98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive! [Kindle Edition]

Cody Lundin (Author), Russ Miller (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review

This outrageously straightforward survival book teaches you what you need to know, now, to live through virtually every survival scenario. (Los Angeles Daily News )

Product Description

Cody Lundin, director of theAboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares hisown brand of wilderness wisdom in this highly anticipated newbook on commonsense, modern survival skills for the backcountry,the backyard, or the highway. This is the ultimate book on how tostay alive-based on the principal of keeping the body's coretemperature at a lively 98.6 degrees.

In his entertaining and informative style, Cody stresses thata human can live without food for weeks and without water forabout three days or so. But if the body's core temperature dipsmuch below or above the 98.6 degree mark, a person can literallydie within hours. It is a concept that many don't take seriouslyor even consider, but knowing what to do to maintain a safe coretemperature when lost in a blizzard or in the desert could saveyour life. Lundin delivers the message with wit, rebellioushumor, and plenty of backcountry expertise.

Watch naturalist Cody Lundin on "DualSurvival" as he uses many of the same skills and techniquestaught in his book: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your AssAlive.

As seen

in the

10-part series

"Dual Survival"

on

The Discovery Channel!

Cody Lundin and his AboriginalLiving Skills School have been featured in dozens of national andinternational media sources, including Dateline NBC, CBS News,USA Today, The Donny and Marie Show, and CBC Radio One in Canada,as well as on the cover of Backpacker magazine. When not teachingfor his own school, he is an adjunct faculty member at YavapaiCollege and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute. Cody is theonly person in Arizona licensed to catch fish with his hands, andlives in a passive solar earth home sixty miles from Prescott,Arizona.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 8200 KB
• Print Length: 240 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Pub (June 23, 2003)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001RKFTZS
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,913 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Sports > Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Instructional
  • #12 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Survival Skills
  • #22 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Instructional

More About the Author

Cody Lundin and his Aboriginal Living Skills School have been featured in dozens of national and international media sources, including Dateline NBC, CBS News, USA Today, The Donny and Marie Show, and CBC Radio One in Canada, as well as on the cover of Backpacker magazine. When not teaching for his own school, he is an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute. Cody is the only person in Arizona licensed to catch fish with his hands, and lives in a passive solar earth home sixty miles from Prescott, Arizona

Customer Reviews

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176 of 186 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reality at its best, August 3, 2004

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Ted Fisher (Danville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive (Paperback)

Excellent book on survival. I am glad someone finally divides "SURVIVAL" from "Wilderness Living Skills" I would venture to say that most people that provide bad reviews of this book are looking for texts in Wilderness Living Skills. There are other books for that. I use 98.6 for a text book in our Search and Rescue Team training. In reality most victims succumb to hypothermia in survival situations other than trying to catch fish with a shoe string and a safety pin. It is reality at its best, presented in a humorous fashion.

Ted Fisher, Vermilion County Search and Rescue

139 of 149 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh New Look at Survival, August 27, 2004

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Ken (UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive (Paperback)

It's about time I pick up a book that has more than a list of survival skills. In fact, this book doesn't make any attempt to teach you how to trap animals or construct log furniture in the wilderness. Instead, you learn how to idetify potential survival situations and avoid getting into them if possible. If you do, backcountry knowledge will be helpful but it will be even better if you know how to take care of the basics such as controling fear and focusing on keeping your body at a comfy 98.6 degrees. I absolutely loved this book. There is discussion of psychology, biology, and physiology, all in a basic easy to understand format. Lundin's writing style is as if he were there talking to you. One of my personal favorites of the book is the chapter on survival kits, complete with color photographs. I thought I had a pretty good kit but after reading this, I need to make a few changes. If you spend any time in the world, anywhere, I recommend this book. If you want to know how to build monster solar stills, trap wild animals, and spear fish, look elsewhere. This book rocks!

71 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It kept my ass alive!, May 12, 2005

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onliner (Richmond, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive (Paperback)

Prior to embarking on a rugged solo day hike in AZ's Superstition Wilderness, I read this book cover to cover. (I'm a middle-aged, East Coast trail hiker who hasn't hiked recently, so survival was a major consideration.) My desert day hike turned into an overnight stay on a canyon ledge far from the trailhead. Thanks to Cody Lundin's book, I maintained a "party on" attitude, was fully prepared (both with equipment and mentally), and spent a fabulous night watching the stars. The right attitude is everything! Enjoyed the humor and common sense approach of his writing. His examples stick with you when you need them. Great tips on putting together a practical, personal survival kit that will work anywhere. There's now one in my pack and one in my car. Lots of useful information on how to overcome fear and keep your head.