cook set, 34
cook stove, 34
cotton balls, 107
couples and survival kits, 18
creepy crawlies, 185, 186, 262–63.
See also insects
critters, catching, preparing and eating,
185–187
cups, collapsible metal, 22
dangers, 251–52. See also specific topics
deadfall traps
Doug’s, 199–200
figure-four, 198–99
Paiute, 200, 201
dehydration, 69–74, 182, 267, 270, 305.
See also water, drinking
depression, 50–51
deserts
clothing for, 297
fire considerations in, 136
food in, 208
hazards in, 269–70
survival kit for, 31
water considerations in, 69–70, 89–90
weather in, 283
destination, knowing your, 5–6
dew, collecting, 77–78
diarrhea, 24, 315
disease, 312–13. See also health problems
dislocations, joint, 310, 311
distillation. See solar still
double figure eight knot, 327, 329
down, bird, 107
dressing (game), 204
eating. See also food; specific topics
carrion, 207
charcoal, 207
edges, making, 331–32, 335
edibility test, 184–85
edibles, wild. See also poisonous plants
availability, 183
latitude and, 183–84
myths regarding, 182–84, 264
personal sensitivities, 184
plant identification, 183
region-specific, 208–11
education and training, 5
electrolytes, 315
e-mail, 29
emergencies, vi, 11, 18, 45
Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), 63
Emergency Position-Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRBs), 27, 63
energy, managing your, 182
EpiPen, 313
equipment. See gear
eye protection, 247, 337fear, 47–50. See also calm
figure eight knot, 327, 329
fire bow
components, 121–23
method, 126–31
process, 124–26
fire considerations, region-specific,
136–38
fire ingenuity, 134
fire piston, 115
fire(s), 97–99. See also fire-starting devices,
fire bow
building, 104–10, 134
how long to leave, 109–10
maintaining and transporting, 108–11
natural disasters and, 345, 347
in rain and snow, 134
resurrecting, 110
to scare away animals, 258
selecting site for, 99–100
size of, 100–102, 104
ways to make, 112, 335
when ground is wet, 100
fireside smoke, 280
fire-starting devices, 22–23, 32. See also
fire(s), ways to make
fire-starting tinder, 23–24, 105–7, 137Index | 366