98.6 Degrees : The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!

English

ISBN: 1586852345

EAN: 9781586852344

Category: Sports & Recreation / Outdoor Skills

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher

Release Date: 07/31/2003

Age Range: 21-null

Synopsis: #pd-fixedwrapper1 {width:600px;overflow: auto; margin-left: 20px;}.pd-content1 {min-width: 530px;}.pd-content2 {float: left; width: 300px;}.pd-img9 {float: left; margin-top:0px;margin-left:20px; margin-bottom:20px; border-color: #B8B8B8;}.pd-author {color: #CC5200; font-weight: bold;}.pd-h1 {color: #CC5200; font-weight: 750; font-size:x-large}.pd-h2 {color: #CC5200; font-weight: 700; font-size: 20px; font-style: italic; line-height:75px;}.pd-h3 {color: black; font-weight: 700;} 98.6-Product DescriptionCody Lundin , director of theAboriginalLiving Skills School inPrescott, Arizona, shares his own brand of wilderness wisdom in thishighly anticipated new book on commonsense, modern survival skills forthe backcountry, the backyard, or the highway. This is the ultimatebookon how to stay alive-based on the principal ofkeeping the bodys coretemperature at a lively 98.6 degrees.In his entertaining andinformative style, Cody stresses that a human can live without food forweeks and without water for about three days or so. But if the bodyscore temperature dips much below or above the 98.6 degree mark, aperson can literally die within hours. It is a concept that many donttake seriously or even consider, but knowing what to do to maintain asafe core temperature when lost in a blizzard or in the desert couldsave your life. Lundin delivers the message with wit, rebellious humor,and plenty of backcountry expertise.Watch naturalist CodyLundin on DualSurvival as heusesmany of the same skills and techniques taught in his book:98.6Degrees: The Art ofKeeping Your Ass Alive .Cody Lundin and his Aboriginal LivingSkills School have been featuredin dozens of national andinternational media sources, including Dateline NBC, CBS News, USAToday, The Donny and Marie Show, and CBC Radio One in Canada, as wellas on the cover of Backpacker magazine. When not teaching for his ownschool, he is an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College and afaculty member at the Ecosa Institute. Cody is the only person inArizona licensed to catch fish with his hands, and lives in a passivesolar earth home sixty miles from Prescott, Arizona. Asseeninthe 10-partseries Dual Survival on The DiscoveryChannel!

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98.6 Degrees : The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.3 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 12.7 oz

Pages: 192