step guides to a wide range of survival techniques.