Will to Live

The creator of Survivorman recounts a wide range of wilderness survival stories and shares lessons from them that could save your life.In a survival situation, a wrong decision could spell the difference between life and death.No one knows this better than Les Stroud, who has survived everywhere from the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon. In Will to Live, Les examines many incredible true-life survival stories-explaining what happened and why, and offering valuable perspectives on what went right, what went wrong, and what could have been done differently. The tales in Will to Live include:Chris McCandless-the subject of the book and movie Into the Wild.Yossi Ghinsberg-who survived alone in the Amazon for twenty-one days.Douglas Mawson-the Antarctic 'superman' who survived three hellish months at the bottom of the planet.Nando Parrado-who was trapped for two months high in the Andes after a plane crash killed his friends and family.Plus . . . stories from Les's own experiences, along with practical sidebars with tips on how to escape quicksand, butcher a moose, cross a snow-covered crevasse, and more.Provocative and entertaining, Will to Live is a compilation of history's most intriguing survival stories from one of the world's foremost experts.'He offers intelligent tips-if you're traveling somewhere remote, tell people where you're going, take a well-stocked survival kit, and keep a cool head if you get lost-and he does an excellent job of putting readers into the situations he's discussing, making us feel the cold or the panic or the sheer desperation.' -Booklist