Living Wild: The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft [Paperback]

Bear Grylls (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 14, 2010

The complete guide to living in the wild from the ultimate survival expert.

In this essential guide to living wild, Bear Grylls reveals the secrets of his years of fieldcraft experience. This is the information you really need to know about living in the field from the man who has passed 21 SAS selection, climbed Everest and survived in some of the most inhospitable regions on Earth. In his inimitable style, Bear has thrown out everything that's boring about scouting and fieldcraft and concentrated only on what's exciting, inspirational and a little bit edgy.

It's all here, from mastering the art of making the perfect campfire and constructing the best camp, to navigating safely through all terrains in all weathers -- with or without a map. The only other thing you'll need is this book!


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About the Author

BEAR GRYLLS served for three years with the British Special Forces -- 21 SAS. He is a world-record-breaking adventurer, a bestselling author and one of the world's most sought-after motivational speakers. Bear's prime-time adventure tv series reaches over a billion viewers worldwide in over 150 countries. He was recently awarded an honorary commission as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy for his endeavours with both adventure and charity.


From the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Channel 4 Books (June 14, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 190502665X
• ISBN-13: 978-1905026654
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exceeded My Expectations, June 12, 2010

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Bear Grylls does not have the most sterling of reputations among knowledgable wilderness survival practitioners due to his well known misrepresentions of survival skills on TV. Thus, I pretty much expected the same from this book. It starts out with the announcement that Mr. Grylls has been named the Chief Scout of the United Kingdom Scout movement. Being an American Eagle Scout myself, this carried a certain amount of weight with me. I also read that he intends this book to be a wilderness adventure guide for teenaged British Scouts. As I read through the chapters, I was surprised to find that this book contains none of the ill-advised spectacular ratings-driven stunts that infest his TV shows. Nowhere does he suggest anyone should always jump naked into every icy body of water they encounter, or bite into living spiders and grubs so that guts shoot out, or drink their own urine, or any of the other assorted asinine stunts he does on TV. Instead, I found well thought out guides to gear selection and use, navigation, fire starting and other essential skills written for the teenage beginner but still useful for anyone just starting out to learn about hiking, camping, and backpacking. I finished the book with quite a different attitude than when I began. I got the impression that Mr. Grylls took his new responsibility as a role model for British Scouts very seriously and wrote a guidebook devoid of the dangerous nonsense he is known for. While not the most complete or well written book on living in the wild places I've ever read, it is a basic guide well suited to beginning outdoors people. I would recommend it to anyone looking for such a book.

4.0 out of 5 stars yay!, September 16, 2011

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I got this for my husband for his birthday, he's a boy scout leader and at the moment Bear is the Chief Scout, the book is great! Lots of info as well as fun things to learn or just read :) Very happy!

5.0 out of 5 stars Way to go Bear!, May 30, 2011

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Bear:

Thanks for taking on the task of being Chief Scout; very proud to have you. As an American Eagle Scout (1975), I have made scouting a major part of my life and use the skills learned to be better person, husband and father. Anyway, back to the topic of your book review.....excellent text, layout and paper quality for holding up in the field. I couldn't wait to read it. When I entered scouting in 1968, buying my first scout handbook was a major event (The book I have put away and cherish). Your book is a standout in that it lets one know the really important survival "stuff" without all the rules and decorum. I particularly enjoyed the orienteering chapter and like to keep up with my skills. Kudos to a great book.