98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author), Russ Miller (Illustrator) "God knows the world doesn't need another book about outdoor survival skills..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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98.6 doesn't just tell you how to survive...It smacks you in the face and insists you're going to! -- Alan Dean Foster, New York Times best-selling author

98.6 is a life-affirming celebration and must read, your key to back country survival... -- Moses Ludel, author of the Jeep Owner’s Bible

98.6 is the one book every outdoor traveler needs to memorize! -- David Wescott, former president, Boulder Outdoor Survival School and author of Camping in the Old Style.

Finally, a book that "tells it like it is" with no fancy wrappings...reading it might literally save your life! -- Peter Kummerfeldt, Owner – OutdoorSafe Inc.

This book is HOT...and COOL! [Lundin] boils it down to basics, combines psychology, soul, and sound technique. -- Dan Hourihan, President, Mountain Rescue Association

This outrageously straightforward survival book teaches you what you need to know, now, to live through virtually every survival scenario -- Los Angeles Daily News, August 14, 2003

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

$14.95 gatefold paper * 1-58685-234-5 * May

6 x 9 in, 192 pp, 70 Line Drawings, 16 Color Photo Pages

Rights: W, Survival/Nature

"If you breathe and have a pulse, you NEED this book."

-Cody Lundin

Cody Lundin, director of the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wilderness wisdom in this highly anticipated new book on commonsense, modern survival skills for the backcountry, the backyard, or the highway. It is the ultimate book on how to stay alive-based on the principal of keeping the body's core temperature at a lively 98.6 degrees. In his entertaining and informative style, Cody stresses that a human can live without food for weeks, and without water for about three days or so. But if the body's core temperature dips much below or above the 98.6 degree mark, a person can literally die within hours. It is a concept that many don't take seriously or even consider, but knowing what to do to maintain a safe core temperature when lost in a blizzard or in the desert could save your life. Lundin delivers the message with wit, rebellious humor, and plenty of backcountry expertise.

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.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith (June 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586852345
• ISBN-13: 978-1586852344
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,479 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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98 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Ted Fisher (Danville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

83 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Ken (UT United States) - See all my reviews

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!

182 of 215 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Much better titles out there, May 18, 2006

By	DocRon "Doc Ron" (WA USA) - See all my reviews

Besides the dedication to "all Beings of Light," living "within a conscious understanding of our true Selves" and his gratitude for "all the Ascended and Cosmic Ones, to all the Archangels, Archeia, and angels, elementals, and Elohim"... and his characters "Elvis Parsley, Willy Nilly" and others, by the time you weed through all his flakey or cutesie fluff content, the meat on the bone is practical and useful, but lost. By three chapters in, I truly felt like I had wasted my time.

The title suggests "How to survive Fear, Panic, ad the Biggest Outdoor Killers," but my initial survival was against falling asleep while reading this kum-by-yah, lets all hold hands and thank mother earth tripe.

Just read page 209, and you've saved yourself $16.95 and the time spent reading it... OR...
Watch your core temp, adequate water, stay dry, tell people where you are going, check your transportation, take a survival kit, know how to signal for rescue, don't take unnecessary chances, rest. DONE.